TGIF - in my last update I mentioned that we would be allowed to leave today, well once again that is not the case. Earlier this week William started suffering from strange abdominal discomfort, nausea, fevers, cramping and sensitivity to abdominal examinations. Long story short, the doctor ordered some blood tests and we were told that William had pancreatitis and a kidney infection. So, we will remain in the hospital for at least another week.
I am happy to report that even though he has faced so many challenges, disappointment, and strong treatment, William is dealing with it all like a champion! My lil man in so strong, stronger than me. William's stubborn, witty, tenacious and loving personality is back to normal and definitely keeping me and the nurses on our toes. :)
Yesterday, City Of Hope hosted it's 17th annual Halloween parade for all the oncology kids. I have to say that I was in awe at the amount of effort, team work, joy, and dedication that went into making this event such a huge success. For a couple of hours, the kids were rolled around the majority of City of Hope's campus in their wheel chairs(iv poles in tow) trick-or-treating around a constructed maze of executive level employees, board members, volunteers, nurses, administrative staff, Disney Channel celebrities, doctors, researches, medical students, interns and local politicians. Every single person was dressed in coatumes and enjoyed the event, laughter, endless candy, games, and jokes. Even with Williams fragile immune system, he was allowed to participate in the event and secure himself more than 4 kg of candy.
As you know we have started the process of re evaluating William's disease/cancer. Obviously we pray that all the tumors are dead- there is nothing that we would love more than for William to return to a lifestyle that does not involve doctors, hospitals, painful treatment, and icky medicine. We hope to receive at least a preliminary report by this afternoon....I will be sure to update the blog as soon as we know anything.
I sincerely hope and pray that Williams health will continue to improve, we are all eager to get out of the hospital but William definately deserves a break from all of this.
This is Williams journey and we will keep on keepin on, with God in our Hearts and His courage in our souls.
