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Wednesday, July 11th

It is a good day today: one, you have a special guest blogger, Mark (Dad), and Otto's ANC raised to 200 today, which is very good news. ANC is monitored closely as it can hover at a number, raise and lower as his counts recover. It's an exciting win today!

We mentioned a special guest visit yesterday and that guest was Joe #weatherman Moravsky, American Ninja Warrior! What an amazing visit. Joe was great! He had inspirational words for Otto, shared training secrets and challenges he'd faced, relating it all back to Otto's fight with AML. Joe even joined us to make "shrinky dinks" with the Hole in the Wall Gang. So, we shrank him!  A big thanks to our friends at Victorinox Swiss Army for helping to make the connection.  Otto now wants to be a Meteorologist, MLB player, American Ninja Warrior. #ambition! 

 


We are looking forward to more of an increase in his ANC level and coming home soon. Day 24, today waiting on 30.

Love and hugs to all our friends and family and supporters,

Mark, Leigh, Otto, Tess, Lulu

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  1. UnknownJuly 12, 2018 at 5:18 AM

    Fabulous news on the numbers. Wohooo. What a fantastic visitor. That’s super cool! Keep up the good work Otto! You are all so strong and fabulous! Love you guys! ❤️

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    1. funderbloggerJuly 12, 2018 at 5:42 AM

      Thanks, love! We are stronger than we realized due to all this love and support! You are all so amazing to us! xoxo

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