Laughter is the best medicine!

Day 3 Chemotherapy Round 12
William will be finishing up on his third dose of VP16 tonight and if everything goes smoothly, we'll be headed home around 11pm. YIPEE!!

For the past three nights we have been sharing a room with Kenji, an extremely sweet 8 year old little boy who is also fighting cancer. We've roomed with Kenji once before so fortunately the two boys are familiar with each other and they get along fantastically! It is great to see the two boys sharing jokes, playing Wii, and comparing spelling skills (the hospital teacher gave them a verbal spelling test) During the past couple of nights there has been a of laughter and giggles between the two boys. Having a buddy to share the room with makes all the difference in William's treatment! Thank you Kenji for being a good buddy!

Speaking about hospital buddies, William M. one of my William's hospital buddies, is currently at UCSF where he is going through the long and dangerous process of getting his bone marrow transplant. - We would appreciate it if you would please keep William Murdock and his entire family in your prayers. 

I almost forgot to tell you about William's stardom! In an effort to raise awareness about DSRCT, William was featured on the KOVR3 6pm news on Tuesday night. William has been on the news a couple of times during the past year but, this is the first time that the report was focused solely on him. Due to the attention and feedback received from everyone regarding the interview, William's self-esteem has raised so much that I now call him Justin Bieber Jr :-)  For the past 11 months there has been a lot of stares and comments from peers and strangers that left William embarrassed about his little bald head and diagnoses (BTW, people need to teach their kids to not stare). Walt Gray did such a great job with William's news story that William is now walking around with a big goofy smile and gleaming pride! There is no more shame about his lack of hair!  Nothing beats the amazing feeling of your child's happiness and it is the bright, cheery, happy and memorable moments like these that give us our strength and courage to continue the fight.

Please remember that there are two fundraising events this month for William.

Fork in the Road to Apocalypse is a book written by Jeff Gonsalves, one of William's fabulous nurses and a talented author. All the profits from February sales will be donated to directly to William.  The book can be purchased on Amazon.com

On 2/21/11 All 3 of the Chicago Fire Restaurants will be donating 15% of their sales to William. If you would like to participate in this event, you will need to download and print the flyer. The flyer must be presented to your waiter when placing your orders. 

I want to thank everyone for the continued prayers and kind emails! William loves reading your messages, emails and cards!

Keep on Keepin on. Live Strong in God healing all of the cancer in Sir. William's body!