Three down, three to go

Wow! What a hectic couple of weeks we have had!
We celebrated the boys' second birthday with a small party, they had the BEST time and were thoroughly spoilt. It was really an excellent day and just what our family needed. It was such a joy to do something "normal" and watch James and Cameron playing with their friends and eating birthday cake, without a care in the world.

The next day, Halloween, was just as big of a hit as the birthday party. Although it took a bit of convincing to get James to wear his costume, once he was outside collecting his candy, he LOVED it. In fact, he loved it so much, that he insisted on going trick or treating 3 times!! Not for the candy, he just liked walking around the neighborhood like a big boy. Even though Cameron got tired, he did VERY well! He collected enough candy to rot several teeth!

We returned to the hospital on Thursday for Cameron's third round of chemotherapy.
This chemotherapy, which contains a drug called Cisplatin is an extremely strong dose of chemo and can cause pretty bad side effects, including kidney failure, hearing loss and severe nausea and vomiting. They kept a close eye on the kidney function and gave him an unbelievable amount of fluids to flush his system, of course this meant diaper changes every half hour. Fun! We won't know how much of Cameron's hearing has been effected for a few months, but we are hopeful that it will be minimal - either way, it's a small price to pay!
So far, the worst part of this chemo has been the vomiting. Poor Cameron can't keep anything down, even with all the anti-nausea medication that he is on.

He was discharged from hospital yesterday, but unfortunately, with all the throwing up, we have had to come back to hospital to get him on IV fluids and medication. I am keeping my fingers crossed that he won't need to be admitted and will be sent home once he has had sufficient fluids, but I have my bagged packed just in case.