Yeah!

To say that we are OVERJOYED and THANKFUL and THRILLED that today was the last double-blast would be an understatement!  

Day one of round four is now behind us, and that's right where we want it.

The day started out a bit rough with us having to take responsibility for over $13,000 for the last three treatments... but by the end of the day, that was behind us, too.  All the proper T's were crossed and I's were dotted, and the dollars will be transferred without it taking years for us to cover on our own.  (Thank you, dear Lord!)  We needed that news.

We had one of our favorite nurses today, and she got a great vein in one try, and it lasted throughout the 8-1/2 hours we were at the hospital.  Rob had some pain with the transfusions, but not too bad.  In fact, not even bad enough to slow it down... Rob just wanted to be done.  He spent most of the day sleeping while the brew pulsed throughout his body.  It was the best place for him to be while it did it's work.

Rob never got the injection to build up his platelet count.  The hospital blamed the doctor's office, and the doctor's office blamed the hospital.  All we know is that it never happened like it was supposed to.  On the other hand, when a door closes, we can thank God for the protection, whether we understand it all or not.  Rob was just not meant to get that today.  I'm okay with that, because the side effects are a little too much for me to be comfortable with, although Rob agreed to accept the risks.

It's all straightened out now, and we decided rather than going back to the hospital again tomorrow, we will wait until the next chemo treatment on May 23rd.  They'll test his blood again, and if his counts remain low, we'll decide at that point whether to go the injection route, or play roulette with waiting it out trying to defy facing a transfusion.  At least we have another week to mull it over, and pretend life is normal.

He wanted to do "Popeye"  ... :)

When we got home, Rob was completely drained from the treatment, and he slept for about 3-4 more hours.  He could really feel the weakness today.  I could see it.  

We had a late supper, and watched the farewell of The Office, one of our favorite shows... it carried us away for awhile and filled us with laughter and smiles and happy tears.  It's a pretend world that I would like to live in some days...

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So, we are counting down the rest of May...  In two weeks we will be moving, and in two weeks Rob will be done with the chemo.  Yeah!  Our Tuesdays are already full of appointments in June:  body scans, surgeon re-checks for more rogue cancer cells, oncology follow-up on the scans... But at this moment in time, after May 30th, we will have no more trips to the medical short stay unit at the hospital.  As much as we have come to love most all of the nurses there, we would rather not have to go.

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One really happy moment today came from our nurse, Carolyn.  We told her the other nurses mentioned that on our last chemo day that she would come and do a "Happy Dance" for us... She said this was true!  Later in the day before we left, she came and told us that she is working on a whole routine for us... She knows how to put a smile in our hearts!

Have a blessed day and a blessed week.  In fact dear ones, have a blessed life!  Don't just wait for it to happen to you... be a part of making it happen.  

And not only to you.  

But to those around you as well.


In Love and In Peace,

Cheri ♥