Getting ready for chemo number 2!

I haven't updated the blog for a while, but as the saying goes "no news is good news". We have had a wonderful and most importantly, uneventful week at home with Cameron.

We were extremely blessed to have my mom stay with us for 3 weeks and I was so sad to say goodbye to her on Saturday. She was an enormous help while Cameron was in hospital and James adores her. Thank goodness she will be back in December and will stay for 3 months.

Luckily, Frank's mom has come over to help us for a few weeks, so it's a relief to know that James is with someone he loves and she is a great help too. We are so fortunate to have such great families that literally dropped everything to come over and help us!

Cameron had to go into hospital today for a blood and platelet transfusion, a long and boring process, but at least it is minimally invasive. He played for the first part with his new friend, Sabastian, and napped through the rest of it.

Tomorrow, he will have surgery to put in his feeding tube (G tube). Although he is eating well at the moment and seems to be responding appropriately to the appetite stimulant that he is on, the doctors feel that it would be safer to put the tube in, in case he loses his appetite and starts losing weight, especially when it comes time for his stem cell transplant in January. He will be admitted after his surgery and will start his second round of chemotherapy on Thursday. If all goes well, he should be out of hospital early next week.