Better than we thought
Feels so good to have one week of six behind us! I wouldn’t say it felt easy, but it was definitely much better than either of us expected. Historically, Josh hasn’t responded well to anything since the start of all of this in 2014, so we weren’t super hopeful that this round would go smoothly. Josh is experiencing little to no side effects (so far) from the chemo which is wonderful. He can’t eat or drink anything for 3 hours prior to taking the pill at night, so this poor cereal-before-bed-soul had to make some adjustments. The chemo can have side effects like fatigue, nausea etc so the point of taking it at night is so you ideally sleep through all of that. The first night he took the pill, I was on the couch feeding the baby at 3am and heard him rush out of bed, my heart sank big time because I thought he was getting up to puke or something, he just NEEDED a bowl of cereal! 🤣
The radiation treatments have been pretty quick in and outs. His energy levels and spirits have been good, although they did say it takes about 8-10 treatments before he starts feeling the effects of this. He did notice some hair starting to fall out, which we were told could happen. Josh wasn’t phased, I on the other hand was a little more emotional about it, good thing he looks super handsome in a hat. :)
The kids have been doing really well too, they’re used to being watched in the afternoons on occasion so it really hasn’t phased them. Initially, we were told we could choose the radiation appointment times and were going to try to go in the morning, ended up we couldn’t and we were just given the afternoon slot. We were disappointed but of course were going to make it work, 2 days into appointments we very quickly realized the afternoon was a much better fit anyways for the fam — praise the Lord for orchestrating ahead of time what we could not see!
My dear parents have put their lives on hold to watch the kids so I can take Josh to his appointments. We have been fed incredibly well, prayed for, texted, loved, and supported. Thank you for lightening our load and loving us so well.
Our hearts are well. 💛
And now we’re very much looking forward to two beautiful, sunny, radiation free days ahead of us ☀️
