This morning the doctor came in and was very pleased at the blood work. The white cell count was at 200 and the ANC was around 156. I was a bit surprised at his exuberance as Cutler had a count of 200 about 10 days ago and asked if he was being positive to make up for making Melanie cry yesterday. 🙂 He said that he does think this is a sign that the graft is starting to work and we should see further growth over the next week. Personally, I am holding off a bit as a skeptic considering we have had these counts before, but I am being a positive skeptic and patiently waiting. Thank you to everyone for their continued comments, thoughts, and most importantly the prayers.
As for Cutler’s other progress, he continues to shine more and more every day. He has also become more and more mischievous as the days progress. He woke with a huge smile at 6:30 and I couldn’t just make him lie in his bed and so we played and played and played until Grammy got here to sit with him for the day. His personality just continues to shine and he is really charming the nurses here as much as he did on the 6th floor. One of his Christmas presents is a basketball hoop and so we have been working on his game…unfortunately he prefers to hang on the rim.
Team Fricke 
Cutler, Tell Daddy that Grandma will teach you how to shoot when she comes back. Remember to hold your arm in an L shape,use your wrists and follow through. You’ll be a pro before you get home and then you can teach Mason. Lots of prayers and positive thoughts are coming your way.
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“Joy does come in the morning”! Thanks for sharing, and continue to rely on HIM, even when it is hard to know where HE is, at times that get us down. Mom and Dad, you are amazing, and no doubt the reason for Cutler’s good disposition. Hugs and Prayers continue
Hand in Hand Prayer Ministry at FellowshipChurch
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What a charmer!!! Just in case he doesn’t get his basketball prowess up to the NBA level, I don’t have any doubt he will have every girl/woman/whatever falling for him. I only hope he treats them kindly.
Lots of love and continued prayers,
Aunt Linda and John
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I am so glad that the counts are going in the right direction and I continue to constantly pray for Cutler and the entire family. I can’t imagine how hard this is for all of you, but I know that God is at your side through this whole ordeal.
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Good Morning Everyone,
Thank You Jesus for this day. Thank You for Melanie, Aaron, Team Fricke and family. Reading from my favorite author Helen Steiner Rice this morning:
Make the New Year a Stepping-Stone to Growth
Whatever the new year has in store
Remember there’s always a good reason for
Everything that comes into our life,
For even in times of struggle and strife
If we but lift our eyes above
We see “our cross” as a “gift of love”…
For things that cause the heart to ache
Until we feel that it must break
Become the strength by which we climb
To higher heights that are sublime…
So welcome every stumbling block
And every thorn and jagged rock,
For each one is a Stepping-Stone
To a fuller life than we’ve ever known,
And in the radiance of God’s smiles
We learn to soar above life’s trials…
So let us accept what the new year brings,
Seeing the Hand of God in All Things,
And as we grow in strength and grace
The clearer we can see God’s face.
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
1 John 3:2
Wish you and yours a Very Happy New Year,
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Oh, thank God, for this good news! We’re wishing you and all of the Fricke family a very blessed and joyful 2010. It’s got to be blessed and joyful because 2009 was certainly nothing to write home about. Keep up the good work, Baby Cutler (future NBAer)!
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Such great news! I continually pray for all of you to get through this difficult stage and onto the recovery stage which GOD is overseeing!!!
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Cutler is such a strong baby. It seems as though nothing gets him down. He is always so happy. I could just squeeze and kiss him and never stop !!
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