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Bakersfield, CA, United States
Hans was a busy, happy, sweet and fearless three year old when he was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma. He fought his disease like a "gladiator" for nearly 6 years. Hans was an animal lover to his core. He was 'guarded' at home by his three cats, Black, Orange and Cotton. He also had his Golden Retriever, Honey, to keep him company. Hans enjoyed swimming, biking, gardening, grilling (he had his very own grill!), horseback riding, playing video games, building Legos, and flipping between Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network and Animal Planet. Hans loved all members of his family and he was a loyal friend. He had to go through a lot of treatment in his life. But Hans powered through it. His attitude was let's get this done! His motivation was always to get back home, to his family, pets, favorite foods and pool.

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Update

Hi again,
Well - I had hoped to post some pictures but I have been a little out of it - I had a positive flu test on Saturday. It really knocked me out the whole weekend, but I'm finally feeling better. The doctors went ahead and put all 4 of us on Tamiflu. Elle was already on antibiotics for strep, which may actually have been flu, and with Hans on Accutane - we're running a little pharmacy here.

Hans is actually doing well so far. It's Day 9 and his rash is looking better. I guess the key really is keeping him indoors. He is peeling a lot, but we are trying to keep him coated in Aquaphor.

I feel like I owe you some pictures, so I'll try to get some up by the weekend. I need to take some basketball pics, this weekend's game will be the last.

We managed to get through last weekend. Elle made it to both games and completed her science fair project. She did a survey of Woodlands recycling habits - she came up with the figure 68% of us recycle. Then she had a test as to what was recyclable curbside and what had to be dropped off. She didn't get a lot of traffic at her booth, so she's taking the project in to school today. Kevin said she did really well on her own explaining her project to passersby.

That's about it - Hans is going to go pick out a NEW hot wheels track today - that's his thing.

Lara

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hi, Sorry to hear the flu bug bit you, hope you are all doing better now. So good to hear Hans is doing well. Accutane is strong stuff, Matt was on it several years ago and he got a teerible burn while snowmobiling on a cloudy day! BEST WISHES TO YOU ALL! Love, Cindy