Hope you all had a good Labor Day weekend.
I am trying to think what we have been up to. Nathan finished his chemo on Saturday. He threw up last night once, but that is the extent of it so far - so not bad. He does seem a little more tired and so we'll see how the beginning of this week goes. He is still coughing some too. His leg pain is back. We want to do something this time to find out what is going on. It could be cancer or it could be neuropathy or something completely different. Either way - we really need to know. If it is cancer then we need to be doing a different treatment for Nathan than we are doing currently. We'll see what his doctor says tomorrow.
As far as our weekend as a family...well...Friday afternoon the kids and I went to a friend's house and the kids played while the moms cleaned. It was the first time that Nathan has played with kids other than at Tammy's (daycare) for a very long time. Too long... He was hooked up to chemo but it didn't stop him. Friday night Luke and I watched a movie - I wouldn't normally mention it but we both really liked it so I thought I would pass it on. "Life as a House". Now it is about a man who is dying but really it is a movie about people and we both really thought it was very good but a little sad at times.
Saturday we ran some errands, had lunch outside at Sonic and thoroughly cleaned the van inside and out. It was the first time the kids helped to wash the van and they and Luke had a wonderful time.
It was a normal average Saturday I suppose - but a really good day for our family for that same reason!
Sunday we went to church. Julia sang "Our God is an Awesome God" all the way home in the van - Luke and I really got a kick out of that. They both really enjoy Sunday school. We went to a birthday party in the afternoon for a little girl turing one that goes to day care with Nathan and Julia. We all had a good time.
Today Luke and I (and the kids to a somewhat lesser extent) cleaned all morning long and then went to a baseball game (Colorado Springs Sky Soxx). It was the first we have gone to as a family. Nathan really enjoyed it. Julia was a bit bored. I was a bit uncomfortable! All in all we had a nice time. We left in the sixth inning.
So - that brings us to now. Tomorrow both Nathan and Julia go to school and then Nathan goes to clinic in the afternoon. I will try to muster up the energy to go to choir practice either tomorrow or Wednesday night. Luke doesn't get much of a mention I guess because he will be working, as usual!
I am hoping that Nathan feels well enough to attend school all week. Of course - we may throw in some extra scans to figure out this leg thing and that could affect school. We should see a CT scan report tomorrow and are hoping it contains no nasty surprises.
I put some pictures from August on out family web page...see link nearer the top of the page or at the bottom.
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