Our Journey Through Time

Bradyn's proton treatments went really well this week. Yesterday he wasn't scheduled until 12:30 pm and a CT scan which meant he couldn't have anything to eat after 4:30 am and nothing to drink after 8:30 am. Hard to explain to a 4 year old he can't eat until after all this is done with. He hung tough though and even though the PTC was behind and he didn't start until 1 pm he made it though! Dad said when Brady woke up the first thing he asked for was food! He was more exhausted yesterday than the previous two days and it took him longer to get over the anesthesia longer this time. It seemed like he really didn't get completely over it until this morning. He was a bit wobbly and slurred right up to going to bed. We thought he would stay up a little longer but when 7pm hit it was hard for him to keep his eyes open any longer and he drifted off to dreamland on the couch! The girls were pretty tired as well so as usual Angelina was easy to get into bed, but not her sister.

I'm just going to say this now and get it out there - for the record I don't think it's fair that Cirstyn has decided to get the 2's "I don't want to go to sleep for anything" going on! She started this a little before we left for Houston but it didn't seem so bad because we could contain her to her room and she would go to sleep on her own eventually, but here - NO WAY! She doesn't have a room, or a regular bed for that matter, and the poor dear is driving her mommy and daddy to their wits end. There's got to be a way, something we can rig up, to help this little drama queen without completely going crazy! ;)

Since Brady has the weekend off and needs to recoup a bit we decided we'd have an easy weekend, nothing big. He has been asking and asking to go outside and play in the grass - there's no grassy area right here with us - so off to this cute little park we went! They all had a good time and they so enjoyed being outside in the fresh air! There were a handful of kids playing and Brady and Cirstyn really like playing with someone else other than mom and dad. The girls enjoyed the swings for quite a while and Brady was sure to wear his hat in the sun to protect his ouchie area. It was good for all of us to be outdoors getting some fresh air and stretching our legs. We met a mom there who also happens to be an OT and her husband is an oncologist at MDA. She knew of Dr. Murray, Brady's neuro-oncologist, and was really impressed that he was Brady's doc. She had all kinds of great things to say about him. She emailed me a local mom's group so that maybe I could take the girls to some outings while Brady has his treatments and even Brady if he wasn't having anything done. She helps another cancer group set up housing and other things like that, so it was really cool that by accident we all met.

Right now everyone in the house, besides moi, is asleep so I'm having a little quiet time to myself that I can actually enjoy rather than sleeping! I hope everyone is having a good weekend and the weather is good in Fort Worth. It's a really nice day today, probably around 70 and feels so good to have the windows open. We miss you all! All of our prayers are being heard so thank you for praying for our family! <3