Update on Bradley from his dad

12-01-09 Tuesday 8:00PM (Mark Wilson)Brad is still at home and we are settling into our new lifestyle a little better. Brad started chemo again yesterday and is doing pretty well overall. Today, he surprised us all when he stood to his feet from his wheelchair unprompted and unassisted. That is the first time this has happened! He sees the progress and so do we. He is sleeping in his bedroom in his own bed - just as he wants. I carry him up the stairs each night and down them each morning (and yes, I am very careful - even though I did slip and fall when I was carelessly popping down them without Brad this morning). We have moved next door to the guest room where we can hear him if he needs anything. Stacey is taking him for IV chemo each morning through Thursday, even though we were supposed to be doing this with Home Health. I think his doctors still want to get a look at him as much as possible for a while to make sure everything is OK. He's been off blood pressure medicine since Sunday and is holding up well so far. Tonight was the first night in over 13 weeks we were able to sit down as a family at the dinner table uninterrupted (except for Buck, our lab, who was actually pretty well-behaved himself). Brad was more himself than I've seen him since all this began. We get a little more of him back each day. We have ups and downs, but he is moving forward. Please continue to pray with us that he avoids infections and bugs as his immunity falls over the next 4 weeks. We really want to see him gain some weight too. It seems like too much to ask, but this is a small thing for God compared to what we've seen so far.