Update

Hello everyone!

Well, the school year has started up here in Vermont and Zach started right along with them! He thought he didn't have to do school, even though I kept telling him he was. Boy, wasn't he surprised when the books showed up! He actually is very excited about it, especially the science. So, we will see how home schooling goes.

Grandma, my mom, left back to California on Wednesday. It was really nice to have her here.....there's nothing like having your mom with you. We took Zach out every day to play outside, which included basketball, break the twigs with the ball, chase the ball and 3 square. Her birthday was Tuesday, so we met outside and Zach presented her with various treasures from the hospital gift shop: Halloween earrings, truffles, a Webkinz, eyeglass holders and a piece of cherry pie. We then played basketball. Unfortunately, she came down with a cold the last few days that she was here.....seems like thats what happens when you fly in airplanes.



Zachary had a surprise visit from the University of Vermont hockey team on Tuesday!! One of the guys gave him his stick, signed by the players, and he received a framed team photo and a signed hat. After the visit, the coach emailed the social worked, Penny, who arranged this meeting, and told her he enjoyed the visit with Zach so much that he wants her to keep in touch with him about Zach and he wants to give him tickets to a game and wants him to come to a practice with the guys, come on the ice, see the locker room etc.....Zach just about fainted!! That visit just made his day!! So, then the next night, he most favorite night nurse in the whole world, Gradin (male), gave him a signed John LeClair hockey puck, one that he had in a box of things he had collected......Zach knows who he is and although he doesn't understand how special it is....he knows its special because a hockey player signed it, he played for the Flyers and Gradin gave it to him.

Lets see.....what else. Zach is on day 10 of the chemo treatment plan. His 8 days of chemo ended yesterday morning and now we are waiting for his counts to drop (the blood, immune system and platelets.) Unfortunately , the only way to get rid of and keep away the leukemia is to wipe out his bone marrow and then let it regenerate. So, once his counts go down, then we wait, stay in isolation and pray that he does not get any infections or have any complications. Like the dr said, the leukemia isn't a problem anymore, its the threat of infections or complications that the chemo brings on.....as necessary as it is. So.....keep the prayers coming that God protect him while he has no immune system.

Again, thank you to everyone!! All the support you show Zach and us is just wonderful and so appreciated. Thanks also for all the prayers!

More again later

Zach and mom