July 28, 2009

Okay, last update was last Sept - sorry =(
Nick is still well and in remission. This
year's check up was in April and all was
good. He is still taking the growth hormone
shots nightly. He is up to 60.9 inches tall!
And Nick doesn't need to take the Zoloft
for anxiety anymore!! Yeah!!

I'll try and catch you all up on the
"highlights" of last 10 months....

Nick's freshman year and 1st year of
high school went really well. He kept
up those grades, and made us proud!
He made some new friends, and definately
has matured a lot this past year.

Christmas came and went with "Santa"
leaving Nick the new ipod video. Spring
brought Nick's 15th B-day and he was
very happy to get his own Xbox 360.
Below is a pic of him eating his B-day
"brownie cake". As you can see, he'd
started growning his hair out then....



March also brought a new addition to our
family. We adopted a new little dog
named "Ginger". She is a Roosevelt Terrier
and her and Trigger became the best of
friends
Sadly, Trigger got very sick and
passed away in May. We were all very
heartbroken. Trigger had been with
us and slept with Nick every night
for 5 years.


Ginger & Trigger

July was a great month for Nick! He got
to go to Camp Mak A Dream in Montana!
It's a great camp for kids who have or
have had cancer. A group went from the
DeVos Children's Hospital here with Jen
one of the child life specialist.
Nick said he had a riot and wished he
could have stayed another week or two!
He got to learn fly fishing, went on hikes,
and mined for amethyst. He learned archery
and even danced at the party they had on
the last night there! Most of all he made
a lot of new friends and some awesome
memories!







Just recently, we were very lucky to find
another dog to add to our family. Ginger had
been awful lonely without Trigger, so we
found a cute little Min Pin named "Spike",
who's fast becoming Ginger's new best buddy
and a beloved part of our crazy family:



Ginger & Spike

Well, thats all the highlights since the last
update that I can think of.......
So I guess we'll try and post again in a few
months & update you all on how "10th Grade"
is going.......can you believe it?!

Thank you all for your continued support

God Bless
Pam, Bob, & Nick