First day of school was a success. Yesterday our neighbor who is in the fifth grade offered to sit by Nathan on the bus and so that was really nice for Nathan. He thoroughly enjoyed riding the bus. I drove over and met the bus and left him at his classroom and went to talk to the nurse. When I left (an hour later) they were having snack outside. He was all smiles when we picked him up and said he had a good time. He also said it was kind of hard because they had to sit on the carpet alot and listen to the teacher tell them things.
His chemo went smoothly. Since he did not have any trouble during the infusion we should be able to do it at home for the end of the week. He will go back tomorrow for the chemo again just to make sure he is still handling it fine. His counts are pretty good to start the chemo. We just have no idea how hard hit they will get since he has proven to have trouble recovering them. We are also waiting to see if he gets diarrhea. I am just really hoping if he does - it can be managed with medication and he feels OK and can go to school. If he starts getting any we have to dose him every three hours (all night long too) so it would be really nice if he doesn't get any at all - but as long as he can keep up his activities with it I will be happy.
I don't think I heard him complain about pain from his incision at all today. So - that is good progress.
I put some pictures in the photo area (view photos at top and bottom of page). He didn't really want us to take any but we told him there were so many people who care about him who really want to see some.
We are so thrilled that he got to start school today. It has been my hope since he was diagnosed to get to this day and it is such a big step in Nathan's life - I am just so happy for him.
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