Owen had his treatment last week, and it was a pretty “easy” visit. We did however get some wonderful news from his Doctor. He told us that January 23, 2016 will be Owen’s LAST DAY OF TREATMENT!! So exciting to finally have an end date to look towards. This will be the day that he will get to stop taking all of his medicines (well, with the exception of his heart medicine). He will still need to go back for testing for 5 years after that date, and they start at once a month, then spread out as time goes on. We told him he only has a year left, but I don’t really think he truly gets what that means. It is so far away in his eyes, and until he doesn’t have to take the medicines everyday, I don’t think he’ll understand. He did say, “so that means I will be able to eat snacks after dinner?”. Right now, he has to wait 2 hours after any food to take his one chemo drug, and he dislikes that very much.
We finally have snow in Pittsburgh, and the kids are loving it! Everyday they want to play outside.
by evanshou
Glad to hear the little guy is doing better and a major milestone is in his near future. Stay strong!