Ethan and I arrived at clinic super early (well for us anyway) on Thursday. We managed to get through the system very quickly for blood tests, results and then in with our oncologist. Dr Geoff was back (we haven’t seen him for a couple of weeks) and it was so nice to speak to our oncologist and come up with a forward plan. Ethan’s neutrophils had jumped up massively in the past week and we were able to go ahead with his triple chemo this week. His next scan was booked in for the beginning of December and then surgery sometime in the 2nd week of December. We are hoping that means he will be recovered and home from hospital just in time for Christmas. Dr Geoff couldn’t feel Ethan’s tumours at all when he felt his tummy and side. This is an incredible miracle in my books!
We went on to have chemo and got out of the hospital in record time (even though it was a 3 hour chemo week). It didn’t hit Ethan for several hours. He was playing and running around for a little bit in the afternoon before it eventually hit him.
He has done so much better than he has every other time he got the big chemo dose. I think the three week break was really good for him, although it did make him get very anxious about going back on chemo. For the last week Ethan has been telling me how nervous and worried he is about having the big chemo. He would tell me that he is feeling good and doesn’t want to feel bad again. I really felt for him and comforted him as much as I could but obviously there was no choice in whether or not he had his treatment. He is always on anti nausea medication afterwards but he only vomited once this time which is amazing. He always gets bleeding noses after the triple. He had another one at 11:30 pm last night. The nurses and doctors just say it’s a coincidence and has nothing to do with the chemo. They wouldn’t like to hear me say this but I feel that is the line we get when they don’t know or can’t explain why that happens. It has happened every single time so to me it has to be linked some how.
As mentioned before my mum does energy healing and she did a big session for Ethan on Friday night. Ever since then he has been more himself then we have seen in a long time. His fun personality has been back in full swing. He and Blaise have had a ball together. Even when he is lying down and out of energy he is still being cheeky and laughing with his brother. That was after mum worked on clearing his anxieties, fears and worries. I can’t exactly explain how it works and I know it sounds completely crazy to a lot of you, however I just know it works from the instant changes I see. Of course you would also know that we are very religious people. We believe in God as a loving Father in Heaven who hears and answers prayers that are offered in faith. All the negative emotions, thoughts, concerns and anxieties have an impact on our body and how we interact with others. I believe God has been answering our prayers. Seeing him laugh and have fun is a pure joy for me.
The boys even put on a play for me last night which they loved. It seemed completely normal to them that Ethan ended up lying on the ground for half of his lines. Those two crack me up.
Vienna started vomiting in the late morning yesterday. She didn’t keep anything down all day. I’m already used to keeping Ethan’s cups, cutlery, ipad etc very sterile and separate. Yesterday Luke and I had to keep everyone separate and clean as best as we could. Thankfully Vienna had a big three hour sleep which helped. At the age of three Vienna proved that she is not very good at making the bucket yet so three loads of washing and a lot of carpet scrubbing later we had the house back to normal. No one else has shown any signs of being sick and I’m praying it remains that way. I’ve kept Vienna home from church today just in case she is still contagious despite being back to 100% from what we can see today.
So that is the latest! Thank you all for your continued prayers and support. We are so grateful to have so many loved ones supporting us on this journey.
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