the good news is, today we had a new nurse and she got the IV the first try. they have learned matt's veins are "too healthy" for cancer...what? they have thick walls and the needles bend when they hit - ironic right? sometimes when they put the needle in it goes through both sides of the vein wall and we have a "blown vein," other times the veins just bump out of the way. but today, the nurse didn't hesitate or attempt to go at it gently, and, well, she nailed it. matt is a little sore, but at least it only took one poke!
after today's treatment, he is super tired and overall just. doesn't. feel. good.
he opted for a simple soup for dinner with a side of tylenol and is hitting the sack as i update. personally, i'll take tired over nausea any day. he is achy and his body needs rest to heal. he still has treatment tomorrow so please pray as they give him a bit more of this cocktail. it's hard for him to rest when he wants to spend time with the kids and keep up the house. we keep reminding each other, this is just a season.
little update on the "what's next"...
as i previously said, thursday we see the surgeon. he'll put the camera up matt's nose; he'll take a sample to see if the staph infection is gone and he'll look around the surgery site (up to the brain!) and see if it's all healing well.
thursday, matt will also give himself another bone marrow booster shot. this will intensify the aches for about a week and then he'll start to feel better.
and we found out that this friday matt will have his pet/ct. sometime between now and then he'll also have his mri. these both require time in the tube. not good when you don't feel good.
none of these appointments are too pleasant, but to do them right after 3 days of chemo and it's a whole different level of miserable. prayer please?
we expect to get the results of the scans when we see the oncologist on monday. this will determine the course of treatment or if the end is in sight...you can guess how i'm praying!! if everything is clear, we have one more round of chemo april 21 and then we're done except for tons of scans and doctor appointments.
matt was a little concerned that i posted a picture of him working in the chemo room.
i'll clarify, no his company doesn't make him do that; you know that saying, "if you love what you do, you'll never a work a day in your life"? well that's matt. he LOVES what he does. his company has been extremely supportive, the TRL family has been utterly amazing. i just like to tease matt because i imagined that we'd spend quality time in chemo - and most days we do.
i'm doing a little catch up in deuteronomy and today i read 10:21. it says, "He is your praise and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome things which your eyes have seen." i love that. we've seen such great and awesome things on our cancer road. in fact, as i read this, i'm reminded, our very eyes have seen the cancer leave matt's body. if you remember before, we shared that chunks of the tumor came out as matt blew his nose. gross, i know. but really, who sees their cancer leave?
our very eyes have seen so many other things - too many to mention in fact. but yeah, it's great and it's very awesome.
a chapter later i read about the promised land. it's full of blessings. it's rich. it's close.
chapter 11:12 says, "a land for which the Lord your God cares; the eyes of the Lord your God are always on it, from the beginning of the year to the end."
we trust our promise land is coming soon.
we're almost there
and
i
can't
wait!
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