September 20th - Week 27

Well, we had quite an exciting day last Thursday!  It started out in the normal way, getting Nathan and Lily off on the bus to school, hopping in the car and heading to the clinic (leaving Benson sleeping-Bryson took him to another friend's once he was up).

Kayla got checked in, port accessed and we met with Dr. Meeker . . . all with no problems.  I did ask Dr. Meeker for a larger prescription for the pill form of zofran.  Since Kayla took it so well last week and we talked about taking it again, I think that will be a successful route to go.  Hooray!  Anyway, I only had a small sample prescription of the pills, so the nurse called in a regular prescription for us.  

We had fun in the chemo suite.  Kayla got some fun projects to do.  She made a sand art giraffe.

And she painted with watercolors. . . 

We also watched Tangled, wrote Thank You cards, ate lunch, meanwhile. . . working out some logistics. . . 

All of nurses and staff at the clinic were wearing their blue and orange BSU Broco attire.  It was the big BSU vs. BYU game that night.  So, I was talking to Jenn, the child life specialist.   I told Jenn that Bryson and I had both gone to BYU.  We weren't going to the game and we didn't get the TV station to even watch it. She left and then came back a little bit later telling me that the clinic had 5 extra tickets to the game that night because a family had cancelled on them.  (For every home game, they take a certain number of patients and their families to the BSU games.  They usually ask the older kids about it, so they never had talked to Kayla.)  

So, my first thought was, "Do we have to bring the kids?"  Ha ha!  The game didn't start until 7PM and it was a school night.  I knew Kayla would totally not be up to it and their was no way I would bring Benson.  I knew Nathan would LOVE to go because he had been bugging me for a week about watching the game or signing up with a TV service so we could get the game, etc.  Lily, I wasn't sure about.  I could see her going either way, staying home with a fun babysitter, or going to the game.  

I told Jenn we could for sure use 3 tickets, but wasn't sure about Lily.  She said that we might as well take one for Lily in case she wanted to go.  With one extra ticket, I asked her if we could invite a friend.  Nathan's best friend, Nathan, is a complete football fanatic and is obsessed with the Broncos (even though his parents are BYU alumni. . . :).  Jenn told me yes, we could have all 5 tickets.  She then got all of the kids t-shirt sizes and brought me some Bronco t-shirts for each of them.  She also told me that we would meet at the clinic at 6PM and they would shuttle us over to the game (so we don't have to worry about parking - nice!), we would get food vouchers for concessions at the game.  It sounded great to me!  

So, when Kayla was done, we went home.  She did really well and I got her to take a half of a zofran pill (yay!).  It did take some time and convincing, but I am so glad that she took it.  I picked up our wonderful baby-sittier at 5PM and we were off to the game!

So, here are the two Nathan's. . . just a little excited for the game.

And adding Lily in there, too.  They are wearing their little Bronco Bunch t-shirts that I got at the clinic.  Sigh.  Lily was rooting for BSU, too, because her teacher at school is a huge fan.  

When we got to the clinic, we loaded onto a shuttle bus that was all decked out in blue and orange, along with everyone else on the bus.  Bryson and I were the only ones in our BYU t-shirts.  Everyone was still very nice to us. ;) 

We got to the stadium and were met by a guy who led us in through a private entrance.  We were told that we could use the players bathrooms (and the guy in charge of our group would take the kids when they needed to go).  

We had our own little set of bleachers to sit on right down in front of one of the end zones.  They were very good seats. 

And, Bryson caught a t-shirt!  

You can see how close we were. . . 

Nathan and Nathan, enjoying the game.  (Our Nathan does not like posing for pictures, if you haven't figured that out by now).

Me and Bryson.  I have to say I handled the game very well at over 8 months pregnant.  I brought a pillow to sit on, but was standing for much of the game.

It was difficult keeping these boys in their seats.

Lily was done by halftime.  This is where she spent the second half of the game. :)

They also gave us food vouchers to go and get some concessions.  Talk about full service!  Too bad BYU didn't win the game!!!!!!!

Afterwards, we got to do down onto the field and the kids got autographs from a few of the BSU players and ran around on the field.

We then rode the shuttle back the clinic and drove home.

It was a fun once in a lifetime night (especially since we got home around midnight on a school night!).  The kids did great getting up and off to school without too much complaining (I think they were too tired to complain!).  

Kayla woke up around 4:30AM.  She sat straight up and said, "I NEED ANOTHER PILL!" and then ran to the bathroom to throw up.  I went downstairs and got her another half of zofran pill.  It took a half an hour to convince her to take it. . . sigh.  But, she did and I got a little more sleep before it was time to get the kids up for school.  I was pretty much dead on the couch all morning unable to move.  Luckily, Kayla and Benson had a fun time riding bikes in the backyard together, giving me a little chance to rest.  :)