Thursday, April 9, 2020

Thursday, April 9, 2020

Tonight's picture was taken on April 4, 2009. Mattie's 7th and last birthday. Mattie celebrated his big day in the hospital's child life playroom. His cancer buddy, Brandon, came to the hospital to spend the day with him. Mattie and Brandon were diagnosed around the same time, but after three months of treatment, Brandon went into remission. Nonetheless, Brandon returned back every couple of weeks to visit Mattie. Which was a big deal, since he lived over an hour away from the hospital. I love this photo as it still speaks to me about the power of friendship. 




Quote of the day: Today's coronavirus update from Johns Hopkins. 

• number of people diagnosed with the virus: 456,828
• number of people who died from the virus: 16,267

Sunny still remains very lethargic and looks to be in pain. He is on two different pain meds and the doctor's office called to check on him today. She feels he is doing okay, considering he had a big surgery Tuesday night. He is eating and drinking water, but is unable to walk on all fours yet. Typically Sunny wants to take walks, but he clearly knows he isn't up for it. 

We don't leave him for long, as we like to monitor him and make sure he isn't touching his stitches. But we did get outside for about an hour's walk. We would have continued our walk, but it was windy and beginning to rain. The sky in this photo says it all. 

Wind and rain while walking, seemed to capture the ominous world we are living in now. 

This afternoon, I was working in Mattie's room. Check out my colleague! Typically Indie stays with Peter, but today, she stuck close to me. She seems very aware of the fact that something is wrong with Sunny, and this is bothering her. 

Our boy getting some sun and fresh breezes later in the afternoon! Thank goodness for Sunny and Indie. As they keep us to a schedule and engaged with the world. 

A sunset from our living room window.