Hi everyone, sorry I didn't post yesterday but my hands really hurt from a rash I got from the chemo and I am having my dad type this one for me. I am not feeling very good today and am just resting a lot. I was supposed to get out yesterday but probably won't be home until at least tomorrow, I hope I can be home longer this time. I hope I can see some of you when I get home.

So, recently I have been able to start some school work. Today we will listen to and read along with To Kill A Mockingbird. Not my favorite thing to do, I would rather be at home doing math or spanish homework.

Next chemo is starting now...will write again tomorrow with updates.

Love you all!

Well, treatments all went well today...it made it easier to have Caity here while it was all going through. Theres nothing like having your best friend by your side. Hopefully everything will follow schedule and I will be home at the end of the week.

I again would like to thank everyone who leaves messages on my guest book, and everyone who prays for me. I know that all of this support is part of the reason why I am able to get through this difficult time.

Being home is great, but the best part is being able to leave the house and actually see some friends and family. Friday night I was able to go to Ethan's 2nd birthday party and Saturday morning I went to Adam's basketball game and saw a ton of friends that I haven't been able to see in a while. I can't wait until I am able to see more of my friends and family as I get stronger.

Well today was hopefully my last day at the hospital until Monday when I get to go back for more treatments.... But, that means one more treatment down, i don't even know how many left. Just taking this day by day, one step at a time, and will be back to "normal" asap!

I also would like to thank everyone who is sending me cards or leaving posts on my guest book! I just love reading them every day. It really does help the day go by.

Hi everyone, well our time at home didn't last very long, Erin got a fever last night so we had to bring her to the ER and they admitted her. She will probably be there until at least Wednesday. We are working on a way for you all to be able to see our posts easier (this blog) instead of looking through all of the other messages, so look for a change to the guestbook soon. Thanks for all of the great messages, we read all of them, and look forward to new ones everyday. I'll post again tomorrow to let you all know how she is doing.

Love, John and Lori

Good Morning Everyone, we are finally home from the hospital. They sent a nurse to the house last night to teach us how to hook Erin up to IV fluids because she still can't drink enough to stay hydrated, but at least we are home. Erin has an out patient appt. tomorrow and physical therapy and if all goes well we will not go back in to stay until the 23rd. I want to give some recognition to all of the kids and teachers that have posted messages for Erin, and have signed cards from school or sent them from home. The amount of support we have gotten from you guys has been unbelievable and we can't wait until we can see you all to thank you in person. Erin especially can't wait to be able to see all of you again and we hope that will be soon. Since we are home now you can call if you would like to talk to Erin or if she is up to it and you want to visit call us and we'll see if we can have some visitors. Of course you can text her as well and post more messages to. Thanks for everything. You guys are great.

Love, John and Lori

Happy Valentines Day Everyone, we are still in the hospital and hope that we can go home tonight, we will not know until about 6:00. Lori was able to go home last night for a much needed break and I will be here for the weekend. Erin is still not feeling very well and not eating much but is very anxious to get home. We read through all of the new messages this morning and all I can say is WOW. We look forward to all of the new posts and all the words of encouragement. Keep 'em coming. For those of you that are on my e-mail dist. list, I think I am going to start to use this forum to communicate so I can reach anyone that has this web address, friends, family, teachers. So please look for updates on Erins progress here, and you can also check out what everyone else is writing. As always, you can e-mail us directly or call us if you have something you don't want to post here. Thanks for the awesome support.