Mets

Last night we received 4 free tickets to the NY Mets vs. the Washington Nationals game at Shea Stadium. Once again, we were able to attend a game at a stadium that won’t be there next year since the Mets are also building a new stadium for next season. Since we had an extra ticket, we invited the nine year old brother of a fellow Neuroblastoma patient to go with us and he decided to come. We were glad he did because he and Eli had a really great time together at the game. We left the game at the top of the ninth inning because we were worried that the entire stadium would be heading for the one subway stop that sits in the parking lot. It was tied 2 to 2, and it stayed that way until after midnight when the game finally ended in the 14th inning when the Mets finally scored the winning run!

Anyway, after transferring to the 6 train as we made our way Uptown, we saw that all of the cars were really full except one. Here’s a tip for those of you that might be visiting NYC in the future and find yourself underground. If all of the cars of a subway train are crowded and one is strangely spacious, there is a REASON for that. 🙂 We immediately noticed a really bad smell (think dog feces) and attributed it to the homeless guy sitting at one end of the train with a big bag of something mysterious on the floor with a smaller grocery sack full of more mystery in his lap. As I was watching the guy sleeping, he woke up, saw a guy standing next to him looking at his cell phone, and he swung his grocery sack at his head and started yelling at him. The business man was visibly shaken as his cell phone when flying across the train. He picked it up and ran. At the next stop, we ushered the boys off the train and went down to the next car! It was interesting getting them to move while also trying to get Eli to stop shouting questions about that “bad man” in the Subway car. 🙂 Eli loves to tell the story, so I taped him recalling the story, although I have no idea why he is talking in that funny voice. The end got cut off, but basically the part that is missing is Eli saying that the guy’s cell phone crashed to the ground. 🙂

I also made an Animoto video collage (what else?) from the last several outings that we have had.

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That’s it for now. I’ve probably made up for the lack of updates by posting an extremely long one! Oh well, I want you all to know that we really appreciate your prayers and that they are working! Thank you for continuing to remember Eli in your prayers as he undergoes radiation next week. He will struggle with nausea and his counts might start dropping, which we haven’t had to worry about for months. We pray that this will help rid the site of the Neuroblastoma’s origin (adrenal gland) of any left over cells so the NB won’t return. Thank you for praying with us!