DONE with Round 3

I do love Fridays of 3F8 week--- when we finish a week of treatment you feel so good-- Grier had pain today and was able to do his breathing exercises ( like Lamaze!!) during most of it-- he did have his 2 rescues of Dilaudid and it seemed to take the edge off--- Monday was the longest and most intense and then the rest of the week seemed to be the same everyday--- I am glad we did not have any surprises with blood pressure and O2 levels-- We also had a great roommate-- They called our room "The Southerners!"-- which is fine with me because it made time go by faster as we waited for the boys to wake up-- He is around Grier's age ( 6 months younger) and lives in Charlotte too-- we had a favorite nurse in common-- Dawn!! He does not go to CMC but had her with home health--

The general consensus from the team is that he looks good--- and he does -- I can not wait for him to get back home and start feeling good again-- This week takes a lot out of him! We will have to watch for withdrawal symptoms from Dilaudid-- His body is so used to having it for a week-- it can have symptoms...like fever, sweats, chills, mood swings when we stop cold turkey-- NICE huh?

So-- now it is time to pack and get ready to board our corporate angel flight early tomorrow morning-- We will be leaving extra early to avoid all the "POPE" traffic. He is in our "hood" today and tomorrow!!--- Hopefully nothing will stop us from getting there-- not even the POPE!!! We should be home in time for Opening Day Ceremonies for Dilworth--- and then we will get to see Steel-Fab play some baseball-- Somehow we lucked out not missing Grace's game again--- she does not play until Sunday!!