Like I said, it's free and easy, and if you're online shopping already you might as well try it!
Anyway, Jake is doing great. He was officially one year NED (no evidence of disease) in September. I can't believe we didn't write a post about it! His x-rays, blood work, and echocardiogram came back normal. They will continue to check his heart yearly since one of the chemo drugs he received causes serious heart damage.
Jake had a bad headache for two days a few weeks ago. Since then he complains of his forehead hurting in the evenings, and occasionally his chest. He's also said that his leg hurts. Not sure if it's sore from activity or what, but he wants us to rub or ice it every night. The worry is never ending. His 15 month scans are in mid December and we're considering asking for additional scans, or at least talking it over with his oncologist to express our concerns. Since Jake's only 5 years old it's hard to find out if his complaints are normal things. He's mature and expressive for his age, but he's still a little kid and doesn't know to differentiate between a pain that shouldn't be there and something that hurts but that he's learning to live with. Time will tell. Until then, we take it one day at a time.
-Kait
