His First Week Home after Treatment

Sorry for not updating sooner, but his first week home has been very tiring for all of us. The first few days, he was extremely tired and did have some nausea. He really didn’t start eating until Wednesday evening and then it wasn’t much. His head is tender to the touch and the inside of his mouth is becoming more sensitive. His senses (smell, taste, etc) have changed. He is having some other side effects, but I think they might be manageable for him.

The first few days home, he really didn’t want to talk to anyone or have anything to do with the babies (our 2 Dachshunds DeeDee and Squiggy). Thursday evening, he actually talked to some people on the phone and laughed for a long time. I have decided that a few days after he gets home, I will have some call him to make him laugh. They always say laughter is the best medicine and after being on the phone for a few hours laughing, he actually started to feel a little better. I would say that they first few days home were pretty miserable for him. But by Thursday, he started to pick back up. He just has to take things in moderation now.

Both Rebbecca and Michael are in marching band again this year and went to their district UIL competition a few weeks ago. While there, they received a superior rating which meant they got to move on to the next level which would be area competition. They had their area competition yesterday. Out of 21 High School Marching bands, 10 bands get picked to go to finals that evening. From that, the judges only pick 4 bands to move on to state competition in a week in San Antonio. The Kaufman Lions Marching Band (the kids’ school) did make it through preliminary competition yesterday to the finals last night, but did not place in the top 4. All the kids are very sad.

Michael actually felt like going with me to what the kids perform yesterday. We planned it to get their right before their performance and did. We watched their performance and stayed through final performances. Today, he is tired, but was glad to go watch the kids. We are very proud of their performances, but sad they didn’t get to make it to state.

Tomorrow we go back to the oncologist and get his blood work done. We will go there every Monday.