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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.

Monday, March 02, 2009

Status Quo

(photo pirated from Erin Buenger's Website: www.erinbuenger.blogspot.com)
Hey There -
Not too much going on here. It looks like we might just have a quiet regular week. Hans finished Round 1 of ABT 751 with only one side effect - a little constipation. So, we'll talk with Dr. Russell tomorrow about when to start dosing him with Colace for Round 2. We just don't want to start too early and leave him with the opposite problem. Very manageable.

We had a lot to do this weekend - two soccer games and a basketball game and the science fair. We actually let Elle miss her b'ball game since the science fair followed immediately. I just didn't want her to crash and burn!

Yesterday we were able to make a sweet little trip to Bryan to go see our friend Erin! Since she got the great gift of a Wii from a nice group of ladies, we thought we could at least bring her a game. She said she would like Lego Star Wars, which Hans and Kevin happen to be experts in. Hans and her had a good time playing Lego Star Wars and Elle and I were able to do a lanyard or two with Vickie. The sweetest moment of the visit, was the way Hans told Erin to "call me" if she had any trouble with a level. Hans enjoyed visiting the 4 dogs, and I think they liked him. He is truly beyond 'dog lover' and into dog whisperer territory. Erin was certainly sweet, but not feeling too spunky.

Michael B. made it safely through his surgery and is finally sprung free from TCH.

We are staying busy with a little bit of beading and some serious spring cleaning. These garage sales are perfectly timed so that I have no excuse to hoard stuff. I can move what I don't need...

4 comments:

Vickie said...

Erin wanted to make sure you knew that she added the green not because she didn't know you wanted purple, but so that you would always carry a little Erin around with you. We started Kev's this afternoon.

VB

Anonymous said...

So nice to see Erin, Hans, and Elle together...loved the "call me!"

Love and hugs all around,
Aunt Susy

Vickie said...

Erin finished Kev's lanyard and it really turned out great. He had a great eye for accent beads. Send me an e-mail with your mailing address and I will ship it and Elle's polartec to you.

Erin played lego star wars with her buddy Jesse yesterday and had a big time. Thank you for the joy!

Anonymous said...

Very sweet that Hans offered to help with the Wii games. I find it amazing how good kids are with the controls and manuevering - much different than Pacman days :)
Neil
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