A birthday without cake

Today was rather interesting. We went to a birthday party for Spencer. You see, Spencer does not eat. He is, and always has been fed through a tube. Mike (His father) has always taken care of Spencer and is one of those people who are really doing super things (He just does not wear the cape). I do not ever pretend to be able to cope with things like he does. But if it came down to it, I hope I could be as strong as him in the same circumstance.

Back to the parties story....

Well, he (Spencer) is 7 now. When you see a boy who does not eat at a birthday party, you get to thinking. When the others see the cake, it is truely a pavlovian response. You can see them start to salavate. With Spencer, it was nothing. You could have received a more emotional response if you had brought out a big cardboard box for him to play with. Nearly all 7 year old boys love to play in large cardboard boxes.

I am glad I went though. Just to see the look on his fathers face was worth the trip. He was smiling and completely frazzled at the end. One thing was apparent at the end when everyone else was gone. Mike was content in the fact he made it through his first birthday party (at Chuck E. Cheeses) without a scratch.

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