So much has happened, so little has happened. My frustration grows and grows as does my pride for Daniel. Friday Daniel had an updated MRI and so far the Radiologist says he sees no difference between the last one he had 3 months ago (approx.) and this one. This is a great thing. This means that since he has gone off of antibiotics the area of infection has not returned or grown. It has not lessened or shrunk either but this is likely just areas now of bone and tissue remodeling. While this is a positive note once again we have continuous weeks in QNQ range of CMV counts. Yes this is still the lingering virus, but today during our regular weekly CMVIG (immunoglobulin infusion) Daniel made a bold decision, left up to him when fully explained, to take the next step and change his treatment to move his antiviral treatment to the next level to move forward. Unfortunately this means remittance into the hospital. Yep just when the doctors finally gave us permission to actually go away for the weekend (as far as the mountains) we are moving back into the hospital. Likely on Thursday for highly monitored treatment but this time it is to knock out the virus once and for all and to move on with our lives. It is a bold and proactive choice that does not come without risk but I have faith that it will be closely monitord every step of the way to prevent worser and unmanageable consequences from occurring. We can ALWYS stop treatment and reevaluate and like the Doctor told us today, Daniel is in such a different stat of health than he was 6 months ago. He is so much healthier than he was then and he is very strong and his kidneys are functioning great so we are all going to be positive and go into this with a positive outlook of moving him onto the next phase of finishing this crap and moving on with living. The Doctors know I have the goal of getting him back to school in the fall , on time if at all possible and if not to Israel in the Winter with his class. I know my goals are lofty for him but I also know what he is capable of. I know what he can do and I see no need to wait on this any longer but it had to be Daniel’s time to want to start this. I am glad he is ready now. The only thing making him wait until Thursday is his big DEBUTE on Wednesday. Again with the social agenda. Dr. Craddock said why not today or tomorrow to get started and Daniel said he has an important commitment. Well yes he does. I mentioned this earlier but not in detail. Now I can but will save the fun stuff for Wednesday. Daniel was asked for specifically by the Broncos Headquarters and then CEOs of The Children’s Hospital to be the Ambassador between the two for their new partnership. The said it was a no brainer when their merger talks began. Can you imagine Daniel’s excitement. The kid is on his way through headquarters to the Commissioner’s office for sure. We have recently met to hash out details of his duties but so much is still to ensue. Kickoff starts this Wednesday though with a Pep Rally and Q&A of Broncos players Cheerleaders, Miles the Mascot (I will be staying away) and led by none other than Daniel Hailpern of Daniel’s [Preview] Review Show. He was asked to rerecord his Broncos Go song with an update and I can’t wait to hear it at the rally. I will of course be beaming and update with photos and a lot of bragging. Could this kid make his lemonade ANY sweeter?