Heading into the Weekend

Saturday, July 28, 2012

I know you are all wanting information.....but really right now....thankfully....there is nothing going on.  Dillon got his 3rd day of chemo last night.  If you recall there are 5 days of chemo, then 2 rest days, then 3 days of another cocktail of chemos.  He is doing beautifully.  He is very tired, sleeping 15+ hours a day.  As you all know, sleep is very therapeutic for the body, so he is healing in his sleep.  Also it passes the time.  The day just flies by.  I know he feels like he is in a time warp (as do I) because he gets up, eats breakfast, walks around, sleeps, gets up eats dinner, watches some TV or plays ipad a bit, and then back to sleep.

We are in the midst of Olympic mania.  How about you?  There are so many amazing sports and athletes to watch.  Months ago....long before this new journey came into being....I had begun researching how we could get cable TV for just the summer so we could watch the Olympics.  (If you don't know, we have a TV at home with a DVD player but it is not hooked up to cable or antenna or anything; and cable TV is a contract sort of thing so they lock you in for 2 years with lots of penalties if you cancel early).  Well, it is a good thing I did not plunk down a wad of cash to have TV at home....as we have unlimited TV with many many channels at all hours of the day and night, for the most reasonable price of ......thousands of dollars a day.  What I would not give to trade all that TV time in for just a walk around the neighborhood with my sweet boy.

He is strong, determined, fighting like mad.   He has accepted this monster in his body and is in for the long fight.  He is hearing stories about others who have won the battle and he feels inspired, resolute, steadfast. 

Funny story....when we arrived at UNM on Wednesday, Dillon's primary oncologist took one look at his knees and her eyes about bugged out of her head.  She was oh so worried about Dillon getting an infection in one of the many
scrapes, bruises, and scabs that donned his legs.  Shame on her....thinking that this athletic boy was going to go home and sit on the couch.  Dillon very strongly informed her...."I'm not worried about it; it barely even hurt and it did not bleed so my platelets are fine!!"  HAHAHAHAHA  You tell 'em Big D!!!!