Quiet waiting
Sam has completed round 3 of his chemotherapy. This marks half way through the current treatment plan. However, we are delayed in starting round 4. With each round of chemo Sam’s immune system is knocked back and metrics monitoring this drop to zero. Before he is able to start the next round his body needs to recover. This time the recovery is slow… so we wait. With low levels Sam is also low energy and life has been fairly quiet.
Highlights from the last few days
Last Friday Sam had transfusions that lifted his energy for a couple days. We went out to Ft. Langley to visit with my parents and Buddy.
A surprise party to celebrated my 50th with family!
My parents came to us here at the RMH bringing Buddy with them.
Quiet days at the RMH allowing Sam to recover from chemo
Concerns and victories
Today marks 100 days of this marathon. I am exhausted. I think we are all exhausted. Perhaps it is these quieter days that give us enough space to feel and not just do the work of managing it all.
We are thankful for the successful completion of round three. Recovery from this round is taking a little longer. Round 4 should start next week.
We hope that there will not be a need for the contingency plan (bone marrow transplant), yet we need to prepare ourselves for it, and all the additional experiences and time that it may bring with it.
There is always concern that the cancer remains. We long for the day when Sam is clear of this disease.