Ian is ONE + other updates!

Yesterday was Ian's 1st birthday!! I went all out. He had birthday pajamas to wear the night before. Birthday bib. Birthday shirt. A trip to the zoo. Smash cake (which he didn't touch, it seems he hates cake). He "opened" two of his presents, we are saving the rest for this weekend when family is in town to celebrate. The highlight of the day was Ian and the giant gorilla at the zoo. He loved that ape.

The night before of course, was Halloween. I have ALWAYS wanted a baby born as close to Halloween as possible. (Only 1 day off is pretty lucky!) So we have had two days of fun around here. Monday night I tore through a physiology test as fast as possible (hey, I still pulled a 97!!) so I could get home by 6:15 for trick or treating. Ian absolutely loved being pushed around in his cart in his costume. He even carried the pumpkin the entire time!!! We only went to 2 houses as I felt like I was kinda stealing candy since Ian can't eat it. But he loved looking at the kids running around so we went for a walk.

ALSO during my blogging absence, I attended my slew of medical garbage at the hospital.. BUT, I received overall great news. I did not get another CT Scan - I have had 8 CT scans and really need to start limiting that radiation so I won't be doing that for 6 months! I got a chest xray instead. All looks GREAT. My radiation damaged my ribs' cartilage so that is painful with a lot of pressure, which may or may not ever go away, but is extremely manageable. That was the worst of my news. My white blood cells don't seem to want to reach normal levels but who cares, not the doctor. Apparently that's okay. So for now, I ride my natural high of health and can stop obsessively checking for swollen lymph nodes (I will try). My tattoo gets updated Thursday night. (Mom, at least this isn't something meaningless and yes, the tattoo will get larger) Adam, being the genius he is, told me to use powerpoint to edit a photo of my tattoo to decide what I want the final product to look like. This way I get it correct the first time since you can't exactly erase it. So here it is. I LOVE IT. I am starting with the tiniest heart on Thursday. One year, DONE. Four more to go!



SO SO excited to pick my best friend in the entire universe on Friday. It is funny how having cancer taught me who my true friends ARE and ARE NOT. Kelly was there for me at every moment. She is not just a good friend, she is family. My Asian sister of sorts. lol.