Jake's Going to See Rush!

So first, the big news...we found out about a week ago that Rush is touring again this summer, so Jake is finally going to get to see his favorite band in concert! For those of you who may not know, Jake and Todd had tickets to go back in August 2013. He was still in the hospital, couldn't go and was pretty bummed out. He also ended up having his second surgery that same day. (This picture is from when he was still in the hospital with all of his swag Rush send him thanks to Todd, Luke and several friends sending them letters about Jake's situation.)

We got tickets for Todd and the boys on Friday and Jake is already counting down the days. There is a big red circle on his calendar for July 11th and I think he said this morning it's 160 days away. :-) He's been trying to decide which Rush shirt he wants to wear and offered to lend Luke one "but only to borrow for the concert." I am so happy that Todd and the boys will get to experience this together. Its the first concert for both of them and I think it will be really memorable with how much impact Rush has had on Jake. Even now, it's his music of choice when he needs to zone out and relax. I still don't get how it's relaxing for him, but whatever works. As much as I would love to see Jake's reaction, the cost of the ticket would be completely wasted on me so I opted out and am letting it be a boys night out.

I think Jake has finally just about kicked his cold. He ended up using his wheelchair all last week at school and his classmates were really great about getting him where he needed to go.We were so pleased that it didn't end up being a huge negative for him. The only thing I felt bad about was the concern from two of Jake's teachers that something bad had happened to Jake. (He was out Thursday and Friday and then shows up on Monday in a wheelchair.) I had communicated with his case manager but didn't think to send an email to all of his teachers. It's so different in middle school...word doesn't get around quite as quickly. His walking is looking better this weekend which is so nice to see.

Looking forward to the week ahead...