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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.

Saturday, March 28, 2009

G'Sale and campout weekend...


Hi there,
As I update today I am just a bit pooped! I just got back from a chilly NB garage sale. We did 1300 in sales! Thanks to those of you who helped out with it! Not bad, considering it was chilly and someone apparently made off with most of our cool signs. Here is a photo of some cute boys at the sale - Donovan, Alex, Roman and Hans. Can you believe all four of these cuties are NB boys - currently disease-free?
Last night I was invited to help with the dinner/campfire portion of a girl scout campout. It was a chilly nite - but the girls toughed it out in platform tents at camp Robinwood in Willis, Texas. The girls are going to cut their campout just one night and one breakfast short. They are going to pack it in tonight after dinner. It has been windy here and it is supposed to get down to 37 degrees tonight. Brrr.
Elle will be happy b/c she won't miss out on one night of Grandma Stephanie's visit. My mom is joining us for her spring break. I pick her up at the airport tonight.
Hans is doing well. We are so very happy and blown away with his continued NED (no evidence of disease) status. Thank you for all of the prayers you have said for him, and for each and everyone of his precious cohorts. Hans is doing great. I'm thrilled to announce that he is over his bath phobia! He has apparently completely recovered from it and he is now clean as a whistle, smelling like a precious little baby. There were a rough couple of months where baths were just torture to him, and he'd sometimes have an hour-long tantrum when we forced him to clean up! He's still sticking to his PJ's though??? I just think of it as one of those things. I've heard of kids who wear a superhero costume for a year straight.
I'll update more later on during the week.
Love, Lara
ps Thank you very very much to Aunt Holly for the care package, including about TWENTY FIVE lanyards! Wow - now I can be lazy before the Earth Day Bake Sale! Thank you!!!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Very handsome group of couragous little guys! And, what a hardy group of girl scouts! Enjoy G.Stephanie's visit.

Love, G.Kathy, G.Dale
xoxo

Anonymous said...

WHOO HOO for THE Boys!!!!

WOW...Elle you are now ready for the Himalaya's!!!

Holly DID out-do herself! However, I bet she enjoyed the project!

Again, we are all pleased that Hans' scans were clear!

Enjoy a fabulous spring fling with G. Stephanie!

Love and hugs,
Aunt Susy

The Burgharts said...

Boys and baths...they don't always go together. We can relate. I'm sure it's nice again to be thinking of more typical parenting dilemmas. We're very happy things are going well. Take care.

The Burgharts

Kelley Jurecek said...

CONGRATS!! I'm so happy all is CLEAR! I try and keep track of ya'll through the blog. Keep blogging!! You made a big impact on our lives from the first time we met at TCH. Matthew completed treatment and his three month scans are at the end of April. Life is wonderful!

Kelley Jurecek