Happy New Year!
I'm glad to report that we had a wonderful Rosh Hashana. We broke bread with friends both nights, and had a lot of fun. Jamey didn't throw up (yeah!). The dinners were very laid back and relaxing. We also went to Shul. The rabbi did a special prayer for Jamey, which was nice. While David was in the sanctuary, I took the kids to children's services and Jamey went to the youth services. It was great.
Yesterday Jamey went to the hospital for his chemo treatment. It is the high-dose methotrexate one - we don't know how long it is for because it depends on his body and how quickly he can expel it. At the hospital he has to get an infusion for 6 hours before the chemo. We were there by 9, but the infusion didn't start until 5. This was very frustrating because now he'll have to spend an extra day in the hospital. In addition, when they took his weight we saw that he has lost 6 pounds in the last two and a half weeks. I'm not terribly worried about that because he started eating again (and not throwing up).
I have never seen Jamey so depressed. It's really horrible (even books don't cheer him up!). As soon as we left fot the hospital yesterday, he totally shut down. I know it's really hard for him to be away from home. Home is his favorite place in the world, and the hospital is probably his least. A few of his friends visited him (thanks, Jamo, William, and Ale). That, at least, helped him some.
Today my mom spent the day with him, while David and I went to Noah's and Coby's soccer games (they did great - yeah!!). They were exciting games - definitely a pleasure to go see.
David is spending the night there (I spent last night). We trade off -
Anyway, I'm too tired to write anymore tonight. Take care.
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