Loving winter break

We have been having a busy and fun winter break. We have been swimming, taking treats to the doctor's office, enjoying Christmas and family, and just hanging around. Logan had asked for a "Blue Avenger's Bike" from Santa, and Santa delivered. Thankfully, Logan was able to ride his bike in the morning outside before it started snowing on Christmas. That is good, because it has snowed more and has been so cold that the snow is not melting. It is great to see Logan feeling better this year and enjoying Christmas and everything that it entails.

The antibiotics that they gave Logan at his last clinic visit seem to be doing the trick. His nose is no longer runny, his cough is gone, and he has not been complaining of headaches. Yay! Maybe it was just a chronic sinus infection, which is a relief. It was no fun with Logan being sick over and over again.

Other news is that Logan will be starting preschool in the afternoons at one of my preschool classrooms. I think he will thrive in this environment, but it will also be tiring for him. Maybe this will help build up his endurance and gear up for Kindergarten next year. He will still get the mornings and some afternoons at Cathy's, but will also have the preschool in addition.

I am making a resolution to update this blog more often in the new year, and will work hard to make this reality. Happy New Year from Logan and our Family!

Big catch up

I am getting really bad about not updating this blog. Sorry to all of Logan's followers. We have all just been super busy with daily life and getting ready for Christmas. Logan has had some fun and exciting things lately. He went to the Annual Wish Store at Children's hospital that Make A Wish does so that the kids can go shopping for their loved ones. Logan had a great time decorating his bag, meeting the Broncos cheerleaders, meeting Dinger from the Rockies, talking with Santa and Mrs Clause and, of course, shopping. It was so much more fun for him this year than last year. Last year, he had chemo (including a spinal) that morning and we went straight to the event. Logan's fabulous wish granter helped him through, but he still barely made it through and crashed in the car afterward. This year was all excitement and fun for him. We also ran into a couple of friends, Connor and Jacob, that we only know "virtually" by following their progress and blogs. It was nice to actually meet them and see them looking stronger.

Then, last weekend, we went to see Santa (again) on Sunday because Alexis had not had a chance to talk with him. We decided to go to a mall that was not very close to us because they opened earlier than the others and they had a Frozen themed village along with Santa. Well, our plans to get in earlier did not really pan out and we waited about an hour to see Santa (and Olaf), but the kids had fun. We are on the countdown to the holidays and it is so fun to see Logan feeling so much better this year.

The only bad thing has been that Logan has been battling a cold (again). It seems that whenever he almost gets rid of one cough, then the cycle starts over again. Here's to good health  through the holidays!

Smoothish sailing

Logan has been doing pretty well since his last chemo. He still has a dry cough that he cannot seem to shake, but not much else in that area. Thankfully he is mostly healthy. They thought his numbers were a little high (too close to the "normal" range), so they increased his medication dose. He now takes 1 1/2 pills on four nights instead of 1 pill of his mercaptopurine. Not too big of an increase, but we are just trying to get into the routine. They had us come in this week for a two week lab check and his numbers are coming down but still higher than they prefer. So, we just stay the course for now.

Thanksgiving went well, and we enjoyed having family here with us. This year I am thankful for so many things. I am thankful that Logan has made it into Maintenance and is doing so well with it. I am thankful for little things like his ability to swallow pills. I am thankful that he has been able to take treatment like such a champ. I am thankful for all the support and love we are shown each day. Thankful for our friends and family who are understanding and love us, and we know that they are there for us.