Today was a tear jerker. Adele & I had to come to the realization that we would not not be able to have our grandaughter, or any children, in the house after the 22nd. Adele gets her first big dose of chemo on Sunday the 21st. Shortest day of the year and the treatment takes about 12 hours, mostly because of the need to hydrate, hydrate, hydrate. The chemo drug can hurt the bladder if not hydrated properly.
Rearranged Christmas in favor of getting her to JH on time and in good health, without any chances of infection from others. That means Adele will have no Christmas services, no children visiting, no friends, just Rick & Adele changing dressings and flushing catheters each day.
We are both resigned to make this Bone Marrow Transplant as effective as possible by following all the rules given to us by the doctors of JH. After 2 doctors said they were against having children in the house, we had to come to that decision. There was no other way for us to reconcile having Ruby here. We will need to plan a trip in March or April as soon as the doctors agree she is ready for it. GA and Ruby will be the goal, while Kaelyn and Mason will get to see Nanny much sooner.
I plan on getting to Christmas Eve services in Harrisburg, hopefully with Tom & Shannon, Eric & Julie (and Ruby), and Mom & Dad. It will give us a family time, and I need to take pictures and movies of everything so Adele can share the experience through them.
We do feel God is in this every step of the way. His leading us - has helped us in every decision. He has also provided me with a calm so I can provide all the caregiver services for Adele. Today we pack and return to JH for 2 days, and we are felling good about it all. Thanks to the Lord, and our many friends that are helping us through this.
Love ya all - Rick
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