I went to the zoo last Thursday and watched the animals play with pumpkins. It was neat. I met my friend Nick and his little brother Mike at the zoo. We spent almost 4 hours there!
Here are a few pictures from the lovely fall day at the zoo:
Friday I went to Nick's for a Pumpkin Painting Halloween Party. All the kids painted their pumpkins, but I just wanted to play with Nick's wooden train set. I didn't want to leave when it was time to go so that is when I asked to paint a pumpkin. Mom and Dad said we had to leave because it was way past my bedtime.
Saturday I had my Cousin Emma's Birthday Party. I had a blast there as well. All the kids dressed up, but I did not want to wear my costume. Maybe I will want to wear it on Halloween, but we will see.
I finalized my weekend with Sam's 1st Birthday Party. He had a train that drove us through the neighborhood. I wasn't too sure about it at first, but I finally went on with Mom and I even wore my conductor's hat!
Mom and Me on the train at Sam's Party:
My favorite college football team the MSU Spartans is 8-0. Anytime I see anything Green and White I shout go Sparty and Go Green, Go White, Yea! Hopefully Mom and dad will take me to whatever bowl game the Spartans may be attending!
It has been nice not having to do TOBI breathing treatments. It saves me about 25 minutes in the morning and at night. I had three clean throat cultures which has allowed me to take a break from the inhaled antibiotic. Hence my late nights partying it up!
I have to go next week and have blood work done. They need to check all of my vitamin levels. I had elevated levels of zinc so we want to make sure that is not going up. I need all my fat soluble vitamins A, D, E, K and we have not been able to find any vitamin supplements with all of those and no zinc. I have been taking only one Source CF soft-gel instead of two. Hopefully my other levels have not gone below the normal range. I do take extra vitamin D drops because my vitamin D used to be way below normal. I have been able to keep it up with plenty of sun and about 18,000 IU's of vitamin D a day. Sounds like a ton, but I probably dump more than half of it in my stool.
I am the healthiest I have been since birth! Life is good and I am thoroughly enjoying every minute of it!
Happy Halloween!
Ben
