Controlled Chaos

That title says it all. We had a crazy weekend with a toddler who did not want to eat or drink and would throw up after meals (despite giving his nausea meds on a regular schedule). Not even chocolate milk would entice him. Which granted us a one way ticket to the ER for fluids and Zofran.Thankfully the fluids and time seemed to take the nausea down a notch and he is back to eating everything in sight. Whew.

We've had multiple things happen during Alex's treatment that have been very real blessings. We've had moms bring us supper on chemo nights, a HUGE care package full of snacks, coloring books and such for Alex, toys, etc. Robert called me earlier this week and said that someone had donated 200 hours of shared leave to him. This was on top of the 160 he was donated last week that we had planned on using for doctor's appointments, hospitalizations, etc. That 200 hour donation means that Robert can take days off and stay home with lil man while his counts are really low (otherwise it was going to be LOTS of working from home time for me-and I'll still work from home some). 

Robert and Alex went to the park after work yesterday. I think Alex had a good time. :)

I was flipping through the links for the 10 Strong team who is raising money here in OKC for St. Baldrick's Foundation by shaving their heads their coming Sunday and came across this guest blogger series. Vanessa is part of the 10 Strong team and is the guest blogger. She talks about her sons journey (he's cancer free now). http://liferearranged.com/category/childhood-cancer/ I'll let you read the series, there are two entries out of four out right now. But reading the second one, she totally hit the nail on the head. Seeing the first bald spot on my lil man's head made it absolutely real. His hair is down to a soft downy fuzz all over his head.