A really great week! And a long post to tell you about it....

I am happy to report to you that Noah has completely recovered from the allergic reaction and is almost back to his own normal (?) self! He is joking around, making witty remarks and happy to be outside doing stuff. We ended up staying in the hospital until around 7:30 pm on Saturday because the Dr. looked at his counts and decided around noon that he should have a blood transfusion, which was fine, but they didn't start it until 4! It is hard to sit in a hospital room in respiratory isolation when you are feeling perfectly fine. He was still coughing a little bit and they are always cautious when a kid is coughing. We watched a couple of movies and played on the Wii and then around 5 my Grandma, my uncle Ed and Aunty Irene and my cousin Meagan and her friend Darren came for a visit, which was awesome! By then the Dr. decided he wasn't coughing THAT much so they took the sign off the door and we could show them around the hospital. (They even gave me the code for the school room so we could show it to them, shhh!)
They gave us a ride back to RMH and we could show then the house too. There was time for a quick game of foosball with Darren, which Noah won. (He is very modest, though and is quick to say Darren scored more goals than he did, but Noah scored the "next goal wins" goal.) I love being able to show people how well taken care of we are here.

We had a very nice visit with my mom, too. She was here from Wednesday night to Friday afternoon, then Sunday night to Tuesday. We played games, watched movies, and just hung out. Very Nice.

I just love it when Noah is happy. He is the sweetest guy. My mom just couldn't get over him while she was here. For example, now that Noah can't have the IV chemo he reacted to on Friday, he needs to have it by injection, and we were talking about it with Tom because understandably, Noah is worried about it. Tom was trying to help him put it into perspective and asked him, "It won't be the worst thing that you've experienced, though, right? Like, what is the worst thing that has happened to you?" Noah said, "I don't know..." So Tom asked him again, "C'mon , what is the worst thing?" Noah's response? "Well, lots of good things have happened too!!"
He is amazing.
I thank God everyday for his positive outlook and his sweet way of always looking for the good in every situation.
Then, Tom was trying to end the conversation and said (in his Tom-ish way), "So, any questions, comments?" to which Noah replied, "I love you...." This, of course melted him. and me . and my mom. He is so sweet. I hope he stays this way forever.

I don't think I wrote on the blog that Noah got to meet Christy Clark, did I? I can't always remember what I write where.... Anyway, he got to be in on her press conference where she announced funding for the new RMH they are building here at the Hospital. He had his photo taken with her and his arm was on TV! He was at the other end of the table from her, so he didn't make it into the picture. The Province carried a photo of everyone at the table, and even had his name on the caption.
We have been enjoying Vancouver in the spring, doing lots of things outside. There is another mom here who has lived here her whole life at RMH so she is showing us around and bringing us to neat places, like Jericho Beach where we found little crabs and a duck pond that is actually a beaver pond with a lodge and everything. Noah loved exploring there. Last night she brought us to Queen Elizabeth Park where they have a beautiful garden built into an old quarry, so there are rocky cliffs all around and bridges and lots of different flowers so Noah climbed up the rocks and explored all around and found the weirdest looking plants, like the rhubarb plant from Brazil that looks like an alien in the spring when it is just sprouting.

Okay a prayer request for y'all...We are booked to come home on Friday afternoon! That is not the request - this is: that his clinic day is over on time for us to make it to the airport for our flight at 5:45! Because sometimes stuff happens that you can't control, you know? ; ) So please pray that the appointment goes quickly so we can come home.

Noah has an appointment in the clinic for a Lumbar Puncture at 10 and he needs his inhaled antibiotic and some chemo. The antibiotic takes about half an hour because it goes through a nebulizer which isn't what takes a long time, it is the fact that he needs to be in an isolation room, which could be an issue, because those are always in high demand. They put kids who are coughing or have anything which could be contagious in any way in those rooms to protect the other kids who have suppressed immune systems, and then everyone who comes in has to wear a mask and a gown that they take off when they leave so they don't carry anything to the other patients they see. In fact, I think of all the times we have had clinic days, he has been in isolation more often than not. He has been an isolation room hog. (Just between you and me, I like it when he is in isolation, because then he gets his own tv, there is room to put your stuff, and it can get kinda crazy in that playroom!)
So, yeah, if you could please pray that everything goes quickly and that he won't need a transfusion so we can make it home as quickly as possible, that would be awesome!!!!
Noah misses his dad. And so do I.