We survived another day of Chemo.
This one seemed awfully long.
We had a lot of those waiting around periods...
waiting around to be seen, to see the doc, to get blood results etc.
As always, getting blood is quite the production.
There's the vampire, oops, I mean nurse who takes the blood,
the child life specialists who always blows bubbles and help me sing songs
to keep him entertained, distracted and still... and my good friend Elly came today.
They surprised Keanut with a present.
Evidently, a Boy Scout did some kind of Eagle Project where he gathered toys for the children in
the Cancer unit. He had just so happened to see the story on TV about Kean and
asked the nurses to specifically set a toy aside for our boy.
Isn't that sweet?
He got the cutest set of musical instruments: a tambourine, maracas,
a xylophone etc.
With all the waiting around, it was quite the blessing.
So his numbers came back surprisingly low.
The Chemo protocol he is on calls for them to up the dosage each time.
Since his numbers looked so bad, after much research and discussion, they decided
to give him the same dose as last time.
We were relieved he at least got to get his dose.
He also lost some weight... not enough that they are worried (unless it turns into a trend)
but I did have to meet with the Dietitian today to discuss ways to fatten him up.
It was sure helpful to have Elly along.
Wrangling Kean for hours-- it's nice to have a partner!
I'm staying on top of his anti nausea medication and so far tonight, he's doing pretty good.
Keep those fingers and toes crossed!
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