01/24/2010
by Michael Wells A quick entry to bring you up to date on how Brady is doing – Brady was fast a sleep by 7:00pm and wide awake at 3:00am. He woke up with some apparent pain and he was given a little Tylenol with codeine and now he is sitting in his crib watching Baby Einstein. But the good news he is afebrile (98.7°), no vomiting and life is GOOD! Now you would think a baby receiving Tylenol with codeine would make for a very sleepy child not Brady; he is just about as hyped up as I’ve ever seen him. He is nonstop chattering and throwing every stuffed animal out of his crib as he is making all the animal sounds of every animal in the Baby Einstein video. Crack-crack, woof-woof, meow, meow interspersed with ma, ma, da, da, and of course ba, ba. I think I need to try to calm him down a bit but it’s just too funny to watch him so full of life after the last couple of days. We just came back from a walk around the unit; it’s 5:10am and my marvelous son (I fear) is up for the day. He’s in his crib talking to himself and continuing to throw everything out. I swear they must have given him an amphetamine by mistake. I was just told that some children react this way when they receive both Benadryl and codeine; I guess Brady is one of them. First it was his pillows, followed by the rest of his stuffed animals, and now it’s his sheets that are flying out. Adding to this delightful morning is wonderful noise (much like that of a washing machine) now coming from his stomach that can only mean diarrhea; so, it’s time to change his diaper, pick up everything on the floor and say good-bye. This would make you cry if it wasn’t just so darn funny!!! Keep the prayers, hugs and good thoughts coming Brady’s way; they are honestly working…“8 Years Later—Still No Cure for Pediatric Cancer” is a series of posts revisiting the journal kept by Sherrie and Michael Wells during the cancer diagnosis and treatment of their son, Brady Michael. Hopefully these entires will provide an understanding of the journey families face when dealing with these horrific diseases and of the important work the Hugs for Brady Foundation does.