For those of you who still follow this blog, I'm sorry I left you hanging for so long. Grady's biopsy went great - zero rejection. He is doing very, very well! The doctors were extremely pleased with his progress - just some minor adjustments to his dosages for his medications.

Me & the boys.

Grady is doing great - he is into everything! He has a biopsy scheduled for this Friday, October 24 in Cleveland. Please pray for zero rejection.

I tried a winter coat on Grady - he wasn't too happy with me.

Isn't he adorable?

Colby on his first day of school.

I can't believe it's been more than a month since my last post. Things have been going really well for us. Grady started crawling on all fours. He can also pull himself up & walk while holding on to furniture. He was featured on "Pediatric Perspectives" - a medical magazine that goes out to area doctors. He was also on the front page of our local newspaper. He is just doing wonderfully. He will probably have another biopsy either in September or October. I am still waiting to hear back from the transplant team

Colby started kindergarten this year. He goes full days on Monday, Wednesday and every other Friday. He loves it. He made a friend & it sounds like they are inseparable. The first day, on the way home from school, the bus went right past our house & didn't stop. I had to call the school so they could radio the driver to bring him back. I asked him why he didn't say anything to the driver & he said because he wasn't ready to get off - he was having too much fun. I found out later that his friend was supposed to get off at the local daycare - the bus actually stopped there & dropped several children off - but he didn't get off either because he & Colby were having too much fun. Crazy kids!

Something that I haven't mentioned here yet is that I am hoping to go to nursing school. I have been working towards the entrance requirements this past summer. I never had a desire to be a nurse until we went thru everything with Grady. God just really laid it on my heart - so much so that there were some nights that I couldn't sleep. I am hoping to be accepted for the spring semester which starts in January. The first thing I had to do was take a Chemistry class since I never took it in high school. It was already toward the end of the summer when I decided to go for it. In order to be accepted for the spring semester, all entrance requirements would have to be completed and submitted by December 1. All of the Chemistry classes that I could find for the fall semester didn't end until mid December. I started to think I would have to wait until next fall to go to nursing school, when I came across a summer class (this was on a Thursday night) that started the following Monday. Fortunately, they were able to register me as a guest student, manually push my application thru and I was able to take the 5 week class. I also had to pass the ASSET exam (which is a placement test for students who never took their ACT or SATs). The school that I want to go to uses it as an entrance exam rather than a placement test. They test you on Reading, Writing, Math and Intermediated Algebra. I wasn't too worried about the first 3, but I hadn't even looked at Algebra for 14 years. Luckily, a friend of mine had an Algebra book that she let me borrow. I studied pretty hard for about 2 weeks & took the test. I just got my results back yesterday & found out that I passed. Now I just need to wait & see if I will be accepted. I really feel that God gave me this desire & is opening doors & allowing everything to fall into place. My biggest concern is finding good childcare while I am attending classes. God has brought me this far, so I am sure he will provide. I will just take it one step at a time.

Day 21

Yay! The threat is over. We remain chicken pox free. Thank goodness - no hospital stays right before Colby goes to school!! Praise the Lord!

Day 16-19

Colby helping me bake in his underwear.

Grady playing with his toys. He is really getting around these days.

OK - so I thought I would be able to blog every night with a short update - What was I thinking? We are so busy right now with Colby getting ready to go to school, Tball, Ken playing ball, amongst a lot of other things. As of this afternoon, there is still no sign of chicken pox. Grady has had a runny nose for about a week now but I am hoping it is just because he is teething. I have convinced myself that the boys are not going to come down with the chicken pox since we are so close to the end of the incubation period. I would be really upset if they get them now. We should no longer be at risk as of Sunday.

Day 14 & 15

Still no sign of chicken pox. Really praying that we don't get them.

Day 12 & 13

Everything is still looking good.