July 25, 2005
Curtis' 5th Birthday Party
On Saturday July 16th, we celebrated Curtis' 5th birthday at our house in Carleton Place. We wanted to make it an extra special day for Curtis especially since he would be spending his actual birthday, July 19th, at CHEO for his next cycle of chemotherapy. Plenty of friends and family joined us in making this a memorable birthday for Curtis. It worked out well too with the timing of his chemotherapy cycles that he was at his peak as far as his blood counts are concerned and feeling energetic. Thanks to everyone who helped make it a great day.
The day did get off to a rough start when I had to make the very difficult decision to have our cat Kirby put down due to a number of health concerns that arose recently. Without going into details, it was also complicated by the fact that Kirby's illness could potentially cause harm to Curtis while he's neutrapenic. Of all days for this to happen. Kirby was 10 years old and had been with Julie and I the whole time we've been together in Ottawa and California. We miss you Kirby.
Looks like you had a great birthday party - your cake was really neat.
See you soon!
Posted by: Grandma & Grandpa Bruce at July 29, 2005 09:16 AMHi there~
You don't know who we are but I wanted to let you know that we are sent updates on Curtis from our friend Margie Buckholdt here in the Seattle area.
We have a little boy, Soren who will be 5 in October. When he saw the photos of Curtis, he was so amazed by the party and all the toys and the "awesome" slide and he seems to have gotten plenty of ideas for his own birthday party. I told him that Curtis needs prayers, so right then he put his hands on the computer screen and prayed for the Lord to "make him feel better". You need to know that we will continue to keep Curtis in our prayers and the prayers of a little boy who lives so far away are being sent up on Curtis' behalf.
It is so cool to see you all keeping such a happy atmosphere around your home, in the hospital and in general it seems. I'm sure that is so incredibly encouraging for Curtis. You guys are great!
God Bless you all and may He keep you in His loving care through this time.
Blessings~
Andrea & Soren Harris (& family)
Des Moines, WA, USA