Yesterday Darell had his 3rd Chemo which marked the halfway point. Hurray. He is having a good day today. He is a little tired but doing great compared to the previous 2.
David had a great day of food class yesterday. He ate cheese. Anyone who knows David knows this was a big deal. He also ate a grill cheese sandwich. Wow, way to go Nana.
Is it spring yet? We have had snow for the last 3 days. Luckily it hasn't caused problems on the roads. Kind of strange to see blooming trees covered with snow.
May 29th will be here before we know it. That is Darell last chemo treatment. Then he will have a test to see if they killed it all. For now we wait.
Friday, March 28, 2008
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Never Easy Saying Goodbye...
It is never easy to say goodbye. In our house at the moment we are saying goodbye to diapers. Oh boy is our little boy not very happy about this. He is more then ready for the next step but likes his diapers. Mind you David is a big boy being 3’ 2” tall and 35lbs and almost 3. It is time. Well today we had our first success at using the toilet. He held it for 2 days before he was willing to use the toilet. Finally in desperation he told me he would like to use the potty. We think he was scared to use it but now I think it might be ok. Since he likes his diaper, I don’t think the pull-ups will be a good thing. We put him in big boy underwear and he likes them. He is very proud of himself as he walks around the house. I took a leap of faith and put him down for a nap in his big boy underwear. We’ll see if this was a good thing when he gets up. He has been waking up dry lately so I am hoping it’s good. Let’s hope he catches onto using the toilet quickly and won’t grieve the diapers very long. Honestly I think he is going to enjoy being a big boy.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Happy Easter
Happy Easter, Easter is a time renewal and new beginnings. In our house we aren’t starting any new beginning but we are working on a renewal of Darell’s life.
Darell had 2 doctor’s appointments this week. His eye is much better. It still has a way to go but better. Today he went for an oncology post chemo follow-up. His blood work was in the normal range but not perfect. He is tolerating chemo pretty well. Next week is chemo #3.
Today I was really reflecting on my life with Darell and my love for him. Darell has been in my life since I was 13. He completes me and I can’t imagine life without him so he better get better.
Not sure what we are doing for Easter besides going to church. The weather is rainy so we’ll see.
Blessings!
Darell had 2 doctor’s appointments this week. His eye is much better. It still has a way to go but better. Today he went for an oncology post chemo follow-up. His blood work was in the normal range but not perfect. He is tolerating chemo pretty well. Next week is chemo #3.
Today I was really reflecting on my life with Darell and my love for him. Darell has been in my life since I was 13. He completes me and I can’t imagine life without him so he better get better.
Not sure what we are doing for Easter besides going to church. The weather is rainy so we’ll see.
Blessings!
Monday, March 10, 2008
The Come Back Kid...
Darell had his second chemo treatment Thursday. He did real well. He completed the treatment 1 hour quicker then the first time. I think this last time will be more about the time it will take to get it done. He walked about much better this time and had some energy till about 5 O clock. That is when he was done. He turns white as a sheet which is kind of scary and become exhausted.
Friday Darell slept most of the day and David spent the day with Nana so daddy could have some quiet. David got to have is first sleep over and loved it. He spent Friday night with his God parents. He ate pizza for them and ice cream which is amazing. They took him swimming and he warmed up to it.
By Sunday Darell had cabin fever and was ready to get out. He played in the backyard with David for awhile. Then we went for a drive or as we tell David an adventure. We drove to a new nearby neighborhood and looked at new houses. We enjoy looking. Don’t worry we aren’t serious. Grandma and Grandpa would like the new concepts of these homes. They had 1 bedroom with bathroom that was separated for house guests. Nothing stood out to us like wow we have to have that. We saw things in different houses that we liked. Next we got some ice cream and went to the park. This was David’s favorite part of the adventure. Overall a relaxing afternoon. My mom had come over about noon and went with us. She has been helping me try and get my weeds in the yard under control.
Sunday morning I had to shave Darell’s hair. It was very thin and blotchy. Now it’s mostly gone but what is left is short. Hopefully he gets in the routine of putting sunscreen on everymorning.
Darell had energy all day and his spirits were good. Today is preschool. I hope he feels good so he can go with us. So overall he did extremely well.
Friday Darell slept most of the day and David spent the day with Nana so daddy could have some quiet. David got to have is first sleep over and loved it. He spent Friday night with his God parents. He ate pizza for them and ice cream which is amazing. They took him swimming and he warmed up to it.
By Sunday Darell had cabin fever and was ready to get out. He played in the backyard with David for awhile. Then we went for a drive or as we tell David an adventure. We drove to a new nearby neighborhood and looked at new houses. We enjoy looking. Don’t worry we aren’t serious. Grandma and Grandpa would like the new concepts of these homes. They had 1 bedroom with bathroom that was separated for house guests. Nothing stood out to us like wow we have to have that. We saw things in different houses that we liked. Next we got some ice cream and went to the park. This was David’s favorite part of the adventure. Overall a relaxing afternoon. My mom had come over about noon and went with us. She has been helping me try and get my weeds in the yard under control.
Sunday morning I had to shave Darell’s hair. It was very thin and blotchy. Now it’s mostly gone but what is left is short. Hopefully he gets in the routine of putting sunscreen on everymorning.
Darell had energy all day and his spirits were good. Today is preschool. I hope he feels good so he can go with us. So overall he did extremely well.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Thursday is Chemo #2
Well Darell has his second chemo treatment in the morning. He is feeling good tonight. We had sunshine this afternoon so my boys went outside to play.
Darell's hair is really thinning now. I called our neighbor the cuts both my hair and David's to see if she would re trim his hair. It is starting to patch so by keeping it really short it helps conceal it.
I pray that Darell handles this next treatment like he did the first one. He bounced back quickly last time and I hope he can again. It is hard to see him down when he really doesn't want to be down. He will lay low this weekend and with God's grace will be mostly himself by the end of the weekend. Well maybe a little less hair.
Blessings
Darell's hair is really thinning now. I called our neighbor the cuts both my hair and David's to see if she would re trim his hair. It is starting to patch so by keeping it really short it helps conceal it.
I pray that Darell handles this next treatment like he did the first one. He bounced back quickly last time and I hope he can again. It is hard to see him down when he really doesn't want to be down. He will lay low this weekend and with God's grace will be mostly himself by the end of the weekend. Well maybe a little less hair.
Blessings
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