God hold Everest, God Heal Everest, God give him peace.

For almost a year my friend's son has been battling a rare form of cancer, Neuroblastoma. He has been through chemo, radiation, surgeries and stem-cell transplantation. Although he has been successful in beating this rare yet deadly cancer, he still has a long way to go.
Now, he has to endure 5 rounds of immunotherapy, which has been very successful in cases of Neuroblastoma. He's had 2 rounds already, and it has not been easy for him.
Here is an article about the disease and it's treatments (and the little boy in the picture is Everest, our friend).
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/home_top_stories/20100930_Children_s_Hospital_helps_develop_technique_to_improve_survival_from_neuroblastoma.html

I'm not sure if anyone even looks at my blog, but please, say a prayer for this little boy, he's been through too much already. And say a prayer for his family too.

So far so good

I believe I've mentioned in a prior post about my apprehensions with our eldest son starting middle school. In the past he has had troubles transitioning into a new school year, trouble with time management, trouble with turning in homework on time, etc. After attending Camp MS in mid-August, he felt confident that he was going to do well and that has transferred over into the new school year. He still struggles with time management, but he's getting a better handle on it. As for homework, the middle school has some strict policies about late assignments, and he is VERY aware of those requirements, and has worked extremely hard (although he hasn't had too many timely assignments,yet)to get them in on time. He likes to flow of his schedule, he enjoys transitioning from one class room to another instead of being in one classroom all day. He is enjoying all of his classes and teachers, especially Math and Band--funny how those two go together.
All-in-all, I think he's coming into his own, and that has put my mind, heart and soul at ease.