I promised.

See. I promised. Two articles in two days. To be honest, I actually miss studying. However, I did promise my wife that I would not pick up a computer book for a week, even for recreation. I have been caught a couple of times reading a book on EJBs but I put it back as soon as I was told.

We took our regular Tuesday trip to Sick Kids today for Parker's ADAGEN injection. Our immunologist came to see us today in clinic to give us some letters for Dr. Auiti and ourselves. We also discussed some recent discussions that he had with the Italian team about Parker. Everyone at Sick Kids is extremely happy with how well Parker is doing and if I may quote our immunologist, "Parker is the Poster Child for ADA Deficient SCID".

My wife and I, along with our families are getting quite anxious and just want to get Parker to Italy so that we may start the tests and then his actual treatment. Unfortunately, we will just have to wait until our flight leaves in the next couple of weeks.

My wife did speak with the health reporter from the Toronto Star and they will continue to cover our story. There will most likely be a story in the Star prior to our departure in addition to a couple while we are still in Italy. Of course, I will let everyone know when they may look for the stories in the Star. They are always very informative and we appreciate their efforts and work very much.

I had mentioned that yesterday Parker started using a sippy-cup for water. I thought that I would let him try using a cup for toddler that contained a straw. I did and Parker loved it. He enjoyed chewing on the straw and in between chews he would take a sip of the water. We are definitely quite pleased with his new found skill.

In the past couple of weeks, Parker has become interested in the blinds on the window adjacent to the television. He grabs at them and tries to rip them apart. Since this is not something we want, I decided to pull the blinds up, wash the window and sill with antibacterial soap and let him play at the window without having to worry about him wrecking the blinds or getting anything on his hands that may make him sick.

I apologize that there are no images for you to look at today but I promise to have some for tomorrow's article. And yes, there will be one.