A Day to Give Thanks

What a lovely Thanksgiving we had this year. It is still so hard not to look back on how things were last year. Last year, we almost didn't get to go to my father's house for Thanksgiving because Max was getting regular transfusions and they were unsure that they wanted him going that far. We were able to go because his didn't need a platelet transfusion until the day before Thanksgiving (this was actually the first sign that things were getting better, I think) but his ANC was scarily low. We had a lovely visit, but were unable to do anything else, and I spent the whole weekend worrying about exposing him to illness. This year was exactly the opposite. Ironically, Lauren caught a cold and we didn't end up travelling in order to not expose my father and stepmother to Lauren's cold. I pulled together a quick meal and we spent the day together. It was so relaxed and lovely. Max looks great and loved spending the time with Josh. The weather was warm and foggy, and we all went to the Cranberry Bogs for a walk. For some reason, Max decided he wanted to ride on Josh's back for a while and he and Josh got to take pictures and look at things and talk together. It was colder today but we had another nice outing. It has been a lovely holiday.