Andy fractured his left thumb…

He was playing at a friend’s house and had a bad fall.
He needs to wear a cast for three weeks. And he didn’t complain much!
The only thing he told me was “Dad, my finger is growing…catch me if you can…”
Sofia wanted a cast also and the wonderful team of doctors at Children’s Hospital Boston at Waltham gave Sofia a temporary cast.
Is he corageus? Is he used to pain? Is he brave? Does he know the difference?
Yes…
Being in the hospital with life threatening infections is no easy task. He had days, weeks and even months trying to get rid of infections and then the complications of treatments and being on so many medications, antibiotics and antivirals. His body was invaded, he had a tremendous amount of the pain, headaches, chills, rashes, stings, dizziness, nausea, vomiting and diahrrea. And he kept on smiling…
I could have done better to find his diagnosis faster. But the first article about NEMO came out around December 2000 and we arrived at Children’s Hospital Boston for the first time in September 11th. 2000.
I guess he thinks that a bone is just a bone. He rather have a few more laughs and play catch me if you can than complaining about that…
He recovers readily from adversity…
He’s the perfect example of resiliency, he recovers readily from adversity.