Update

Hans had a superb birthday in New Jersey. Thank God for Dawn and her family. They picked us up from the Ronald McDonald house and delivered us to a perfect 8th Birthday Party at Chuck E Cheese. Goodie bags, check, gifts, check, guests, check gorgeous homebaked cake, check. I hadn't planned a thing. Hans went hard and had a perfect day. Thank you 8 times over to our angels of friends the Tennesons.

AND THEN... (why is there always an 'AND THEN''???) Hans spiked a fever of 101.7 just after midnight. Poor babe made it just through his birthday. Elle and Kev escorted us to the ER. We got admitted for fever plus vomiting plus headache plus low Sodium.... Bah. Kevin and Elle were back to the RMH to catch 3 hrs of sleep before jumping on their flights. Elle had a delightful layover in Phoenix where she was able to hook up with 2 aunts and a cousin and solve one of her wardrobe problems. Thanks Debi, Holly and KK for spoiling her! They have safely arrived by now. Hans and I are hunkering down on 3 South at CHOP. Hans has been very sleepy, he has eaten nothing by one Froot Loop and I believe he's been asleep for all but about 4 or 5 hours since Midnight Friday. I guess he needs his rest. I'm posting now because I want everyone out there to think nice positive good thoughts about him getting well enough to go ahead with the bone marrow aspiration and biopsy tomorrow. This is a sedation procedure, so they might have to cancel him if he doesn't turn a corner. Thanks. I just want him to be able to get in there and get those done. We hope to be on a new trial and a plane by the end of the week. THANKS.

Love, Lara