The Locomotive that is Mike

 

It is as if I have been standing next to an empty train track, just watching and waiting. For what? 

Nothing ever happened.

But I blinked and suddenly what had been empty now has a very large and powerful locomotive barreling down its tracks.

And it doesn't ever stop.

Seriously, he wakes up at 5 in the morning and he can't go back to sleep. So he gets up and starts working, organizing orders for me, answering convos, cleaning, making breakfast. And he goes until midnight.
Repairing things around the house, cleaning windows, fixing the car.
And all this is with the open wound still at 3 inches on his left arm!

It's craaaaazy.

He could barely function before, just walking up stairs would take his breath away and he spent so much of his time, lying on the couch, alternating between napping and watching t.v. But now its totally different.

He has been given the okay to exercise so he is biking and lifting weights. He immediately lost 25 pounds and stopped drinking soda and caffeine.

Went and got his hair did, tips and everything.

He looks fantastic and he says he feels like a new man.

He wants to start diving again and become a dive master and he wants to learn how to forge metals.

I am so excited for him and his new life.

Soliris is awesome.

Pinky with her Big Papa at the Sweethearts Dance.

 I hope his story gives someone hope.
Someone who may feel there can never be a change for the better after being diagnosed with a terminal illness.
THERE IS ALWAYS HOPE.