We’re all back in San Francisco now after our brief visit home this weekend.  The boys had a great day on Saturday playing in the backyard.  They also liked watching what Jack called the “Big TV.”  At the SF apartment, we have a TV that is probably smaller than whatever computer monitor you are reading this on – seriously, it’s small.  So when Jack got a look at our normal TV at home, he was duly impressed.  He didn’t even mind that we didn’t have a couch!

When we got back to San Francisco, Jackson and Wyatt received a Halloween themed care package from a wonderful family in Sacramento.  It was chocked full of great Halloween toys, books, candy, and other things to occupy him during his next admission to the hospital.  It also had a battery-powered magic wand with a star shape at the end of it.  If you flick it hard enough, it makes a magic-wand type sound.  Jackson loves it.  He’s actually sleeping with it right now (Sorry “Red Dog”….).  Earlier this afternoon, Wyatt made the mistake of attempting to play with Jack’s wand and quickly felt the wrath of Jack.

Jackson still is not eating more than a few French fries per day (and refusing other foods), but he seems to be doing really well on the TPN.  Tomorrow he has his 6 hour blood test in preparation for the next round of chemo.  We are still working with the doctors to fine-tune the next course of his treatment, it’s just taking a while because they must all communicate with one another and it seems to take quite a bit of time for them to do that.