Andrew continues to amaze me in his fight and determination. After undergoing surgery #3 last Monday and coming throught with flying colors, they were able to do surgery #4 on Friday to insert the Ommaya Reservoir into the brain. He was able to go home on Saturday and spend the weekend resting in his own bed. He also played outside much of the weekend and we enjoyed the time together in giving mom and dad some much needed rest. While he was in the hospital they did a CT scan to make sure the Ommaya Reservoir was in the proper place. The also checked his lungs to be sure that they were still clear. All checked out okay.

He is still having some minor swallowing issues that they are unsure of the cause. He will be having more testing on that later this week. They started the next round of chemo today with the first one going into the Ommaya Reservoir. They started the IV chemo round this afternoon and it is a slow release through the center line. He will be in the hospital for 72 hours during this procedure.

I again thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers. We appreciate your interest in Andrew's journey.

Mike

Great to hear good news.Continued thoughts and prayers coming.

That is good to hear!!

Thanks Mud Packer. Keeping you guys in my thoughts and prayers.

Keep the chin up. Sounds like Andrew is

Mike,
We continue to keep Andrew in our thoughts and prayers. We are pleased to see the positive attitude in the updates of Andrew's progress.
Kim and Steve

Mike,

Glad to hear the positive report. Hope Andrew continues to progress.

That is such great news!! God is good! You are all in my prayers!!

Still praying at this end, MudPacker. Tom

Still thinking about Andrew and Drake. Mike, hang in there, buddy.

The resilience of children is amazing, along with the power of prayer!