Someday...

Clay's class had a "poetry reading" event at school yesterday where they each read a poem they had written. At the end, they each read a bit of their "Someday..." poem.  Here is Clay's:

Talking to NIH

As you may recall, J.D. and Clay spent a day on Capitol Hill last year meeting with several Senators and Congressmen about the low level of funding from NIH that goes towards Pediatric Low Grade Gliomas.  Just last week, Congressman Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN) took their meeting to heart, and questioned NIH Director Francis Collins on the status of research into PLGA brain cancer.  You can watch the video here (it is short, don't worry!).  This is a great step and we are thankful to Congressman Fleischmann for using his precious minutes of air time to get the issue in front of the NIH Director. We are working with the PLGA Association to get more families and supporters to follow up with letters and calls to NIH supporting this initiative.

http://www.tubechop.com/watch/5313257 


Clay is doing well back on the medication, and we pray his next MRI in April will show stability in the disease. 

While we like snow as much as the next guy, we are getting antsy for Spring, like everyone on the East coast.  With Clay's recovery from surgery and then piles of snow days, we are burning through lots of firewood. Daylight savings time begins on Sunday, which is a step in the right direction.