5th grade is continuing to treat Jack well. He does ocassionally call for some tylenol, and has had to come home early once or twice due to stomach cramping, but by and large, he's at school full time.
He started the school band, and does percussion. Playing on bells now and working his way up to drums. Once a week he also has karaoke club, and loves to sing with his friends.
Twice a week he has karate at the local YMCA and has earned his second belt there. His reward for that were real throwing ninja stars. (Shuriken.)
And hitting life full throttle, on most mornings he bundles up and rides his electric bike to school.
On Thursday, he did have a small procedure, a botox injection in one of the BM muscles, to calm it down and reduce the cramps. I think next time, in a few months we'll go with a permanent solution where they disconnect the muscle that is causing his cramps. But we'll see how long this injection lasts.
Oh, and he also got the G-button removed from his stomach. He says he feels much better without it.
For Halloween he rocked a spiked green hairstyle to school and wore his karate outfit for trick-or-treating.
In his free time he likes to disregard his homework, but does work with crafts, a 3D printing pen, and reads comic books or encyclopedias before bedtime.
He's also a movie connoisseur, we watched Dunkirk, Thor, and Murder on the Orient Express recently. He sure likes the new reclining chairs at the theatre.
Still at 51lbs, I guess it's a small gain from the start of the year, but he is getting taller.
He's happy and active, and doing well, so we're all grateful for that :)
