Garrett is on his last full day of a five-day chemo treatment. This 5-day has been different for one main reason... mom took the weekend off and the sisters have been in charge! Since it is the safest for mom to be out of cellular service while Garrett is in the hospital, she and our step-dad decided to take the opportunity and go camping for the weekend. Megan and Lindsy have been switching off staying with Garrett at the hospital. He went in on Friday morning and will be discharged at 4 AM Tuesday morning.
Garrett's daily routine to help the time pass has been to sleep in until 10:30ish, have some breakfast, go down to the amazing and huge new Starbucks and play cards/ drink smoothies, come back up to his room and take a shower, then start a movie at about 7 after some dinner.
Another reason why this session of chemo has been different is because there is pretty much NO ONE on the chemo floor! It has been quiet and Garrett has been blessed with a large room and no roommate. He did have a roommate Friday night... Devon. Devon and Garrett got to spend Devon's last night in the hospital together. He has finished chemo and if all stays well... go back to his real home on the 14th. Please pray for continuos healing for his ankle and a great transition back to his life at home with family and friends.
Thank you to aunt Sandy, Kahlen, Mckenzie, cousin Maria and Grandma for coming to visit Garrett during this 5-day stay. Garrett will have an 8-hour transfusion as his next chemo treatment in a few weeks and then one more 5-day stay... then if all stays well he'll be done mid-October : ). The few weeks that Garrett has after 8-hour transfusions are the best because his counts seem to stay high enough that he can do whatever he wants. This last time he spent as much time as possible with his AMHS Golf team... riding along at practice in a golf cart.
As always... thank you for the continuous prayers. Physical Therapy is going well and Garrett is working on getting his ankle stretched out and tilted the way that it should be.
We'll post again soon!
- Lindsy
this was a real encouraging post! what great sisters you and Megan are! and what a champ Garrett is! i look up to your whole family so much! continual prayers and blessings to you always, G!
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear he's able to spend some time doing something other than Chemo in the hospital or home sick in bed! Always praying!!
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