A little surgery to place a port in his chest hasn’t slowed Jude down one bit, even though it is supposed to have. He is supposed to be playing no sports, doing no rough housing, etc. That is really too much to ask of our little Jude. Just hours after being released from the hospital, we spent the evening at Edinborough, a huge indoor play place. Jude had so much fun running, climbing and sliding. I hope he didn’t pop any stitches out. Today he spent quite a bit of time playing outside with his brothers and neighbor friends and even ran at his top speed, which he calls, “super speed double weed.” After having run at super speed double weed, Jude will often ask me if he looked like a blur. I did notice, however, that he played left handed during our light saber fight this morning. So, although he hasn’t complained one bit, I bet his upper right chest is sore from the port placement. I put a sticker on his shirt on top of where his owie is since I was having a hard time remembering to be careful when handling him.  I feel sad that he got that port because it is a huge sign that many pokes are coming his way. I still would love to get out of radiation, but know I shouldn’t get my hopes up. I do hope that St. Judes gets back to us soon, ideally before we leave next week.
In addition to running at super speed double weed, Jude loves picking out apps at the iPad app store. He convinced me today to let him get a free Ninjago video app. After watching it for awhile, I told him it was nap time. He said while reluctantly handing over the iPad, “Well, the 2 good things are — 1) I got a new app; and 2) it is in English.” I then said that wasn’t a good thing that it was in English since he already knows his English and needs to work on his German. He said, “I’ve been alive already for 5 years and I STILL don’t know all the English words. I need to work on my English.”