Wed June 9, 2010

The girls getting him ready for first round of Proton therapy



Day 1 of Proton therapy is done. Blake did so great! I took him back to the Proton Therapy room-its a HUGE machine! Blake was still mad at me for not letting him play on the stairs-so he was crying. They accessed his port, gave him the medicine and within seconds he was quietly sleeping. lol Such an easy way to stop a temper tantrum huh?! lol They put his mask on him-its a little scary. Its like a net-with a hole for his nose-and it snaps on to the table. It gave me anxiety just watching them put it on him, but the nurses and anethesiologist were so nice, I knew Blake was in good hands! Everyone is SO nice there. It really makes a difference! So I waited out in the waiting room, once he was awake in recovery I went back to see him. He got 2 stickers on his card-they use it for all his apt/procedures, so he was in a good mood. We left and headed home. We had to be there by 6am-so we woke up at 4am to leave by 5am...it was a LONG morning. When we got home to my Aunts house I realized I never got the key when I left her house because she was leaving after us...so we were locked out. I was so embarassed. Luckily Jamie, Jeans daughter, lives 5 min away. I called her and we headed over to her house. She is SO sweet! Blake absolutely loves her! She said we could stay as long as we needed to. Blake got nice and comfy on her couch and vegged out to some NickJr. His favorite! She brought McDonalds Happy Meals home for lunch-another favorite of Blake's. Then it was nap time. We took a much needed nap-waking up at 4 is not fun! Once we woke up we headed back home-my Aunt came home early from work so we were able to get in! We ate dinner and now Blake is watching some Backyardigans-his MOST favorite show!! I think for his birthday next week I am going to try and get him another Backyarigan from Kemah. He has Austin and a small Pablo. Im gonna go look for Tasha, Tyrone, or Uniqua. Then he will have them all. lol. Well tommorrow is day 2 of radiation. Blake is kicking cancers butt one day at a time! Hoping for a tumor free kid when we are done!! Talk to you all soon! xxx

Blakes mask for proton therapy-he never saw it until his last day when they gave it to him to keep. He was sedated before they put it on him. It kept his head completely still for the treatment.