3-30-16

Hello all! We've almost made it through the hump of the week! Drew had blood drawn yesterday, and the platelet number is high enough to go ahead with round 4 of chemo tomorrow. He's continued to catch up on sleep at home, and has enjoyed bugging his sister! :) Today we went to Molly's school and received a check with funds they had raised for Drew! It was so touching see their generosity, to hear the kids pray for Drew at the beginning of the assembly, and also then to see him give "high fives" to the kids as they left. This is just another example of the wonderful support our community has shown us. Such a blessing!

Well if it's been a quiet week so far for Drew, it hasn't been for the rest of us! Monday afternoon I started to have a stomachache, and by supper time I was full blown sick with a stomach bug. By midnight Josh had gotten sick too. It was a really fierce bug, but luckily the worst of it only lasted about 12 hours. Josh ended up not going on his trip, and stayed on on Tuesday. My Aunt still came, brave soul!, and helped take care of all of us that day. We are doing much better today, and so far just Josh and I were really sick. Thinking back, Molly had issues at the end of last week, so we wonder if she brought it into the house. as a few of my family that were here for Easter also got sick. It gave me a new appreciation of how easy going Drew is most of the time when he feels nauseous from his treatments, and also reinforced that when I am feel totally drained and weak, that's when God's strength can really take over. It also makes you really appreciate when you feel better!

I'll keep everyone posted on how round 4 goes!

~Heidi