Brody is Home

Brody finally got to come home from the hospital today after a very long and rough week.   He is feeling at least 10,000 times better than he did a week ago and is very happy to be home.    I think he missed his dogs (Chewy and Tori) the most.   He was telling us about several dreams he had about  Chewy and Tori last night and hugging them was the first thing he wanted to do when he got home.  

Jaden,  myself and our friends Carolynn and Mirissa Corthell worked on a special surprise for Brody last night.   Brody is a big Minecraft fan and has been asking for a "Minecraft room" the last couple of months.   We all worked late last night to give him a Minecraft room as a surprise welcome home gift.   Our friend,  Michelle Roush,   brought by a green and black balloon bouquet for his Minecraft room this morning.   Jaden couldn't wait to show Brody the surprise.   Brody was tired when he got home and enjoying the dogs so we had to have Jaden wait a bit to show him.   Jaden finally convinced him that there was something really awesome he needed to show him upstairs.   Brody can't walk very well right now and didn't want our help getting upstairs to checkout what had Jaden so excited,  so he decided to crawl up the stairs.   Jaden was so proud to show his brother the surprise and happy to see how much Brody liked it.   I took a video of Brody seeing his new room.   I will try to post it later.  

Brody is feeling better but does still have several frustrating and difficult things to be dealing with right now.   His groin is still very swollen and painful.   He has leg pain,  weakness in his legs,  and belly pains that come and go.   (belly pains are much less frequent and severe though).   He gets tired and short of breath easily.   He has regained control of his bladder and bowel function again.   We are so thankful for this and that he is not in so much pain.  

Brody will continue with radiation treatments Monday through Friday for the next few weeks and will be at Toledo Hospital for labs,  check-ups,  and blood,  and platelets as needed on Mondays,  Wednesdays,  and Fridays.   Every 3 weeks,  he will repeat the days of chemo he just finished.   Now that Brody's colon is no longer distended,  he will also be getting the bevacizumab every other week too.  

We are all so happy to be home again with Brody and to see him happy and acting like himself again.   It has been a tough week and we are glad to be through it.   It would've been much more difficult if not for the help of so many.   Thank you to all of our friends and family that have helped us in so many ways this week.   I don't know what would do without this support.