Another week of chemo is behind us. It was a rough one. Brian fought a lot on Monday when they had to access his port and today when the needle was taken out. Brian got sick on Tuesday, day two of chemo, and Fred had to drive to Orlando (and back) on Wednesday for a required one hour training. We've had a long week.
We also learned on Monday that Brian's counts were at 720. They are suppose to be at 750 to receive chemo but the doctor said it was close enough, so we went ahead with treatment. However, we can expect Brian to be neutropenic in the coming days as the chemo starts to take it's toll. (Remember below 500 is neutropenic.) Because of this we will not be doing much outside of the home the next few weeks.
These things have become a part of our norm. I'm afraid that we have gotten "too good" at juggling all we have going on. Perhaps we don't let everyone see the pain and difficulty as often as we should. Or perhaps we don't even know how to answer questions like, "what do you need?"
I had a whole long post typed up but just deleted it. All I will say is that God has been working mightily in our marriage and in our parenting as a result of all we have going on. For that we are thankful and we do see the good (Rom 8: 28). Just because we see the good, and we are blessed by God's work in our life, that doesn't mean that we don't struggle and have difficult days. This week has been difficult.
Please keep praying for our family and for precious Brian Robert. He has a MRI on Wednesday of next week. Those are always done with sedation.
Here are some pictures of Brian from Tuesday when he got sick. We are thankful that it is just day two that completely knocks him out.
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