Swimming...

Well they did not cast Caleb's leg yesterday, they have to wait for the insurance to clear it first, not really sure how long that will take. We did find out that only the top half of the leg will be able to have the tatoo (at least for now), so I'm not sure what he will do yet. The phantom pain has pretty much disappeared so that is wonderful (for both of us). He is drug free now, I did give him a pain pill the other night after he fell on his tail bone because it was hurting pretty bad, but other than that, he hasn't had any pain meds or valium since last Thursday night in the hospital. A couple of days ago he went to stand up and he said he just forgot that his leg was gone and fell backwards right onto his tail bone. He seems to be ok though, it scares me really good every time it happens. Have you ever seen the movie "Passion of the Christ"? There is a scene where Jesus falls and as his mother runs to him she flashes back to when he was a little boy and he has fallen and she is running to pick him up... They are never so big that we don't have the need to run and try to help them up. He has been out in the pool, he just came in and is looking over my shoulder right now, well there he goes... This is the first time that he has been in the pool since the surgery. I took pictures of the boys in the pool so as soon as Jacob gets them on the computer I will get this posted. By the way, he has done really well since coming home from the hospital. He is eating and drinking and it has just been completely different than the first time around with the chemo. I am very proud of him. If we stay on schedule Caleb will finish chemo the week after his 13th birthday, which is October 15th. He still has a very long process with the leg and he will have to go back every 3 months for a very long time, but hey, we are getting there!


Continue to live in Him, rooted and built up in Him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.
— Colossians 2:6 (NIV)