Happy Anniversary Christopher!
Posted by jenille610 on October 30, 2008
October 30th marks the one year anniversary of Christopher’s transplant. As I thumbed through my journal entries from last year, I couldn’t help but think that that was me writing.
I drove to Parnassus today for an unrelated reason and as I made my way up the hill, the hill I took every day for five weeks to be with my Christopher, a chill feeling went up my spine and I remembered every detail of our stay. I remembered the call that sealed our fate. I remembered waiting in the waiting room for 6 hours. I remembered how our eyes met when Chris finally came to. I remembered crying and I remembered despair and disappointment not being able to go home. And I remember thinking December 1st was too good to be true when we all piled in the car not believing that we were actually going home.
Most of all, I remember my strong support network. Our visitors. Our nurses and doctors. Our family and friends. Strangers wishing us the best.
Before me today, Christopher is a lively, spitfire lil boy with so much passion, intelligence, and love. He tells me when his remaining five meds are “nasty” and when he knows we’re going in for his blood draws: “Poke, Mom!”
As the scar above his belly button fades lighter and lighter, I count my blessings that he is one day less susceptible to complications of the transplant and I remember it all.
This Halloween is bittersweet. It will be Christopher’s 1st Halloween ever. For his first two years, we celebrated on 6Long but this year, 2008, he gets to trick-o-treat with his brothers. Come rain or sleet, we’re going!
Thank you all for following us so closely with our journey. We really couldn’t have done it without you. Christopher is too young to understand it now but he has a family in each of you and we are forever grateful.
