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Mason had his LAST visit with the infectious disease clinic today!!   Woot! Woot!

He actually hasn't taken his medicine since Saturday.  We let him skip Sunday because it was his birthday (my baby is 15!!??) and he was playing drum set at 3 church services, (not fun if you're sick) and I thought he deserved a day off.  Then today we kinda skipped it too, because he got up late, and was going to the doc midday.....anyway, it's all good now, because he is officially, physician condoned, drug-free, "like a real boy".

A few weeks ago he made a tower out of his medicine bottles:

And today, he threw them in the trash:

What a long SEVEN WEEKS it has been since he started taking the medicine!!  There is *very* little chance the staph will come back....but I'm sure I will be paranoid for a little while longer.  It just seems so cool to not give out the meds 3 times a day! A little scary, but cool.

Mason's incision is looking well-healed by now.  He starts therapy next Friday, where he will begin working on strengthening his arm, and regaining range of motion.  I'm sure that will be painful, but I'm sure it's nothing he cannot handle. He has proven that he is an official tough guy.