Festival with tree, ends up Chemo round 3!

Don't you love it when things rhyme? I apologize for not posting about the last two days of round 3 but the hotel Internet and I did not get along. First two days we were friends then after that not so much. He got a nice distraction on Friday when 4 gorgeous ladies clamored for his attention. Or if you want the bare facts we picked Courtney, Avery, Adalynn, and Aftyn up in North Bend and dropped them off at the airport in Seattle.

Then day four was fast because we had to check out of our Chemo hotel before treatment and then find the new hotel and get unloaded before the "troops" came. Grandpa Kent, Grandma Louise, Michael and the rest of the kids came over Saturday to attend the Seattle Children's Hospital Festival of Trees on Sunday. Except for walking a few unnecessary blocks in high heels (fancy hotels don't display their names like say Motel 6 does) it was a neat evening. This is a fund raising event for Children's Hospital and we were excited Jackson got to be a part of it. Although; it was another moment that made me pause and think(you all know how hard I avoid THAT!). I couldn't help but contemplate that MY KID is sick, my kid is sick enough to be a story for a hospital fundraising event. I cried when I saw his tree and story sign. Then I started reading the stories of the kids whose trees were next to Jackson's, and I had to stop because my vision was too impaired. Kids---hurt kids sick kids, it's too much some days.







For those of you who worried that all the attention would make Jackson think he is a "ladies man" don't worry, Maddie put him in his place!! I wanted a picture of Royal City's very own "red ribbon" (patients had red ribbon jingle bell necklaces, siblings of patients had green necklaces)patients but she was having second thoughts about the boy she would forever be linked to in that photo op! Between Maddie and Jackson we are paying enough to get a Royal City wing of the hospital---I'll invite you all the ribbon cutting ceremony!


Last but not least, because of the holiday tomorrow we had Jackson' blood drawn today. ANC-900 (low) WBC-3.0 (low) HCT-33.2 (low) PLT-269,000 (normal range) Any takers on how many day's of school he will miss in the next 3 weeks? Jackson said, "just quit drawing my blood and you won't have to worry about it Mom"! Well, why didn't I think of that!