Caden Update

Well, my sister sent out this update and I thought I would share that along with the pictures she sent. Please note that although Caden's hair grew back between the last and most recent round of chemo, it will most likely fall out again. The good news is that now that we know it will grow back we are happy. Sometimes it doesn't. We are blessed. Please note that although there are many reasons why he shouldn't, Caden still often has a smile on his face. Granted it is not always and there have been times when I have been on the phone that he has been pitching a fit or being Polly Pissy Pants, BUT he is entitled I think. I wish I could smile more. I think I will try it. Below is the email from my sister:

"So, Caden is officially done with his chemo!!!!!!! Praise GOD! Now we wait...we wait for him to get sick....we wait for him to get better...we wait for his counts to recover enough to be discharged....and then we wait for them to recover even more so he can have the central line removed from his chest. We are so close to being done. This last stretch is so agonizing. The drs have informed us that he will get sick with something. They have said it is next to impossible to not get something because he will be without an immune system for so long. Wouldn't you know it...they were right. He spiked a fever today. So his blood has been sent for cultures and again...we will wait to see if anything grows. Not really much else to report except the weather here has been awesome and I have been trying to spend as much time outside with Cameron as I can. His favorite activity lately has been going to the beach to find crabs and other creatures at low tide! He is attending a really neat day camp with the Hutch School and is having a blast. Too bad Caden can't go outside and enjoy the beautiful weather. We are stuck inside. He can't even leave the ward because his counts are too low. Oh, well, fortunately this is not permanent and hopefully he will be out soon enough to enjoy a little bit of summer! Oh, and check out cadens new hair, eyebrows and eyelashes in the last pic!!! He is so excited over it!"

Honestly I didn't have much to write about today so I am glad that my sister sent this out. Now I can keep up with the blogging everyday goal.

Adventures in Town

Well today was rather uneventful. But aside from being a Crabby Pants this morning, Michael had a good husband day and took me to town so that I could pick up some more material for my dragonflies. He even helped me pick some bead colors. AND he just got back from IKEA where he bought me a tray so that I can have a flat place to make them when I am sitting on the couch. First of all, he hates going down town and IKEA so that fact that he did those things is very sweet and supportive. They all have those great days once in a while.

If I would have thought about it, I would have taken pictures of the kids playing in the slip and slide. They were VERY funny and cute. Also, I have added a couple more dragonflies to my etsy store and added more pictures to existing ones. JennyP said she always likes it when sellers have more than one image of their craft so that she can see them in different lighting. I must say that I agree--and not just because she is my friend. :)