We did come home on Sunday Praise the Lord! Josiah has been doing better every day, but the fatigue is starting to set in. It’s been so wonderful to be together as a family again and to catch up on things around the house. Josiah gets his blood drawn on Thursday to get his blood counts, but other than that we are hoping for a quiet week. The kids are very happy to be back at home and sleeping in their own beds, and while I’m busy being mom, wife, and nurse, I’m so happy to be home as well. I will continue to update when I have the time. Thank you so so so much for your prayers and encouragement, they continue to bless and sustain us! God is good.
Month: May 2009
The Weekend
Weekends in the hospital are pretty quiet. The good part about that is you don’t have to wait for bathrooms or elevators. But it just feels kind of big and empty. Not a new feeling for us, just reality.
Josiah is very anxious to be home. Some of the meds he is on makes him anxious, fidgety, a little emotional, and very unclear thinking. In rare moments he can carry on a conversation, but mostly he listens. He has a very hard time focusing and making even simple decisions. He can rarely even focus enough to watch TV and he can’t read but I’ve been reading a lot of scripture to him and also your comments and that seems to calm him down. He does not like to be alone and often needs someone to hold his hand or rub his feet. The three things he was told to do are eat, drink tons of water, and walk. He doesn’t feel like doing any of these things but he forces himself to do them and I’m so proud of him for doing that. I am only writing all of this so you can understand a little more of what he’s going through and know more specifically what to pray for. Prayer requests would be that he would be able to sleep peacefully tonight, that our transition home would be smooth, that the little dry cough that he has developed would not turn into anything serious, and that this chemo would be kicking his cancer’s tushy! He is not wanting visitors at this time and I am honoring his request. That may change in the future, and if it does be aware that all visitors must be healthy and that means not even a sniffle 🙂 I don’t want to be rude but him getting sick would only set back his healing and that’s the last thing we want.
I’m not sure I will have the time to update every day when we get home, but I will try. He will probably get more tired as the week goes on with his blood counts probably hitting a low around next Thurs. The Lord is blessing us every day with strength and peace. He is our Burden Bearer.
PS Oh, and for all of you cancer buffs out there, here is the list of chemo’s he has been taking this week: Ifosfamide, Carboplatin, and Etoposide…plus the many drugs to combat the effects of these drugs 🙂
Beautiful Things 