Sunday, February 15, 2009

Visits are great fun... Day 95 15FEB09

Joshua got a chance to visit with his mom's cousins John and Yvonne Bensinger from West Virginia this evening. They are visiting the Bay area and were at Mary Ann's house for dinner. We all got a chance to eat a great meal and visit with them. Josh always enjoys playing with his cousins Avery and Taylor. All in all it was a fun evening for everyone and boy did we eat too much:)

Tomorrow Josh will be at the clinic first thing in the morning. He is getting the full treatment, Vincristine, PEG (that is the shots in both thighs), labs, and maybe a transfusion depending on his CBC results. Renee noticed that he was looking pale tonight but his energy levels have stayed up so we are hoping that his counts have been hanging on. This is his second round of the same chemo regimen and this time he has done much better. No fevers and he has maintained his stamina and appetite. Yeah! Much better than the alternatives. We always celebrate the good days.

If you can get three kids to watch a 3 inch screen why do we need 50 inch televisions?

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Joshua, I am so glad that you got to meet my parents! They are pretty crazy, but I know you had a lot of fun! Hope everything continues to get better with you, just know that you are in our thoughts and prayers every single Day!

Jill,Brian, Chandler and Brady ( and soon coming... Austin)

Jamie(Sister) said...

DAY 95!! WHOO HOO. Thats awesome Joshua! =) I am happy that you had once again another good day. Its nice that the whole family got to hang out and have fun with moms cousins visiting. =)

Good luck tomorrow monkey, im sure you will do great! Just keep your head up and those spirits high okie dokie smokie.
It is 12:22 at night and it is CHRISTIAN AND BRANDON'S 23rd BIRTHDAY YAY!!!! Yea right this is the day that they act even younger than you. hahaha ; ) Well i love you guys and miss you tons. This is the first time in a long time that i havent seen you guys going on 2 weeks. = ( Hope tomorrow goes good for you Joshy. I love you and keep kicking butt you are doing great. I will call you tomorrow and see how are you doing how's that? =) talk to you soon.

XOXO LOVE JAMIE BELLA AND CHRISTIAN

Jamie(Sister) said...

DAY 95!! WHOO HOO. Thats awesome Joshua! =) I am happy that you had once again another good day. Its nice that the whole family got to hang out and have fun with moms cousins visiting. =)

Good luck tomorrow monkey, im sure you will do great! Just keep your head up and those spirits high okie dokie smokie.
It is 12:22 at night and it is CHRISTIAN AND BRANDON'S 23rd BIRTHDAY YAY!!!! Yea right this is the day that they act even younger than you. hahaha ; ) Well i love you guys and miss you tons. This is the first time in a long time that i havent seen you guys going on 2 weeks. = ( Hope tomorrow goes good for you Joshy. I love you and keep kicking butt you are doing great. I will call you tomorrow and see how are you doing how's that? =) talk to you soon.

XOXO LOVE JAMIE BELLA AND CHRISTIAN

Nonna said...

Hey Snaggle Snuggle Monkey,

So good to see you having fun. I hope you ate way too much - or at least enough.

I am also hoping that your Chemo goes well today. I truly hate the thought of the two shots in your thighs!!! Ugh yuuuuuck. You should earn triple bravery beads for them.

Hang in there little warrior. You are a mighthy fighter and you will prevail.

Tons of Love, Hugs and kisses,

Nonna

Nonna said...

Hey Jarrod,

I love your t-shirt!!!!! You are one very good looking young man.

Love,

Nonna