This week has been better than the last 2. Brendon is feeling much better. His mouth sores are gone. He was having really bad headaches from Sunday afternoon up until last night. They were so bad that he had to take 2 Oxycodone pills and lay down with the lights out until the headache went away. After about 3 days of headaches we started to get a little concerned. When we called the doctor to let them know about them, they thought maybe Brendon had a sinus infection. We went to CMMC for a CT scan yesterday afternoon. The results came back negative for sinus infection.. We don't really know what caused them, but he didn't have one today. We're hoping that he just had a cold and now he's getting over it. His counts are still pretty low. They've had to cancel his chemo twice because he wasn't where he needed to be. He has not been to school for about 2 weeks. He misses it, but he knows his immunity is not the greatest right now. Right now he is it getting absolutely nothing for medicine (except pain pills or nausea pills if needed). He's LOVING not having to take 15-20 pills a day... If his counts go up to where they need to be he's scheduled for chemo on Thursday, 10/25. We're hoping they do so that he can get these out of the way.. The next phase is maintenance....

Today Brendon and I went to watch a football game of his team from last year. Brendon was so excited to see the team. He really misses not playing. They were so happy to see him. They "retired" (no one else can wear his number until he's able to come back to play and take his number again.) his jersey from last year but they brought it with them and let him wear it during the game. We were only able to catch the last few minutes of the game, but he felt like part of the team. Everyone was great! They gave him a ball that everyone signed and had him sit with the team for a team picture.. The coach (Dion Jackson) called Bren to stand next to him and presented him with the ball. He told Bren that this year was dedicated to him and all of the kids have Brendon's number (66) on the front of their helmets.. It was such an emotional moment! I cried and Bren told me after that he wanted to cry. He was absolutely beaming! There is an All-Star game next week and we're hoping to go to that.. Thank you so much Jr. Lions for making Brendon feel so good!

After the game Brendon wanted to carve pumpkins so we went to Blackie's in Auburn and got 2 pumpkins for $6.. Brendon's pumpkin was almost 15 pounds! I couldn't believe how cheap they were.. He carved an amazing mask on it and it looks fantastic! He's getting really good carving designs. He does it better than I can..
He's in the football frame of mind again so he was outside playing pass with one of the neighbors. He is really hoping to be able to play again next year. Hopefully he can.

That's it for now.. Thank you for the continued thoughts and prayers. You all are amazing people! ~Amber