a new week

Fall has pushed into St. Louis rather abruptly. I think it was just 90 degree weather like a week ago and the last few days we've been in the 60s. A reminder that even though the days are long, this year has gone by quickly, and here we are already in the middle of September.

We made it through last week's 4 days of IV chemo at home. Ethan's labs on Friday came back showing that his hemoglobin was low and so he had a blood transfusion on Friday afternoon. He started to have a low grade fever by the end of the transfusion and so as a precaution he also had cultures drawn and a 24 hour antibiotic given before we left the clinic, in case his fever continued. Thankfully it subsided by the morning and so we haven't had to make any more trips to the hospital this weekend!

Here's my boy waiting at the clinic before his blood transfusion

We got a chance to see Auntie and Ella and Noah on Friday morning before we headed to the hospital, which was good for ALL of us!

And, since Ethan's been feeling pretty good overall this weekend, we also went to church this morning. The highlight for the kiddos is always getting donuts after the service. :)

This week Ethan has chemo at the clinic on Wednesday morning. He is scheduled to have 2 IV chemo infusions, with one being the higher-risk for an allergic reaction. Please pray for protection over him.

You guys, we have 2 more weeks of chemo for this phase, and then a week or two off before we start Maintenance. I can't believe we've come this far! Thank you Jesus!