It Is What We Have Waited For

It is a couple of hours until midnight and my wife has decided to stop organizing for tomorrow and finally take a break. Me, I have spent the last few hours getting the technical things ready for when we arrive in Milan.

To be honest, I am unsure of exactly how I feel right now. This time tomorrow we will be on a plane to Milan, Italy and our what we have waited so long for will finally have arrived. The past few days have been difficult. We have tried to see as many people as we could. I know that I have so many people I should be calling tomorrow to say good-bye to, and to thank for all of the support they have given us but I don't know where I am going to find the time. I guess this is the reason I started this blog almost a year ago today. With so many people to tell everything to, we thought it would be easier if we did it with this. With that, I want to thank everyone who has been with us throughout our dealings with this disease. My wife and I are so appreciative of everything that people have done for us to make the past 14 months a little bit easier.

I know that things are going to be difficult for us the next six months as Parker goes through his treatment in Italy. It will be difficult going back into isolation and watching Parker be run through a battery of tests but I know that there are going to be people here at home that are going to have a difficult time as well. Just tonight, Nana left our home in tears because she will not see us or her grandson that she has seen almost everyday since he came home from Sick Kid's in Toronto last June. I feel terrible for Nana along with my parents and our siblings, but as I was at my in-laws house today with my wife I saw a picture of Parker on his Gaga's (grand-dad) shoulders hanging on the wall and I told my wife that although he may do his best not to show it, I felt the worst for her father. "That's his buddy", I told her.

I am going to try one more time tomorrow to write before we leave for the airport but if I don't have time, I do promise to write as soon as I get my notebook setup on the Wi-Fi in our apartment. I will be taking a lot of pictures at the airport and once again when we get to Milan, so although I have not had many lately, there will be soon.

Please be sure to read the Toronto Star tomorrow as the little monkey is slotted for front page again. We would like to thank the Toronto Star for always doing such a great job!