Tommy has only two more treatments and then he's DONE! I honestly do not know how he has done this...not to mention as well as he has. Daryl and I were looking at his pictures from the last 12 months and feel like Tommy was robbed from part of his childhood. He's aged so much, not only in the physical form, but also in wisdom.
Tommy lit the Christmas tree at the hospital in a formal tree lighting ceremony, which was followed by him getting serenaded by the Army band at his room when we arrived back to the floor. It was all VERY special and if there is one event Tommy can remember from all this treatment is this ceremony.
Daryl's parents came to help with Maggie while Tommy was getting treatment. It was comforting to have them here and when Tommy came home we had an early Christmas celebration before they had to go home later that day.
This week has been hard on Tommy. Tuesday night he spiked a fever of 102 which landed us back in the hospital. The nurse had a heck of a time accessing his port. So after seeing four needles and each one was attempted three to four times of accessing him (so do the math, that means she poked and tried 12 to 16 times!) I finally told the Dr to get me gloves because I was going to do it! It was intense and I was exhausted watching her try, and besides, I had been fully trained how to do it (thank you Susie!) so on my first attempt FINALLY he was fully accessed. We spent a couple of days in the hospital getting him antibiotics and a blood transfusion. So we came home late Wednesday and spent ALL day Friday again at the hospital for yet another transfusion, this time of platelets. He's scheduled for chemo tomorrow, but I'm 99% certain his platelets are still too low so he won't get it. If that's the case, we'll try again later this week because of the holidays and wanting to get these last two treatments over ASAP.
More to follow later this week and maybe those photos I keep teasing you with. Take care and God bless. <><
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KIMMIE SO GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU AND TOMMY. TOMMY HAS GOT THROUGH THIS BY THE PRAYERS AND GOD'S HELP AND YOU BEING THERE 100 PER CENT AND FAMILY AND TOMMY BEING SUCH A STRONG AND BRAVE LITTLE GUY. TOMMY WILL BE BACK TO TOMMY SOON AS HE IS FINISHED WITH HIS CHEMO WHICH HAS BEEN HARD ON HIM, BUT HE SHALL GET BACK TO THE TOMMY JANES YOU KNEW BEFORE TREATMENT HE HAS BEEN THROUGH THE WORST OF IT AND BETTER DAYS AHEAD. YOU HAVE BEEN SUCH AN INSPIRATION AS WELL AS TOMMY TO ALL OF US BY PUSHING FORWARD TO THE FINAL DAY OF CHEMO KNOWING TOMMY IS ALMOST THERE AND GOD WILL GIVE YOU ALL STRENGTH TO GET IT AS THE ROAD AS BEEN ROUGH WITH LOTS OF BUMPS IN IT. JUST GOOD TO HEAR ONLY TWO MORE AND MOVE FORWARD. KNOW YOU ALL ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO GEE AND PAPA COMING THAT WILL BE GREAT YOU ALL CAN BE TOGETHER ON CHRISTMAS AND JUST SHARE LOVE AND BE CLOSE. I WILL BE THERE IN THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS. KIMMIE YOU ARE SUCH A BRIGHT AND SHINING STAR FOR TOMMY AND HE KNOWS IT. LOVE AND PRAYERS TO ALL OF YOU. AUNT BOOTSIE
Two more and then you're done!!!! Praise the Lord for that. Tommy has been such a fighter through all of this, but I'm sure he's tired of it, not to mention the toll it has taken on your family. May greater grace abound for you during this year's Christmas Season and may you find great rejoicing in the fact that you are on the homeward bound stretch of this battle. We continue our prayers for all of you, especially Tommy!!!!
God Bless,
Lori Robertson
Christmas in Tacoma was great! Santa needed a huge bag to put all the toys in that he dropped off to Tommy and Maggie this year. I wish you all could have seen the look on their faces when they came down the stairs!
Via the phone we were able to share holiday wishes to the rest of our family in Arizona.
We are praying that Tommy can get his chemo treatment next week.
Tommy . . . thank you for letting Papa and Gee sleep in your room.
share your room with you.
We had a fantastic time and can't wait to see you all again.
We miss your big bear hugs at night!
Love you all to the moon and back a million times and more : - )
Gee & Papa
ox
xo
ox
xo
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