Round 3 of Chemo begins tonight! This round will consist of 5 days getting chemo twice a day every twelve hours. Although, the days of chemo have shortened the chemo therapy is more intense. Still requiring us to remain in the hospital for 30 days. The high dose of chemo this round causes the chemo to come out of your eyes causing irritation, burning, infection etc. so they do a preventative eye drop every 6 hours! That should be fun 😫 along with the long list of other side effects.
It has been an extremely long day as we left the house around 4:30am. Jackson had his appointment with his oncologist, CT scans of his lungs to check the progress on the infection (still waiting on final results) he also has his Lumbar Puncture which is the chemo treatment of the spine. He will start his full chemo treatment around 9:00pm tonight.
The truth is none of us wanted to come back this round. Each round gets harder and harder to face as we physically see what “Chemo” does to his body and how dangerous it is for him as he tries to recover. He is in remission meaning that the cancer isn’t the scary part at the moment. The scariest part is ensuring he gets through the treatment without horrible side effects both short term or long term. Praying that the days and nights go smoothly for him. Praying that he has minimal side effects and tolerates the treatment well. Praying he remains joyful and happy like he was at home. His sadness breaks my heart.
We all had such a good time at home making memories and spending quality time together. We are half way done! Two more treatments and we are praying he is done forever. Oh and His ANC was 4400 yesterday! So he rebounded nicely and I believe God just knew we needed that extra week home.
I caught some good pictures of Daddy telling Jackson bye as he headed back to Charleston to be with the other kids. Jackson said Call me tomorrow.
Macy and Colby are adjusting well. It still doesn’t get any easier telling them bye knowing the next 30 days will be pure chaos!
All the prayers are being heard, and are very much appreciated.
#Joshua1:9 #Phillippians4:13 #JacksonStrong #DaddysBoy #Round3
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