We've Arrived to Week #10 of Treatment!!

Kameron was admitted to the hospital for his 10th week of chemotherapy cycles before his tumor removal surgery in mid-July! To recap for those of you who may be new to following Kam's journey with osteosarcoma, the plan is for 10 weeks of chemotherapy. Surgery to remove the tumor. Then more chemotherapy. After this he will get a 3 week break (hopefully, fingers crossed) from chemotherapy and hospitalizations. I can't adequately put into words how much we are all looking forward to staying away from the hospital for that long. We are here, on average, every other week. 

Last week when Kameron was hospitalized (for week #9) we all got a good scare when, suddenly and without warning, he fainted.  Twice. After an extensive work-up and multiple specialists consulting, it was definitively determined to be a rare medication reaction causing orthostatic hypotension. Orthostatic hypotension means your blood pressure gets dangerously low when you go from a laying down, sitting, to standing or moving position. It was a tough couple days of really low blood pressures, but he got through it. It was one of his more terrible times in the hospital. We prefer his hospital stays to remain boring. 

Kameron has continued to struggle with significant nausea and a poor appetite. It's been tougher to manage for him, as one of the meds that caused his fainting episode had really helped his nausea quite a bit. Please pray we are able to control his nausea, as he is losing weight again. He is doing his best, but it's hard when chemo makes your taste buds weird and even water tastes different.

Jesse and I celebrated our 17th wedding anniversary last Saturday in the hospital with Kam. The hospital allowed us to have lunch in Kameron's room together. We got Kona Grill take out and Kam got to be our plus one, and we shared some of our meal with him. Jesse spent Father's Day with Kam for his day #4 hospitalization. We brought him homemade shrimp & mushroom alfredo and dessert to celebrate the awesome husband and daddy he has been.  

Kam was able to come home for a couple days before this most recent hospitalization. Thank you for the cards, encouragement, meals, and some mochi that was sent. Forgive us, as we have no time right now to properly send out thank you cards. Yet, we know you all understand. Bless.