Feeling Pretty Darn Good

Nicholas felt great today! Yesterday and today were the first two days in the last month that he has really, truly been feeling G. R. E. A. T. and we couldn't be happier! He has completely adjusted to his new AA diet and is thriving on it. This morning during therapy with Julie he was talking so much and so excited to see her and she commented about how she could easily understand his language and she was so happy to see him doing so well. His stats have been awesome-his oxygen levels between 95-99 and his heart rate between 125-138 when he is awake. When you have a child with a terminal illness who has been feeling really crummy for weeks on end, you start to feel like it might be the beginning of the end. Now we are starting to feel the opposite-that our child may be getting rid of the yucky sickness that has been plaguing him and starting to become his normal joyful little self again.

I also attribute his healing self to the prayers we have started saying each night as a family. The four of us gather together in Nicholas's room and thank God for watching over us and ask him to help Nicholas to feel better. I truly think the power of prayer can be amazing! Nicholas's two new favorite phrases are "love you" and "Amen."

You can see in the photos above how much he is enjoying playing with our new iPad. I downloaded quite a few new apps for him and he is in heaven exploring and learning new things. He really loves a fish app that we have that sings the ABC song, he sings along and it's adorable! He also likes the new drum app we downloaded. It was worth every penny to see our boy so happy!