Thursday was the last of the 10 "induction" rounds (oh, have I mentioned the countdown before?!?). The week leading up to this was a much better week than the one prior. Clay regained the weight he had lost and was much more active and himself this past week. So with his blood counts better and side-effects almost gone, they gave him a half-dose of vencristine. The final "kicker" I suppose, before a few weeks off chemo. We had a small family celebration tonight for Clay to mark his bravery and to talk about the upcoming break. He didn't eat the brownie dessert, but he did ok on the pancakes he requested for dinner (...hint of indulgence on my part? please ignore prior posting on health food). Our plans for the break include our annual week at the Delaware beach, and my hope is to post nothing more than beach photos. Please keep your fingers crossed.
Grace just completed a week-long art camp for 6-8 year olds entitled "Me, Myself and I." Those of you with girls this age know just how perfect that is. Today was the "art show" with friends and family invited. Clay, Cara (one of our wonderful babysitters) and I went. It was interesting to see 6-8 paintings from each child posted on the studio walls. Several of Grace's paintings were "Narnia based" (theme: where would you like to be?) with Lucy and Edmund, Asland and the White Witch taking center stage. My favorite self-portrait of Grace's has a bright yellow background and is of her and Clay at the park. I love how she always paints his eyes green and hers brown. One classmate's painting was of a child on a stretcher being wheeled into the ER. Of course I wondered what had happened to this child to inspire them to paint such a scene. Then I noticed that the doctors and nurses rushing the stretcher into the exam room were all RABBITS. Is this something from "Alice in Wonderland" that I missed, or was this child given a bit too much morphine? In an otherwise happy event this made me sad to think about what Clay could already paint.
Thank you to the Thursday night dinner club for the wonderful soup. I would love the recipe posted! Enjoy the next few weeks everyone and thank you for sticking with us.
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Hi Family,
ReplyDeleteI have been following the progress and greatly appreciate the updates. I am thrilled to hear you all are going to the beach for a bit. Looking forward to seeing pictures.
In the Bushey circle, I am known as "Aunt Lolo" by the younger set. I would love to help out if you need a sitter. Just let me know and I can make arrangements to come. I can always bring "GIPA" with me.(Aunt Maureen)
Love to all,
Lauren