Chemo #2

Hello to all of our faithful friends and family,

Today we took Ian for another chemo treatment. Although I would definitely not say "2 down 6 to go" like we said "1 down and 7" to go last week. Over this past week we had the eye-opening experience finding out what the side effects of chemo are like. Ian was pretty miserable quite a bit of the time with nausea and joint pain. He especially had pain in his jaw and teeth and had only liquids for 3 whole days, including Easter.

Needless to say, I (Natalie) had a rather emotional week as well. It's very hard to see your child suffer, as I'm sure most of you know.

After our visit with the Dr. today, and asking lots of questions, we feel better prepared to cope with the side effects we will face next week. So, we are hoping for a better week this week. Come next Sunday I will feel ready to say "2 down and 6 to go" or even: where a quarter of the way through!

Thank you again for your love and prayers. We appreciate you very much!

Love, Natalie and David