Diagnosis: Leukemia; August 20, 1988

I woke up at seven thirty, we’re taking Alex and Karen to the PNE parade this morning. I had a shower and got dressed, then I had my breakfast. Alex woke up at eight o’clock but he said he didn’t want anything to eat. We left to pick Karen up at eight thirty.

We got downtown after nine o’clock and sat at the beginning of the parade route. Most of the spots on the route had already filled up by the time we got there. Alex seemed to enjoy the parade even though he kept on getting up all the time.

We told Mom that we would be late coming back as we had decided to go to the PNE after the parade. We got to the PNE after twelve o’clock, we parked in the back lot, which was already starting to fill up.

The first thing that Alex wanted to do was to go on the rides. Charlie got Alex an all day pass but he didn’t get anything for Karen. I told him to get her a pass but Charlie got Karen tickets to go on the rides. In the end I think it cost us more than by getting a pass. We went to some of the buildings after the kids had been on the rides for awhile. Alex wasn’t very nice when we were going through the China buildings, he fell on the floor and said that he couldn’t walk. We didn’t stay there very long, we then went to see some of the animals. We ended up in the petting zoo which Alex and Karen seemed to enjoy. After that we went to the kids world where Alex had his face painted. We had to stand in the line for about half an hour and then Alex said that his face hurt and I had to take him to the washroom and take the paint off his face. Charlie wanted to see the truck show so we went to get a seat. Charlie and Karen walked over to the games while Alex and I stayed at our seats. Alex said that the trucks were too noisy when they were moving them into position. When Charlie and Karen came back, I told Charlie that Alex didn’t want to watch the show. Karen, Alex and I went to the rides while Charlie watched the show. Charlie met us back at the rides, then we went to get something to eat. By this time it was eight o’clock. After we had something to eat we went through the Show Home and bought the tickets to win the house or the car. We left at nine o’clock and dropped Karen off at Mom and Dad’s before ten o’clock. We came home and I got ready to go to bed and also got Alex ready for bed. Alex said he wasn’t tired and that he hadn’t had a chance to play yet. I was really tired from all the walking around we had done today.

No Tests

Medication

Mercaptopurine 8:00 a.m. ----- ------