Surprise, Surprise!
I started not to post this. I don’t want people to get the wrong idea about motives or about what is going on behind the scenes. But I shared this with a couple of close friends and they were so encouraged by the goodness of God and His people, so I thought I would share […]
More Injections
Caleb is terrified of needles. Nothing we do can console him. Last night we had another big struggle trying to give him his injection, and the tense muscles make it even more painful than normal. We talked for a while afterward and are going to try a different approach today. I talked to his oncologist […]
New Blog Photo
The new picture to the right is my favorite picture of Caleb. It was taken by the amazing Haley Lamb last year. You should go to her website and see her work. She is awesome!
A Break From Chemo
We went to the Oncology clinic yesterday for Caleb to take his chemo. It took a couple of hours for the drugs to come up from the pharmacy, but once they were there it took about 2 minutes to administer it! Also, they showed us some ways to reduce the pain of the injections, and […]
Day Off
Tomorrow we start another regimen of chemotherapy, but today we have an off day. We are going to go over our medication plans and will write everything out for each day so we have it all in one place for easy reference. Also, home school starts back for the boys today! We had given some […]
We’re Home
The hospital finally let us out at about 10:15 last night. Caleb had to have 4 hours of fluids after chemo and they had to show us about all his drugs and how to do injections on him, so it took a while to get done. His injections that he has to take daily cost […]
Another Doctor Impressed With Progress
I’m getting ready for church but I got this text from Holly a few minutes ago: Dr. B just came in. I told her that Dr. J said the tumor was already softening up, and she walked over to feel Caleb’s leg. Her response when she felt his leg . . . “Wow!” She was […]
Going Home Tomorrow
We got some more good news yesterday. Caleb’s oncologist that has been gone for a few days was back yesterday and came to check on him. She squeezed his leg around the tumor and made the comment about how much softer it was to her, and just like the head oncologist had said, she commented […]
Quick Update From Holly This Morning
I just got this email from Holly: Caleb slept from 11 until . . . he is still sleeping. He was having some pain around 10:20, they gave him some Tylenol at 10:30. He said he wanted Benedryl to help him sleep – he didn’t think he could go to sleep. I put on Hillsongs […]
Do You Hear Voices?
Caleb had another bout with pain or spasms around his port area. The doctors are still not sure what is causing it, but they have been treating it with pain medications. Yesterday’s was much shorter than the day before, so hopefully those episodes are over. It was so funny (yet sad) yesterday when two women […]