Ironically enough, on the celebration day of the Great MLK, Cutler pronounced to the doctor this morning that he has a dream and that dream is to be free from his room if only for a few minutes at a time.  Dr. Lenarsky was so moved by Cutler’s speech that he could find no way to say no and so today began another milestone…the ability to socialize Cutler with the halls of the transplant floor. 

Ok, so it was actually me that asked the doctor and he surprisingly said sure and it wasn’t a minute later Cutler and I were roaming the floor.  The reason I say surprisingly is that his WBC dropped to 2000 today after going another day without the neupogen.  The doctor does say that this is fully what he expects and it will just be a game of giving neupogen every couple of days until he is able to generate it on his own.  The picture above is from the kitchen on the floor and outside there is a bunch of construction going on and Cutler was very enthralled with watching the machines and cars moving around.

Cutler was given two more surprises this evening, the first being that Aunt Ellen was able to come stay and visit with him for a few hours while Melanie, Mason, and I got to enjoy a dinner together.  The second surprise that Cutler received was seeing his big brother peaking into his door window.  Although he is allowed to roam the floor when no patients are out, he is not able to see Mason close up just yet, but Cutler didn’t seem to mind.  An instant smile sprung to his mouth and he quickly showed Mason his new trick of waving hi.  The played peekaboo a bit and judging by Mason’s laughter, I am not sure which one enjoyed it more.  It really was a heart lifting moment to see how much Cutler still knows his big brother and to see how much Mason really enjoys entertaining his baby brother.  Can’t wait to get them both together at home again.