Thursday, July 31, 2008

I’m no Oprah

As we’ve created this little space in cyber-world, I’ve done my best to tell James exactly what is going on with the blog. He clearly understands that there is a blog site and that many of his friends and family members check it out to see what and how he’s been doing. And he, like many of you, likes the pictures and stories – he’s quite fond of “The Button”episode. Many, many times I’ve asked him if there is anything special he’d like to “say” to everyone reading his blog and the answer is always a resounding “No”.

Though yesterday his attitude shifted slightly. I believe that there may be a crack in the Jimmy-armor. I came up with the idea that I could interview JT about a whole host of things (or at least what he’d let me) and post it here. In essence, have him “say” something while thinking he’s not saying anything at all. I know, it’s sneaky and underhanded. But I’m a parent. That’s part of my job - Get kid(s) to do thing(s) while he/she/they don’t know they’re doing it.

While my mind ran wild thinking of questions, I realized that I should also give y’all a shot at asking a question. If there is something anybody (kids included) is curious to ask the patient here’s your chance. You can either post your question as a comment to this entry or email us. I’ll give it a few days before I conduct the "interview of the year." If there’s interest, great. If not, no worries.

Big day tomorrow. End of radiation week three - the midway point. And a scheduled port de-accessing. The first time de-accessed in two weeks!

Love to you all and take care,
dct

6 comments:

Poulins said...

Great idea! Someday, when he looks back on this blog, he'll be so glad you did this for him.
Tell James that "the button" episode is our favorite, too.

M&G said...

Our thoughts are with you. Hope you have a relaxing weekend before starting week 4!

Unknown said...

Here's some questions from the Christensen household!
1. Who's your favorite superhero?
2. If you could have any super-power what would it be?

Happy interviewing!

Katie Wall (Wallop Illustration) said...

Hello James!
We've been reading your blog from all the way over here in the UK. (A friend of ours lives near you and told us all about you)
What a brave boy you are! Your family are quite right to be so proud of you. Good luck with your treatments.
Heres some questions for you :-)

Whats best...
chocolate or ice cream?

Where would you most like to explore? Outer Space in a rocket ship or back to the dinosaurs in a time machine?

Unknown said...

Hi James
Here is a list of questions from the Coulombe-Woznica family:

Elliot would like to know what your favourite pudding is (by that he means what is your favourite dessert). He would also like to know what your favourite colour is.

Ollie would like to know how much lego you own, and what is your favourite piece. Also, do you support any sport teams?

Andy would like to know what the radiation treatment machine is like.

Ange would like to know if your port ever gets in the way of you doing any activities, does it ever annoy you? Also, how many people have asked to feel your head now that it is shaved?

Unknown said...

Hi James-

Here's what I would like to know:

1) What's your favorite food?
2) Do you like vegetables? Which ones? (Besides lima beans ;-)
3) What's your favorite sports team? Who is your favorite player?