Treatment rolls on...

When last we left our hero, he had just successfully traversed his first course of treatment and although a bit tired, came through like a champ. Today Joseph (by Joe's request - we will be calling him by his full name - and of course we should - heroes need to have a formal moniker as well) will be having an intrathecal spinal of Cytarabine as well as a PEG Pegaspargase two intra-muscular thigh. Because the doctors are concerned his superhuman strength will be too much for the machines they use, Joseph will be mildly sedated. He would have preferred to have continued to play Xbox while it was being done but the player 2 controller ran out of batteries so he couldn't beat up on Dad anymore anyway so he figured he might as well catch a little shut eye while the doctors and nurses did what they needed to do. Everyone send some extra positive prayers and vibes - even for a hero of young JoJo's stature these treatments can be taxing and difficult.

Joseph's legend continues to grow and people from all over are flocking to see the hero in purpose his Uncle Father Gus and Aunt Kay flew in from San Francisco to bring their prayers to him in person. The only thing that out numbers the toys in Joseph's room are the blessings that are residing there - Team Taylor feels every bit of that so keep it all coming!

Speaking of Team Taylor it's important to point out that this is a team that is deep and strong. Whether it's Michelle Dahl bringing Halloween cheer, Kelli's cookies that must have some sort of cocaine based secret ingredient to explain their addictive nature, Aunt Tina spending the night to give Mom some well needed recharging rest, Papa personal catering work that has started to feed other families on the floor, coordination of a meds list for the maintenance months ahead, Mom's girlfriends for making her laugh when it seems impossible to do so, Big Brother Paul's inspiration by going out and hammering in 4 goals and one assist in his soccer game on Saturday, Dad's unshakable patience, Yiayia's stepping into make lunches, help with homework, breakfasts and dinners at casa de Taylor and of course Mom whose engine just refuses to slow down - we've said it before - this illness picked the wrong kid to mess with - not only because of him but the team he has.