December 18th

Hi-Ho Hi-Ho it is back to Hopkins we go..... I wish it was that merry leaving for the hospital (Seth needs a hearing test today) but once again we start the day with a battle over eating. I feel like my life is consumed with getting Seth to eat enough and keeping his moral up. Seth is starting to ask the "why is there cancer" questions. You know all the questions you wish you had answers for and don't. The other day Seth was having a really hard day emotionally. He could not focus on any of his school work and said he was so bored he could not stand it anymore. It sounds common but it was more then boredom that is just the word he used to describe it. He was feeling despair and hopelessness. Seth has given up most of the fun things that 11 year boys like to do such as run, go over to friends houses, go to school, play basketball and so on.... Every day he is surrounded by reminders of what he is forced to lay aside for the next year. So when he looked at me with tears in his eyes and pleaded with me to make the doctors stop doing all this to him it was terribly hard to tell him "I wish I could, with all my heart I wish I could, but I can not. " So far all of Seth's test have been good results so it is hard for his mind to comprehend why he needs to continue treatment. Pray that we can have insight to all of Seth's questions and wisdom to run our family. If anyone would like to send Seth a card and let him know there are still people that remember him and are still praying for him, he would appreciate it.......
Our address is
Seth Good
PO Box 175
Elm, PA 17521