Well the days flew by but we had a good time together. The plane is “wheels up” and they are on their way back to Vancouver. We largely stayed home all week and just spent time together. We enjoyed takeout from most of our favourite restaurants and had some home cooked favourites. Dana Daykin enjoyed being in a kitchen that isn’t shared or the size of our first house (the RMH kitchen is *really* big and everything takes ten steps or more to get to) We had some fun in the snow and around our fire pit. We decorated for Christmas and gave the kids gifts. This year it wasn’t at all about the when but the fact we were together.
When back in Vancouver they’ll check back into Ronald MacDonald House and grab the stuff they left in storage. Tomorrow Eli goes in for lab work before starting the next (and last!) round of chemotherapy. This next round is intense as it’s the last blast. We don’t know what it will look like or how he’ll respond. This round is supposed to last four weeks and he will likely feel the effects of it increasing as the days go by. They will stay at RMH for the most part as this round is mostly out patient but once his counts have dropped to certain level he’ll be admitted.
Katie and I will be heading down for Christmas but we don’t know if Eli will be in hospital or not so we really will be taking things a day at a time this month. Christmas might be at RMH or it very well could be in the oncology ward. We don’t know but we’ll be together.
Saying goodbye today was a little easier knowing the next time we are together is not far off.
Though this is the last chemotherapy round, we’re not quite done. Once he has recovered from this chemotherapy there will be a third and final round of immunotherapy where he has the backpack 24/7 for 28 days. Once that is done around early to mid-February, it’s home for good! There will continue to be medications and monthly appointments for about a year and half but these will mostly be day trips.
For today we are just thankful for time together and a brief rest in this marathon.
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