So Here We Are...

We have had a great week. Wednesday Cheyenne left for Georgia. It gets a little easier for me every year, b/c I know that these breaks are good for her w/ all the turmoil in our lives from clinic appointments and light night trips to the hospital. However, it gets harder on Donavynn as he is now old enough to understand and to miss her. She had a safe trip there and we are thankful for Skype, so we can video conference. After that we hung out w/ Abbey and Meghan and waited for my parents plan to land so that we could all go out to dinner. It was a wonderful night. We stayed w/ Abbey and Meghan that night b/c we knew that he was going to be admitted yesterday, so they were kind enough to give us a place to crash so we didn't have to drive all the way home and all the way back. It made Donavynn very happy to spend the night there. Yesterday we ended up in the clinic from 9:30 until 4:50, it was a long draining day. But they got his chemo started 2 hours sooner than they usually do which was nice. He has had some nausea but we are keeping his antiemetics scheduled so that hopefully it won't be as bad as usual. He will get ativan and zofran through the day and Benadryl, reglan and zofran through the night. The ativan seems to work better but it also keeps him up all night so that is reserved for the daytime. So far he hasn't gotten his usual fevers that he gets from the Ara-C and we are praying that maybe this one time he won't. But he still has 2 more doses so time will tell. He had a pretty good night last night - slept very well and only got sick twice. He is still pretty wiped out this morning from the benadryl but I'm hoping he'll perk up a bit. I'll update again later when there is more to tell. A little side note: I am halfway through "My Sister's Keeper". I wasn't sure if I would be able to handle it b/c of the subject content. But so far I've been ok, and it is a great book. It takes a look at the how the whole family dynamics change when you have a child w/ cancer. And it really makes you think... It's a great book and I strongly recommend it so far. Can't wait to see the movie.