Where is the time going.  Praise God for every moment of it.  Everyone is doing great!  We have seen the doctor here only twice since our appointment at Duke in Sept.  Brayden has officially survived his first sinus infection/ear infection with the help of an antibiotic.  Trevin also had a cold, but he conquered it on his own without extra medications. WOW!  Since then, both have been well.  We have FINALLY made the decision to have Trevin's blood drawn by our local hospital's phlebotomist instead of the hem/oc nurse.  Bless her heart, she has so much trouble drawing his blood.  The first draw from the phlebotomist will be next week.  Hopefully it will be a much better experience for Trevin. 

Just a quick update on their donor cells.  Brayden is holding steady at 33% whole body donor cells, but the important thing is his T-cells are functioning and communicating with his immune system.  Trevin is still 90% donor!  He suffers from a small amount of sun exposed GVH, but is kept under control with topical creams.  His immune function is even better than Brayden's, but that is to be expected due to the donor cell difference. Everything else about their blood work is normal or near normal.

Brayden made the HONOR ROLL for the first six weeks.  This is amazing to us considering he had school only an hour a day during his fourth grade year while at Duke.  We are so proud of him.  Trevin is also doing great with his home schooling.  A teacher comes an hour a day, four days a week.  He is eager to learn and keep up with his peers so he can return to school soon.

PLEASE keep the all children who are sick in your prayers and also say a prayer for their parents/caregivers.  It is not easy to see your child/children suffer.  Give thanks, though, for the children who are healed and getting a second chance at life!