It's tough when even the doctors don't even know why Daniels numbers aren't even coming up. They assure us they will. They were slow last round, as well and I keep reminding myself that it is so much better that this time he feels so good with zero side effects and all we are suffering this time is sever boredom. The doctors do tell us that this round he received a far higher dose and harder curse of chemotherapy so it is expected to take longer to recover so just to hang tight. All his numbers and counts are trending upwards so it looks to be any day to go home. I hope it will be by this weekend but do not want to set us up for disappointment. In the meantime he spent the good portion of the morning wasting time on the xbox and when I forced him to get his lazy butt up he got ready and we went to the end of the hall and he impressed me by actually running on the treadmill. Ladies and Gentleman let me paint a picture of Daniel pre-cancer LAZY BUTT. So can I tell you how impressed I was. I should preface this mind you with the getting him going only came with the threat of getting the Physical Therapist in here (who I saw in the hall) a few moments prior. I think he overcompensated but I will not complain. Not that we want him working off weight at this point but he still needs a lot of strengthening and conditioning. As do I...I still can't keep up with his long legs around the unit when we walk laps.
Meanwhile on the bright side the good part about being here tomorrow is the contest winner for the song writing contest will be announced and now we will be here in person. Now I don't want to jinx anything but the head of child life services came up this morning and brought a release form in for me to fill out. Ok I know Daniel doesn't read this so I can just tell you all I was called into the Seacrest Studios to see what they did with his lyrics. The DJ and team professionally produced it and will present it to Daniel tomorrow. I was brought to tears with what they did. They professionally recorded it with a singer and made an amazing video with the lyrics included. Daniel is going to freak out. This is going to go to the news station as well as Broncos Headquarters people. If this doesn't get some attention I don't know what will. I am so proud of him. I know he is proud of it but I can't wait to see his reaction tomorrow. I plan to video tape it and I know they are giving us the file of it so I will post that as well for you all to see. The funniest thing was when I signed the release he didn't really know what it was for, but he didn't want me signing it if it would be signing away credit for lyric rights. The kid ain't no dummy. In fact he may need an agent after tomorrow. Stay tuned!