Round Four

We started Round Four yesterday. Thankfully it got started early enough that we will probably go home tomorrow afternoon. After we checked in we asked for a Gait Analysis for Trent. Guess who wins our 'cane debate'? ME! We were told that the back pain Trent has been having is because he is leaning so far to one side to compensate when he walks. So they brought out the cane and guess who walks like a new man? It is amazing how much better he walks! We will have to do some out patient physical therapy to strengthen all of his muscles and make sure he doesn't have a limp.

Last night we had the funniest thing happen. Kim-the nurse assistant who sang the Muppet song to us last time, came in and offered to sing for us again. She is hilarious! She brought in Charlie to help her sing the Poop Song to Trent. They learned it from 'Scrubs'. You can watch the original below but be warned--it's poopey! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-OIgXyvzUU&feature=player_embedded The nurses were pretty good--althought there was less dancing!


They even got Trent to sing the patient's lines!

This is chemo Trent-starting to get a little puffy! He has already gained 8 pounds of water since yesterday.

Tonight was spent putting together little baggies of hard candy for the other cancer patients. Eric and Tanya Mathison challenged us to honor their son's memory by making a difference for someone else on the anniversary of his death. Our choice was obvious. Sitting up here surrounded by people fighting for their lives is sobering. Some sit alone, some are young, and some are old. It doesn't matter what your circumstance--cancer is horrible for everyone. But doing something to help someone else has been good for us to take our minds off our own troubles and make a difference for someone else.

We will be having the next scan on September 13 to see if the cancer in Trent's lungs is responding to the chemotherapy. So our prayers continue for another miracle!