Hunter had clinic on Wednesday and we got the news that his body is ready for the 3rd dose of chemo. His white blood cells and platelet counts had gone way up since we’ve left the hospital and the Oncologist said that the progress he made while at home was amazing.
We’ve been home for 9 days and it’s been absolutely lovely. It was almost like moving back into a mansion. Our house is HUGE compared to the one bedroom dorm room we had back at the hospital. We’ve cooked delicious food, laid around on our couches, unpacked 21 hospital bags, did 11 loads of laundry, organized the house, caught up on work, cleaned up lots of dust bunnies, had friends over, and just enjoyed ourselves away.
We were of course thrilled when we were told Hunter is doing so fantastic. However, we are definitely not looking forward to going back to Hospital living. By the time we left the hospital on February 1st we had our own room, (which meant our own bathroom….which is sooooo appreciated), a bed AND a crib, (you are only allowed one at a time), 3 rolling tables, (we started out with none – those were a hot item.......we traded Hunter’s pudding), two rolling dressers, and 16 pillows. Then in the 74 days that we had been there, we had also moved in two tempurpedic mattresses, a printer/fax/copier, speakers and a receiver, our two laptops, two office file boxes and a bunch more sh#t. Now we’ll have to start again from scratch. Bummer. However we are showing up on admission day with freshly made gourmet rice crispy treats to slide towards the nurses to get our amenities back as soon as possible. Usually works.
Below is Zen moving our stuff out of our hospital room when they sent us home. That was 2 of 8 wagon loads to the car. Not the most fun he's had - but still did it with a smile on his face!
We go in tomorrow at 6am for his bone marrow surgery, which they do after every round to see how successful his body is taking to the treatment. Last test conducted they found 2% of leukemic cells in his body – down from around 48% when we originally started the chemo back in December. They will also stick another dose of chemo in his spine for preventive measures and also run some more blood tests. We usually get preliminary results back sometime in the afternoon. The Doctor said that we can plan on Tuesday morning to move back into the hospital for another 30 day stint.
Hunter looks stronger than ever and he is truly going to be our hero for life. He's been so incredibly courageous and so well tempered and has grown up a tremoundous amount in these last three months. The family bond that has been created between the three of us is indestructible. Our bodies and minds have been challenged in a way like never before, and I think we've realized that life is truly survival of the fittest. We are half way done with treatment and will continue to charge on and live our extremely blessed life with our little man in the best and most enjoyable way we know how and never look back. He is our biggest inspiration.
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