Home from the clinic!

So, its been quite a day, but we are home at last! We spent the night with Leah in Raleigh last night, and got to the clinic around 8:00 am. Grant is always a little queezy when we go to the clinic - his nervous stomach often gets the best of him. I can't imagine where he gets this tendency from;) So, after some anti-nausea meds and a very fun-filled sedation for a spinal tap and IT Methotrexate, we hung out for a while in the recovery room and got a little more anti-nausea meds and some Vincristine. We got a chance to visit our friend Colby and his mom and our friend John from Garner. We spent most of the day passing out Christmas gifts to our nurses and doctors.

The good news of the day is that Grant has been cleared to start school again next week, another baby step back to normalcy! His counts still continue to look good and he remains a textbook patient.

We had an OK trip home, until we hit Walmart to get prescriptions filled. This is when the nausea got the best of my little man! Fortunately, we were already back in the car AND we were at Walmart, so new clothes were only one swipe of Grandma's credit card away. You just can't script this stuff!

So, we are back at home now. My sweet husband has taken down my oh-so-dead Christmas tree for me! He's a good boy! Maybe tomorrow I'll get all of the Christmas toys to the proper bedrooms, and my house will begin to look a little more normal! And hopefully soon, life will return to a little more normal too.

Our next clinic visit will be January 22. We will continue to do daily chemo (steroids, mercaptopurine, anti-biotics, etc...) at home. Some of his meds will be do everyday for the next 3 years! Popping pills has become second nature for Grant, so he doesn't mind.

So, if I don't get a chance to post again soon, Happy New Year to one and all! May 2008 kick the pants off of 2007!!!!!