February 5th - Week 40

Wow!  Kayla is officially two-thirds of the way through her treatment!  In some ways, it has flown by, but in many others, it has been a LONG HAUL. :)

The morning getaway wasn't quite as smooth . . . everyone (including Benson and Sadie) was awake by 6:30AM.  That made it more difficult to get ready and get everything packed up for the day and be out the door before 8:45AM.  I should really do better about getting ready the night before. ;)  But, we made it.  I dropped Benson off at another one of the 10+ friends' houses that he goes to and we went on to Boise.

The nurses at the clinic were especially efficient at getting Kayla's fluids started that day.  As soon as she was accessed they hooked her up to the fluids.  We met with Marnie again. She examined Kayla and we talked about the new anti-nausea medicine we were trying that day.  I still can't remember what it is called, but it is in the same class as zofran, but it lasts for 3 days.  Yay!  Where has this been for the past 10 months!!!   Kayla and I were both pretty excited. : )  Marnie told me at the end of the visit that she was so pleased with how well Kayla has been doing, considering everything she goes through.  She has had energy to run and play, her hair is still strong and thick, and she hasn't had any major sickness (knock on wood!) throughout her treatment.  I am constantly counting my blessings for how well things have been for her.

The day seemed to go by pretty quickly (especially compared to last week!).  Kayla watched part of Monsters Inc, ate lunch, played with the dollhouse, made Valentine's with Miss Jenn for some of the nurses to put in the Valentine's mailbox out on the front desk, and we took walks around the clinic.  And that was pretty much it.  Time to go home!  It was nice not waiting for the extra 2 hours to get a second dose of zofran.  We were home by 3PM, right as the bus got there to drop off Nathan and Lily from school.

The best part about the day was not having to battle over zofran that night!  Yay!  And, that night I got to leave a house full of screaming kiddos (well, not ALL of them were screaming, but it was a little crazy. . . ) with Bryson and go to the temple.  It was so nice and peaceful and such a spiritual recharge for me.  It was also great to wake up to Kayla NOT throwing up. :)  She did great that next day.  We were able to go grocery shopping and play and do normal things without her being feeling sick, tired and throwing up most of the day.  Hooray!