First transfusion today...

Caine got though last week pretty well after Monday.  Caine is starting to feel the effect of chemo a bit as he has been sick.a few times.  I know Caine is a silent sufferer so hard to catch him before to ensure he doesnt get sick.  Just have to keep pressing Caine to be honest on how he feels.

Since Sunday Caine has been getting headaches when he wakes up in the morning.

Over the weekend, Caine had a sleepover with his friend Kian and I took Brody on a mini holiday to stay in a hotel over night with a pool (he had his friend Logan join and my friend Tamara joined).  We also went to a labour day party at Bob and Lynn's place in White City.  The boys got to swim and play with their friends...Caine was very energetic that day.

On Monday we had a chill day.

Today was the first day of school and Caine was able to attend in the morning.  He was happy to be back at school with his friends and just be a kid.  It is hard for Caine as he always asks why did I get cancer why do I have to go through this why cant I just be normal.....when you dont have an answer it is tough.

We picked Caine up at lunch and took him to his appointment at the clinic.  They thought he looked pale and took his blood work.  We also mentioned the headaches.  The doctor thought his hemoglobin was low and we did blood work and it was.  That means he had to do his first blood transfusion.  Since we couldn't stay at the clinic we had to go to 4F at the General to.get it done.  It takes 4 hours.

They will be watching his levels.closely this week as he may need another before the week is over.

Also with the drugs he is on, Cybaritine, it seems to be the culprit to his queasiness.  He got the drug earlier today and didnt tell.us his stomach wasnt good and ended up getting sick during his transfusion.  Gave him his vomit cover medicine as we like to call it (Ondansatron) and it seemed to settle down and he could eat.

That is it.....one day at a time..sometimes one hour at a time.