First off, I want to thank every one that has been calling and sending cards. William is an extremely social child, and it does him a lot of good to know that he has not been forgotten by all of his friends an scout buddies.

Things here at the Ronald McDonald House have been going as expected. We spend most of our non-treatment days doing school work, catching up on some much needed laughter and smiles, and occasionally going a an adventure (museums, parks etc.)

William loves that we are here at the Ronald McDonald House. He loves knowing that when we are here, he will never be bored. There are always other kids for him to play with.  I love knowing that he is getting the social stimulation that he needs.


April 1st, William's 2year diagnosis anniversary is approaching fast! This year we will be spending the day with our Ronald McDonald Families at LA Expo for the Annual Ronald McDonald House Walk for Kids. The Walk for Kids™ is a 5K event to raise funds and awareness for the services and programs provided by Ronald McDonald House Charities of Southern California. There are two teams that are walking in honor of William. ;)  The day promises to be a lot of fun and all proceeds go towards the Ronald McDonald House Charities. For more information, please feel free to to go to

www.walkforkid.orgWalk for Kids

I encourage all of William's friends and supporters to either come out and join us, or please support the cause.


Another important date to remember will be March 12th. Along with a group of friends (SacTown Baldies) I will be shaving my head! Yes, that is correct - I will voluntarily be shaving off all of my hair. The annual St. Baldricks event is held at various locations across the nation. The event is used to raise funds and awareness about Childhood Cancer. As I mentioned, I will be participating at the event inDowntown Sacramento at DeVeers Pub. As a precautionary Plan B, if we are not able to travel home for the event on March 12th, I will then be participating in the St. Baldricks event scheduled for March 17th at LAFD Station 89. Eitherway, my head will be shaved ;) William is eager and delighted at the prospect of his Momma having no hair. He is extremely happy about the fact that I told him that he will have the honors of shaving my head.


Tomorrow is a big day - William will finally be doing his body cast and tattoo markings for the much anticipated radiation treatments. Radiation has been postponed so many times--I am eager to get this started. We were originally supposed to start at the end of December, two months later we are finally doing it. The new tumor on William's intestine is causing William a lot of discomfort ---- Hopefully the pain will start getting better as the tumor dies off from radiation.


The bigget concerns with Radiation is the fact that William's body is not 100% ready to take the hit. Ideally, the doctors would have prefered to have William's hemoglobin above 10 and his platelets above 50. As of Friday, William's hemoglobin is at 10.8 and his platelets were below 20. William's body will take a huge hit with the upcoming treatment, and I have been told to prepare myself for the most severe kind of side effects and hospitalizations.


Fortunately, William still has some Stem Cells left over from his bone marrow transplant. Therefore, after his radiation treatmet has been completed, William will be getting something called a Stem Cell Rescue . The Stem Cell Rescue will assist William's body with developing the much needed cells to develop platelets, white blood cells, and hemoglobin.

I will update again later this week. Until then, this is Williams's journey. We will keep on keepin' on.