We had a pleasant surprise today. J finished his last IV dose of chemotherapy this morning. By the treatment protocol he is on he needs another dose of chemotherapy through a lumbar puncture tomorrow, but they do those under sedation and getting sedation on a weekend for a non-emergent case is not going to happen. He's scheduled for Monday. Rather than make us wait two days in the hospital for this treatment, they sent us home today.
Mom ended up being the parental companion to J the whole time since I had the flu this week and wasn't allowed on the floor where I could expose all those kiddos whose immune systems have been knocked out. She's excited to be home. I'm excited she's home. Our home is excited for her to be home. It's not that I'm a slob (I prefer cleanliness), but her definition of clean and tidy far exceeds mine (and I don't think I can honestly claim "tidy" at the best of times). Plus I was sick and tending to sick kids all week. It was a good Saturday for reuniting as a family and cleaning the house. J is probably actually happy to be home, but he has never used that many words to say he is:)
After the treatment by the lumbar puncture on Monday, J will officially be finished with the first cycle of chemotherapy. He had pain once that may be attributable to the dying cancer cells. He doesn't like hospital food. Otherwise he has handled this round like a champ and has not had many side effects to endure. We'll see how this affects his blood counts over the next several days. It is so relieving that he is tolerating this so well. Emotionally he's still on steroids, but hey, can't have everything work out perfectly.
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