Back home

My nephew Renaud is back home from the hospital where he can rest while the family waits for the result of the biopsy. The doctor insisted on saying that he believes the lesion on his bone is benign but the biopsy will help determine whether he needs a bone graft or not. We’re all hoping, of course, that he can be left alone from now on and that no more surgery will be needed. When Renaud left his hospital room yesterday, another boy of the same age came in with a similar lesion around his shoulder bone. My sister saw the worry on the parents’ faces and shuddered at the thought of what they were going to go through.

This picture of Renaud as a soccer star was taken two days before he broke his arm. He was full of energy and wasn’t feeling any pain prior to the fracture. A bit of innocence has been lost through the medical adventure but we’re confident that the energy will come back just as strongly as it was before. He plays for a soccer team called Italy – though he won’t play this summer – but we’re hoping the name will bring him luck!