Life, though a little different, goes on...

Justin started his first round of chemotherapy on Friday, June 28th.  He had treatments everyday for 3 days.  He was very sleepy and spent most of the time sleeping, which I think is a blessing.  When awake, he was very nauseous and the doctors and nurses were giving him various anti-nausea drugs to try to keep it at bay.  He was feeling much better a couple of days after the chemo and we were able to come home on July 3rd! Justin was so happy to be at home and without pain or nausea.  We had to give him a subcutaneous (under the skin) shot every day at home to boost his white cell counts, as the chemo knocks them out.  At first we had a health nurse come out to do it, but realized that wasn't very convenient.  Trevor (Dad) and I (Mom) were both trained to administer the shots by a nurse.  I did it once and was quickly fired by Justin!  It seems that Dad is the better nurse and will be the one doing them from now on! :)  We attended appointments at Cancer Care on Tuesdays and Fridays to check his levels and make sure he is in overall good health. After a week on the shots, his counts were good and he didn't need them anymore! On the weekend of July 12-14, we were able to go out to our trailer at West Hawk Lake.  It was so good to have a 'normal' weekend of sun, beach and boating, although Justin is not allowed to swim due to his central line.  It is now Wednesday, July 17th and we are gearing up for round two of chemo which starts on Friday.  I need to mention that we wouldn't have been able to make it through all this without the amazing support of all of our family, friends and the community that we live in.  We have been blessed with meals, goodies, gifts and prayers from so many.  It is incredibly overwhelming.  Even through this dark time, God is good and shows Himself to us through the love of others.  It's going to be a long ride....we're going to take it together.