Dan is once again at the hospital doing his fourth cycle. It's high dose methotrexate followed by a couple days of a recovery drug to get the methotrexate out of his system. He should get to go home tomorrow!
A couple of things happened recently that made me laugh.
Our nieces and nephews came to visit yesterday. We sat in the lobby and ate dinner that they brought. After dinner Dan wanted to get back to bed so I walked him back to the room. When I returned to the lobby, my niece Katie said "Can we go back to your apartment to say bye to Uncle Dan?" Our APARTMENT? Oh boy. These poor kids have seen us in this hospital far more than they have seen us in our own home.
Then I remembered what had happened the day before. Our good friends Kavin and Ali came to visit (thanks guys!!) and before they came I found myself tidying up the hospital room! I cleared away old food trays, straightened up our suitcase, and cleared Dan's bed tray. Haha! I stopped and thought about how funny it was that I was treating the hospital room like our own home.
In some ways it does kind of feel like home. Dan and I just added up all of the days that we have spent in the hospital. Our best guess is that all together, we have stayed overnight in the hospital for about 98 days. Wow! That's a third of a year. Three straight months spent at the Huntsman Cancer Hospital. No wonder Katie thinks we live here... sometimes I think we live here!
Thanks for the love and prayers that we continually feel coming our way. We are excited to graduate next week! Love you all!
4 comments:
Congrats on graduation Dan!! You are, simply put, AMAZING! Love you guys!
I am sorry we have not come to visit again since that first time. We have really wanted to, but last time you were in Joey had the flu, and now he has a sinus infection, so we thought it wouldn't be very nice to come to the hospital sick and subject you to that risk. Anyway, we want to come see you soon, even if it is at your Provo apartment and not your Salt Lake one :) Congratulations on graduating!
Praying for divine peace and rest that only comes from our TRUE home. Love to you both.
you guys rock-- see you in a week
liz and lyman
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