April 17, 2011

Well today is Sunday and day 5 of chemo.  We are up in Calgary right now and she is getting her last chemo treatment right now as I'm typing.  This is her last round of Ifosomide and Etoposide and we are so glad.  She gets very high hydration 24 hours a day with this chemo because it is so hard on the bladder.  They also give her mesna twice a day which coats the bladder and protects it from bleeding.  Because of the insane hydration she is getting she goes to the bathroom every 1 1/2 or 2 hours.  It is always an emergency to make it to the bathroom so every couple of hours all night she shoots out of bed and says "Mom I gotta go right now!!!"  Then I jump up to unplug her IV and get her to the bathroom in time.  We are excited to be done this one!!!! Today she is getting a blood transfusion and then she has to hydrate for 24 hours so we can go home tomorrow.  The next chemo is the awful Doxorubicin and it is the last of that one! YAY!!!!!! That one is hard on the heart so she has to have an ECG and Echo done before that chemo.  We are so glad to be able to scratch certain ones off the list now even though we still have 20 weeks to go.  We hope we can get through the week without a fever and another admittance to the hospital but we are prepared for it. After the next round we have evaluation week again where we have all the tests and scans to see how things are working.  Last week we went to the spaghetti supper fundraiser for Zach Giesbrecht who is a 6 year old boy newly diagnosed in Taber.  Kevin and Kade shaved their heads again and we were all able to go as a family and meet them which was really nice. A few weeks ago, Brynn's uncle Corb did a benefit concert for us in Taber and had an overwhelming response.  It sold out and they had an auction that was amazing.  Kevin's boss bought a Calgary Flames jersey at it and then handed the jersey to Kevin.  We still are amazed at the support we continue to receive and feel so blessed to live where we do.  Thanks again for all your support! We will continue to try to keep you all up to date!!!!