Go Maple Leafs

So I received a package 2 days ago from the Strategic Coach friends based out of Canada. I opened the package and was excited to see a hockey jersey inside of the package. I pulled it out and saw that it was a Toronto Maple Leafs jersey, and after looking closer I could see that it was signed on the logo. It read, "Stay strong Nick! Your pal: (signature) #13". I was already going crazy, but I had to find out who was number 13 on the Leafs because I couldn't make out the signature. So my mom pulled up the internet and we looked up the roster for the Leafs, and there it was! Number 13 belongs to the one and only, Mats Sundin, who is the amazing captain for the Leafs. I went crazy for like 10 minutes and couldn't believe it had been sent to me. Canadians Rock! Thank you Caroline, Maria, Sandra, Marilyn, and Strategic Coach!

Finally after freaking out about the jersey, I started reading all the little notes from everyone at Strategic Coach. They all had nice things to say and words of encouragement. My favorite one was written by Amber, and what she wrote on the package to me was: "Storms make trees take deeper roots." I really liked that one.

I leave for Boston in 2 days and have surgery in 4. I believe we are scheduled to return on the 10th, just in time for me to watch my friends race in the first dirt bike race of the season. I am excited to see how they do. When I am fully healed I plan on joining them in the races. My mom talked to the surgeon in Boston and it seems that he will need to also make an incision on the outside my face. I will be about an inch underneath my eye on my cheek, starting from the side of my nose and across my cheek. Its hard to explain but I will put pictures after my surgery of my stitches or something. I am not to worried about it. I just hope the chicks will dig the scar, even though the surgeon says the scar will be hard to notice when fully healed. Either way I will be fine with it. Either I will look really tough or you wont even notice. Its a win win situation.

Lastly, I will probably not be able to talk or text on my phone after surgery, so if you wanted to know how I am doing after surgery, call my mom (her email is lorib@quadrantliving.com - she'll give you her cell phone #) or dad and they would love to talk to you. My mom will also update my blog the day of surgery and probably daily while I am in the hospital.

I want to thank Strategic Coach again! And thank everyone for there support. This could be my last hurdle through this fight, and it was so much easier with everyones support.

Thank you!