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Last week went by quickly but at the same time it took forever.

Thursday was Darell’s first Chemo. He took it well. He is having what’s known as CHOP-R treatments. What it means to us is about 6 hours of treatment. Darell gets a big dose of Benadryl and Tylenol to start his treatment. This knocks him out for most of the treatment. I brought my laptop and we watched movies during his treatments. He even wanted lunch so I thought that was good.

Friday Darell went back to the eye doctor for his shingles in his eye. He is being sent to a specialist since the shingle is shifting and moving towards his inner eye. If it’s not one thing it’s another. Later in the afternoon he went and got a shot to help his white blood cells replenish since they killed them off the day before.

Saturday started off well for Darell. He seemed like himself in the morning. He wanted to go get a haircut. He got a short clip. He is thinking it will be easier for him to have short hair and have it fall out then to have longer hair and loose it. I wasn’t ready for him to shave it head smooth so we compromised. He then went and got the cars oil changed. This wore him out. He also got cold from being out and about. He went upstairs and piled on a few blankets to warm up. David was playing loudly downstairs and daddy wanted some quiet.

David and I went to Seattle to see Playhouse Disney Live Saturday afternoon. Daddy stayed home. We thought there would be way too many germs there and since he wasn’t feeling super it was best he stay home. David’s Nana went with us. David loved the show. He sat and watched the show except for the Hotdog dance. (Anyone who watches Mickey’s Clubhouse will know the song). Darell stayed and watched movies with his mom and I think they both napped. David came home and told daddy all about the show and is still talking about it today.

Sunday I took David to my mom’s in the morning and went to church. Darell and his mom stayed home and watched NASCAR. I also got to go grocery shopping by myself. I haven’t done that in quite some time. After I got to eat a quiet lunch I went to get David. He had a blast at Nana’s. His older cousin Allison was over. The weather was nice and they played outside. They went bug hunting and rode bikes. A good time was had. Darell seemed rested and better just taking it easy yesterday.

Today Darell is at work. I am trying not to call and ask him who he is. David is over playing again at Nana’s with Allison. I am getting time alone again. I should be working but am taking some mental time of r&r.

Darell goes to the eye doctor on Thursday. Only 1 doctor appointment this week. He almost got a week off. Hopefully nothing is terribly wrong with his eye.

Let’s hope Darell doesn’t get wiped out from work this week and has good energy.