Great news! The sonogram showed no evidence of clots anywhere on his legs. The doctors have said he can continue to run. He just needs to be careful that he doesn't fall. Falls can cause internal bleeding since he is on blood thinning medication. The blood thinner that he is on is given by injection. Alex will give himself the injections twice a day for at least a month but possibly up to 3 months. Since he has no symptoms from the blood clot and it was caught early, the doctors don't think it will give him much trouble. The thinners will keep this clot from getting bigger and other clots from forming. The tricky part is not having the blood be too thin when he gets his lumbar punctures.

Although, it's terrible that Alex has to go through all of this, it is truly amazing how we have found both the cancer and the blood clot before Alex had any symptoms. We truly feel blessed that our Heavenly Father is guiding us along this journey. Although obstacles appear, we seem to have the best possible scenario. That is not luck or coincidence but divine intervention.

Alex's doctor, Phillip Barnette, is a wonderful man. He is so positive and always makes himself available to us. It is a cold, snowy Saturday here and although there are several very wonderful doctors on call who have checked in on us, he came by to visit with us and to answer any and all of our questions and concerns. He brought his son along who played with all the toys out in the hallway (it's a children's hospital). We were impressed.

We should be going home in about 4 hours (after they check his blood levels again).