Good morning,
For all you hockey fans out there, we thought you would enjoy these pictures of Dane taken yesterday afternoon on our backyard rink. After some negotiation about how long he had to skate for, Dane "reluctantly" agreed to lace up his blades and head out for some afternoon fresh air. I was at ringette with Ashley so I missed his skating time, however Dirk said he really enjoyed himself and skated for close to half an hour. When I got home he rushed to tell me about how we was consistently raising the puck over the net and into the snowbank! To his Giants teammates, you can see he is wearing his team jersey.
Today is a quiet day as we have no doctor's appointments. Ashley has picked up some kind of a "bug" so she is home from school this morning. We are keeping as much distance between them as is possible when they live in the same house. Dane really wants Ashley around these days as well, so I think he's secretly glad she is under the weather. I hope she recuperates soon for everyone's sake, as she has a birthday celebration to attend and is supposed to be coming to the Cancer Clinic with us tomorrow for Dane's check-up.
We will post a more thorough update after Tuesday's appointment. As I said in Saturday's entry, this past weekend was difficult. As a parent of a child with ALL, it's particularly heart-wrenching knowing Dane can't participate in all the activities that he enjoys so much. What gets us through is the hope and expectation this will be short lived and before you know it he'll be back on the rink racing his mom, dad and sister and proudly saying "I'm faster than all of you!"
Janie and Dirk
