More Home Shots!

I actually got out for a ride today!! Thank you Tracey for calling me out. Fantastic weather and very well behaved horses. Gotta love a good horse. I was thinking of all my other horsey friends, hoping you were able to take advantage of the day!


Kaleb is progressing by leaps and bounds. He's quite hilarious with his tantrums and fits, often climbing up in his crib in order to punctuate his yelling with some serious stomping. He's mapped out the entire living room via scuttling, including the insides of some pots housing plants... so worth the look on his face when feeling clumps of dirt. We also tried yams - SO not a fan. Talk about hilarious faces! He even threw in a few shudders for good measure. He climbs on EVERYTHING. Whatever level he's reached, it doesn't hold his attention long before he spots a higher place to be. He's still wanting to taste everything but is more interested in how it feels and how it was put together. I notice toys with tiny balls that cascade inside them are catching his attention while his reflection and mine have gotten boring. It is so much fun to watch his development unfurl while here at home.

Winter Preps

We're finally home. Kaleb, as before, loves the change in scenery. We had to drop his crib mattress, little monkey child. Of course, put him down on the area rug and watch him go! Reminds me of some kind of wind-up toy.

Feels good to pick away at little to-dos around the house as a team. I'm always wanting to tweak our dog fencing and I've got all the windows plastic-ked. Feels warmer in here already. We've finally found someone to hang our tricky storm door and toughen up the weather-stripping. No more North Wind in this house! I think we'll do much better with our energy bill this year, not to mention having a sounder home for Kaleb.

Some of the first activities Kaleb did once home were...

Laps around the area rug

Went for a horse ride

Watched his favourite dvd

Still Waiting...

We're looking at a possible discharge tomorrow, Tuesday. My frustration is constantly overshadowing the truth, here. Kaleb isn't bouncing back as fast. The chemo was stronger this time and he had to battle a vaccine, additionally. Not ideal. For him, physically or for us, emotionally.

Did you know that you can completely dissolve a 400 page novel in the washing machine? It's true. I'm particularly regretting that moment of inattention... I was only on chapter 10. And of course, I don't go for the trendy best seller that's on every shelf. I scrounge the discount bin for the rare over-looked gem. Arhg. Maybe I'll hit the library...

Waiting is Painful

There were loud whispers of us going home today, but the reality is we're either in until tomorrow or even Monday. Bummer. Patrick and I both are craving to have our trio under one roof again. It's difficult to remember that Kaleb's counts are what are holding us back. He bounces and squeals all day long yet his little internals are taking more time to recover from this harder hit of chemo.

Tis the season of student and new nurses. Another painful though necessary occurrence. It was difficult enough to establish a cohesive rhythm with the solid regulars - I definitely don't envy their positions of having to learn every family's "isms" and balance them like court jesters. Most of them are very skilled at keeping things smooth but now that we're all on the same page, a whole new crew of nervous learners are fumbling about. They're so caught up in getting it "right" that they've lost their common sense, it seems. I appreciate the awkward newness of their situations, but not the disruption of our man's precarious sleep schedule. He needs to sleep to heal, after all - and to maintain his charming disposition, for that matter! It was the same when I had him, except I was the practice pig and had the bruises to prove it. I suppose it's just a necessary step to creating good nurses and without the good ones, the entire process would be way beyond a nightmare!!

Photo Post!

From sleeping to this in 0.2 seconds...

One of his favourite things... the daily "boat ride" on the weigh scale...

Peek-a-boo is an awesome game...

He is SO the man in the big-boy chair...

His vehicle of choice. We tied a strap on it and do laps around the ward almost hourly...