For some reason the last doctor appointment felt extremely stressful.  It ended up being a quick check in, doc said everything is looking good on his labs and the next scan is going to be on 3/5 then treatment #11 on 3/6. Brad was also put on insulin for diabetes.  The doctor said he was likely pre-diabetic and the stress of the chemo threw him into full diabetes. Brad’s hands and feet hurt for about 3-4 days pretty bad after treatment. This is from Oxaliplatin.  The only way to relieve it is to stop the giving that medicine in his cocktail and he doesn’t want to do that.  When we talk to the doctor next I’m going to ask him if there are options regarding only having it administered every other time or something to help lessen the accumulating affects.  Baseball season is going to be a struggle if he can’t walk and use his hands.  He says he’s “real tough” so in typical Brad style I’m sure it will have to get unbearable before he’ll agree to change things.  Nothing major came from the appointment but geez we stressed ourselves out on that one.

We had a fun Valentine’s Day and cracked up exchanging gifts.  Brad took me to a new Thai restaurant on Valentine’s evening and it was really good but his food was way too hot so he was sweating, crying and beat red!  He liked it all the same.  He also is very excited about getting handicap placards for our cars.  That will be so nice to get him through the rest of the Winter and save his feet from long walks getting to our kid stuff and into work when he goes.  With such a brutal Winter we’ve been so glad he can work from home.  His breath is taken away, face and hands frozen and hard to breathe in extreme cold.  It is better for his neuropathy to just stay inside and not risk getting frozen to the bone.

Brad’s very sweet card to me.  I’ll save it and read it when I need a little extra strength.

GI cancer means…more… farts…so this was completely appropriate and made him laugh/cry.

Please pray for his medicine to keep doing it’s job and for his scans to give us some guidance for the path that will take us through the Summer. We are really looking forward to lots of fun sports trips and adventures.  Brad doesn’t want to hold us back and will be at everything.  I don’t want to rush time to Summer because that will mean Whitney’s Senior year is quickly approaching and UGH that is just is too much.  I’m excited for what is in store for her because she’ll participate in a medical career focused program and all the fun Senior milestones.  I push and pray for all the kids to try their very best in school.  It is way too easy to get distracted so I “nag” and plead for them to work hard and hope for the best.  Hoping for a successful semester for them all.

Thank you for your prayers, they lift us up on the darkest days.  I’m feeling light and airy today so this is a good day to write 🙂

We will DIY these @helloheidiwallart signs for their rooms.  They loved them!

Guilty!  We tend to give each other things we want for ourselves…