Tomorrow Starts Round 8

Wow.  Eight rounds of chemo.  I can't believe we are to this point.  When Trent was fist diagnosed I thought people could only do four or five rounds.  But tomorrow starts Round Eight and we are ready.  Trent has had about 1/2 day of feeling pretty good so I guess it is time to make him feel crummy again. (ha, ha, ha)  The last time he had labs all of his numbers were pretty good except his platelets.  They were down to 41.  Grace told us to keep him away from all knives and anything that could make him bleed.  Not to hard of a job since he mostly lays on the couch or in bed!  He is really low on blood so I assume he will be getting a transfusion tomorrow.  Thank goodness we are scheduled early tomorrow.  Hopefully we won't close the place down tomorrow! 

We had a couple of visits from friends and family this week.  Trent's cousin, BJ and his family came to see him.  We a fun visit and shared a little picnic lunch in the basement.  Then we had a friend from our ward in Providence stop by.  It was really great to catch up and reminisce together.

All the kids are doing pretty well right now except Jonathan.  He has really started to panic when we leave.  It may be somewhat the age but I kind of think it has more to do with the situation than the age.  The other kids have acted out occasionally but mostly they are doing great.  We couldn't ask for better kids!  We love them so much!

Last week my dad had the opportunity to meet with President Boyd K. Packer, who is the President of the Quorum of the Twelve in the LDS church.  They talked about Trent and we learned that Pres. Packer has been keeping Trent's name in the temple.  We also learned that Elder Sitati has been keeping Trent's name in the Ghana Temple.  We have tried a couple of times to guess how many temples his name is in and we have been overwhelmed when we do so.  It is very humbling to know that so many people are thinking about us and praying for us.  I even have students from my employment, whom I have never met, emailing and calling to check up on us. We have had such wonderful support.  I can't imagine going through this without it.  It has really opened our eyes to all the suffering that goes on every day and how much more we can and should be doing to help alleviate that suffering. 

Round eight, here we come!