Day 108, May 2
Today was a big day. Benjamin woke up this morning, chatting away in his bed. He was ready to go to Tita’s this morning once we got him dressed. He’s doing better, thankfully. He’s not completely back to his old self, but he’s working on it.
It was a BIG chemo day for Allyson. She actually got FOUR separate doses of four different chemotherapy drugs today along with her spinal tap. One of the drugs in particular tends to make kids sick to their stomachs. To prevent that, she got a mega-dose of the anti-nausea drug before they started. - She did fine during the procedure and woke up about an hour after they were finished. She was groggy but asked for some yogurt. She ate that, and then laid back down again. We hung out for a while today to watch how her body would react to the new chemo. She seemed to fair pretty well, but we gave her an extra dose of anti-nausea stuff about 1p.m just in case. We were out of the hospital a bit later than usual, around 2:oo.
Ally and Benjamin played for a bit after dinner. Ally didn’t actually eat any dinner…She played with stickers instead. I am sure she had no appetite because of the chemo. Benjamin went to bed right at 7p.m., and Ally faded soon after. She climed up on the couch and put her head on the pillow. I sat with her for a while and rubbed her back. She was a little fidgety, but finally fell asleep. - She’s in bed now, but she’s restless. That tends to happen on nights after hospital treatments. She is restless and tends to talk out in her sleep, sometimes crying out, “No, no!” That tugs at my heart and makes for a restless night of sleep for me. We are hoping she’ll have a good day tomorrow. Time will tell…
Tomorrow is Korean Children’s Day, and we’d like to celebrate it with our new friends from Dillon, our adoption agency. Everything hinges on how both kids are doing.