We made it through week 1 of Wade's 6 week chemo / radiation treatment in Houston. There were hard parts and good parts:
Hard Parts:
- We missed him like crazy and its difficult to not to be with him while he goes through treatment
- Wade's illness became much more real to the boys because he was gone getting "cured"
- The drugs and radiation made Wade feel bad
Good Parts:
- We felt like we started "The Cure" this week
- Wade found a garage apartment in West University that is only 10 minutes from the hospital and has a kitchen! He walks and exercises for several hours each day and the neighborhood is beautiful and a cold front came through.
- He started getting meals from The Hippo Kitchen that caters to cancer patients going through treatment (thank you so much for your help supporting his meals in Houston…you guys have been amazing!!)
- He got to see Hilary Saltzman in the hospital yesterday who had a successful surgery to remove her liver cancer tumors (Yeah Hilary!!)
- He came home last night and was able to see Will's football game and is going to Ben's soccer game this morning
- After his first radiation treatment on Tuesday, Wade went to St. Paul's Methodist Church in Houston where we got married almost 20 years ago. He sent me this picture while I was driving back to Austin. Can you believe how beautiful this place is? Perfect place for Wade to go after treatment.
So, when I look at the list above, I see more good than hard.
We're taking this one day at a time and loving each other more and more every day.
Wade posted on his blog about his experience this week…its a good read. :)
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