"It's a go" to begin treatment

Max had a few more x-rays this morning to look at the positioning of his portacath's catheter. This time we took him down to a digital x-ray machine that he could stand up in front of. He had a great time pretending to drive the taxi-cab pediatric transport vehicle, or the "race car" as he called it. I made sure we took the long way through intersections and had to make lots of u-turns. Whee! Later on, Dorothy and her brother Greg came by to relieve me for the day. I did hang around long enough to hear that the surgeon had reviewed the chest pictures and heart monitor data. He decided it wasn't perfect and still hung slightly low, but that going ahead and using it as is was a smaller risk than going in a second time and trying to adjust it. This was great news for all of us, especially Max, who was now finally allowed to have his breakfast!