November 20, 2007

It has been a little while since I updated, and many things have happened.

A week ago, Monday, David got round 4 of his chemo. Everything went smoothly, although it was a very long day. We didn't get a room this time, so only one of us was allowed back in the infusion room at a time. David is getting to strong and mobile that it was an exhausting fight to keep him from pulling on his port access, rolling over, pulling on the IV tubes, and etc. We did fine, but we were tired. Rob and I took turns hanging on to the busy little guy.

The very next day, David began to run a low grade fever. Of course this didn't start until after normal business hours, so I had to take him to the emergency room to get blood tests done. I guess they are afraid of two things when he runs a fever: they are afraid that an infection would be too hard for him to fight off when his white blood counts are low, and they are afraid that a fever could mean that he has an infection in his port. Thankfully, neither of these things were true. He was just starting a cold. I hope and pray that this will be the last time that I have to take him into the emergency room. I had to go by myself so that Rob could get the older kids in bed as Hannah had school the next day.

Wednesday I had to take David in to the pediatricians office for a follow up test after his ER visit. It was long, but our pediatrician is thorough, so I am grateful for that.

Since then, David has had a cold and a very bad diaper rash. I believe that he is cutting teeth. Other than these things, though, he is his regular cheerful self. He is getting very very close to crawling. He gets up on all fours and rocks back and forth. He can even move his legs forward, but he hasn't figured out moving his hands yet.

We will be getting his blood levels checked one more time tomorrow to make sure that we can make the trip down to my parents' house for Thanksgiving. So far, things are looking good to make the trip, but we just want to be careful.

That's all folks. Have a wonderful Holiday, and know that we are giving thanks for each of you that has taken time to give generously of yourselves to us.

-Kim