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By Grant Falk

Friday, October 2, 2009

BACK TO SCHOOL

Wow....I can't believe it's been so long since I blogged. Had a great summer vacation. Went to visit my Aunt Karie & Uncle Noah in Custer, SD. We drove there & back and it took about 2600 miles of driving. We stopped all over to visit my mom's friends & relatives along the way. Then I went fishing in Alaska with my grandpa Jack. Caught lots of big coho's and kings. I played lots of video games and went to a bunch of movies.
Now, it's back to school. I like Mountlake Terrace High School. All my friends are there. I do think I'll go visit the Fred Hutch School sometime and show them how well I'm doing.
I've been pretty well. No sickness, no cancer. It's nice. I do have to get flabotomys still. That's where they drain off a pint of blood out of me and throw it away. I have high iron, so that's the easiest way for me to get my iron levels down. I have one today, and another one in about 3 weeks, then I might get the Port taken out. I still have the Port in my chest so they can take out the blood. My arms don't like getting stuck any more. It'll be nice to get that out, and back on with my normal life. I had a bunch of testing done last month, and the SCCA has officially let me go. I only have to check in there once a year now. I'm still going to Childrens' Hospital for testing for the Ewings Sarcoma, but that's up to every 18 months now. None of us miss the hospital, that's for sure!
I hope everyone of you has a happy & healthy autumn season. Can't wait until Christmas and then my 16th birthday the day after! I'm going to be taking driver's ed soon.....so watch out! I'll be on the road soon.