Hello again. I hope your Christmas season is ramping up nicely. Peter is doing well and he should be in position to enjoy a normal Christmas at home.
He is back on accutane and had another headache last week that caused him to miss school. It’s worth noting that he loves school and he doesn’t want to miss it. But when a headache is bringing him to tears on the way in, it’s probably best to turn around and head back home.
Erika and Peter visited an orthopedic surgeon at the U of M last week, as well. This meeting was set in motion when Peter’s gym teacher mentioned Peter’s noticeable limp to Ty and Erika. The limp is not new; They’ve seen it for months in varying degrees. So they decided to get it checked out. The doctor suggested that the muscles around the tumor bed in Peter’s abdomen are essentially underdeveloped or injured for obvious reasons. These muscles are important for lifting your leg. They’ll also do a bone scan just after Christmas to make sure there isn’t something else at work, but they don’t expect to see any problems.
Peter remains HAMA positive, so no further antibody treatments are scheduled at this time.
I’m just realizing that I haven’t seen Peter for a month and a half or so. It’s been a LONG time since I’ve had a streak of that length and I guess that means that things are continuing to be relatively normal for the Eigners. I’m sure you can see him around the hockey rink as Ty’s team is in full swing. I’m pretty sure there’s no place he’d rather be. I’m looking forward a nice ‘normal’ Christmas with him next week.