update

Thank you for your prayers. The appointment in Boston yesterday went well. Ethan's rash doesn't seem to be a huge concern right now - meaning, they do not believe it's related to graft-versus-host-disease - which is very good. We're trying a triple paste on it now to see if that resolves the problem, so hopefully we'll see positive results soon. Everything else about his health seems to be doing great. The only slight exception being that his red cells continue to trend downward in number, as opposed to going up each week. They say this is quite normal and is not a concern right now, but obviously, we continue to desire the numbers to go up on their own. It's likely Ethan will need a blood transfusion again later this week, and the hope is that this would be the extra dose he needs to get him over the hump... although we thought the last one was going to be able to do that for him. Either way, it's not a huge concern, but one we'd like to see go away regardless. We want his marrow to be handling the "supply and demand" of his body on its own without the need/dependency on transfusions. He continues to be quite fussy at times - and I do spot about 3 teeth poking their way through on top - so I'm hoping that's all it is. He's stopped taking jar foods lately, and I was worried about a setback, but his nutritionist says that he might be on target as more of a 6 month old baby than a 9 month old baby, and to just continue to practice with him... though they would like to see this developmental & nutritional goal eventually accomplished.

As a side note, I do have to say that I'm quite thankful to the Lord that Ethan appears not to have caught the cold I've had for the past week and a half. No fevers and no cause of concern in that area... I'm so very grateful for your prayers over that.

Before I go, I thought I'd post a couple of pictures of our little man chillin' out at home.