Thankful

I have not been good at keeping this up.  So much going on right now.  I can cover several days with one big thankful.  I am thankful that it is November and my son is doing well.  This is the season he gets bad.  There have been some episodes where we think, this is it.  Signs that he is going downhill.  He has recognized it a couple of times.  He sees his doctor and has adjustments made.  It is wonderful!!  What that means:

He is present.  He will be in the living room with me at night.  He likes to watch TV.  He will watch entire games.  Baseball, basketball, and football.  He will watch bad reality TV.  We will watch bad reality TV together.

He likes to spend time with the kids.  Right now he and Coco have a thing.  Coco likes everyone to recognize she is here.  Tink does not crave all the attention.  Coco seeks out Uncle.  Love it!  The Kid barely comes around anymore.  Uncle rarely sees him.

Weekly he goes to have his blood drawn.  That is huge.  He does it.  He recognizes in order to get his medications, he has to have his blood drawn.

He will mention his illness.  He does not call it by name.  But.....admitting he has an illness is huge.  He will say he cannot go somewhere because his illness makes him uncomfortable.  I feel like that is such an amazing thing.

This can change any day for no apparent reason.  Today, I am thankful that Uncle is fighting a good fight and winning the battle.