Gavin is very sick. His mouth and rectum are full of sores. He is swollen and bleeding from his mouth, rectum, penis and even his eyes. Gavin is unable to breath because of the sores blocking his airway. The skin on his hands, underarms and around his neck has begun to peel away. His skin is many different colors due to the chemotherapy and the loss of skin. An IV has been placed in his head. Gavin is now a patient in the Intensive Care Unit. This picture may be hard to look at but it was the best he looked in a week.  

Gavin sleeps as his body fight to heal the sores both inside and out. The skin has fallen off and his true coloring has returned. The danger now is infection from both inside and outside germs.

Gavin is being prepared for radiation treatments. He began radiation on December 8, 2005 and was suppose to finish on December 23, 2005 but they have decided to add three more rounds of radiation so he will end on December 29, 2005. Each time Gavin has radiaction he must be sedated because he needs to remain still during the procedure. The radiation makes him extremely cranky and irratable.

Gaivn is in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at John's Hopkins Children's Hospital. He has Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia. This is a Pneumonia that is extremely dangerous to those who have immune issues. Gavin's breathing was so labored that he was placed on a ventalator so he could rest. The machine now breaths for him while he works to heal himself. The infection effect both of his lungs. He is receiving large amounts of antibiotics. He has been placed in an induced coma to keep him calm.

Sleep precious "goosey wonder". We will think of you every day.