Day 3 - Hanging Out

Getting out of the house with a baby is difficult and I'm still learning how to get out before 11am. Needless to say, we didn't get to have our breakfast date this morning! We finally arrived around 12:30pm and guess who was on the phone working? It was great to see him "normal" and not feeling sick! Although he had a bit of redness in the face like he went sun tanning on the beach for too long. That's a side effect of the chemo and by the end of the night, it was gone! Thank you God for continuing to relieve him of any major side effects.



Working like nothing happened

Sophia (his nurse) was in the room and we asked her   if we could take a walk around the hospital. She said   we had to come back in 10-15 minutes because they     want his kidneys to stay hydrated since he's on 3        different types of chemo. Boo. I set my alarm for 15  minutes and we headed out to the hallway....15  minutes didn't give us much time to make a run to  the Block so we just went to the family lounge and  sat there until time ran out. Logan was very happy to  see his daddy!

Schrader!

Some of our friends came to visit today and we had a good time catching up!

Sophia came back wearing a gown over her scrubs and gloves up to her elbows while holding that dark brown bag we know so well. That darn chemo. Isn't it something that the nurses don't want to touch the chemo and it can't get on their skin but it's going directly into my husband's body? So strange. We all left shortly after and Logan and I came home to an empty house for the first time since Sasha's been gone. I filled up the first two days with visitors and family and I really wanted to just be alone with Logan tonight. After a sweet friend delivered dinner to me (our Thrive ministry had set up a meal drop off for us even BEFORE we knew Sasha had to go into the hospital. See God's hand in that?) we FaceTimed Sasha and he hung out with us while we did our thing around the house. It was just really nice to hear him and it felt like he was right there in the living room with us! We even put the computer on the couch so it really felt like he was sitting there with us. After I put Logan to bed, I left Sasha sitting on the couch while I cleaned up around the house...guess who fell asleep and I had to hang up on him? Yep. That was Day 3, just a lot of hanging out through the computer.

Day 3 was a special day. It's the day that God gave both of us peace about this situation. It was the first day that I didn't feel anxious or fearful and the first day I haven't cried since last Wednesday. What a HUGE answered prayer. I don't know how long it will last and when I will break down again, but I'm taking things day by day and God grants me His strength to get through each day. What a blessing!

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God, And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:6-7

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