Some family pictures

Family has been so important to us during this fight. Ricky loves his family and they really love him so much. Here's just a few of them. His step mom Deirdre, Rick's brother Mike, and my brother Greg are pictured here.

Thursday update.....

Rick spent yesterday at the hospital. His platelets were up to 89,000 which is great news and his white blood cell count was up also, another good thing. His exam was very good, the NP said it was the best she’s seen him. He did have a TIA just as we were leaving, and one more an hour later, no idea what triggered them………….. Scary stuff.

He remains in very good shape – going to school full time, eating well (he weighs 60.5 lbs now), and very active. He got a A- on his first social studies test and a 100% on his spelling test. I couldn’t believe how much sushi he ate Tuesday night. Most adults couldn’t put away that much. He and I hiked three miles last weekend and I had to hustle to keep up with him!

Today is a good day

I just wanted to let you all know that Ricky is really looking and feeling well! It is truly a blessing and a miracle. Yes, he’s still very sick, and we don’t know what tomorrow will bring, but his quality of life is excellent. He is really coming into his own as he matures. I feel so very lucky to have had time with him that I frankly wasn’t sure that I’d have. I spent my birthday last week at Dana-Farber and felt privileged to do so.

Hope and faith is so important in these battles, you can never give up! Thank you for all your prayers and support, it helps more than you might think.

We have no medical visits this week.

Quick update

Just back from Dana Farber - Rick's platelets were at 78,000, so we were able to continue chemotherapy with no changes. Only one TIA in the last two weeks. His exam was stable, he's doing good and enjoying school, except for the homework.

Last week's MRI showed no tumor growth, so for now, we are doing very well. Doctor tells us that Rick's response has been "very dramatic", so they want to continue chemo and add aspirin to hopefully control the TIAs. Increased risk of bleeding but a major stroke could really cause us problems so it's the lesser of two evils hopefully.

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Thank you for all the prayers and good thoughts. The angels are with us.

A few pictures, and we got a STABLE MRI!

Early feedback is that the MRI yesterday was stable! Happy birthday to me! Platelets at 84,000, so we are doing okay!


Ricky with Tom Caron and Dennis Eckersley being interviewed for a NESN Jimmy Fund Telethon. You can watch the interview below.

Ricky having his EEG last week, appears that the TIAs he's been having are the result a capillary on his left side that isn't quite large enough. We are just watching it for now and continuing chemo.
Rick enjoying Heritage Days in August.