Week 4

Hi Everyone,





Sorry for the lack of updates! We were so busy over the weekend, and what Blessings we received! My friend Melissa, from Massachussetes, came all the way to Kansas to take our pictures! She is an amazing photographer! (http://www.melissadecastro.com/) Anyway, she has been posting a couple of pictures a day, as she edits and perfects them. Here is a sneak peek... Shhh! Don't tell her I showed you! :O)




(sorry it's so small!)

Bryan started Week 4 of Chemotherapy and Radiation yesterday. Before we started treatment, Dr. Petrik explained to Bryan that he would probably begin to feel worse the longer his treatment lasted. And boy, was he right. This week has been miserable.

So far, Bryan's latest developments include:

• Pure exhaustion. He got about 9 hours of sleep last night, and this morning said he felt like he didn't even get 5 minutes last night. It has been said that the fatigue that Chemo causes is unbearable.
• He is complaining lately of "feeling weird." Today his head hurt.. along with the fatigue, it was not a fun day.
• There have been some dips in Bryan's temprature. (This can be caused by his White Blood Cell levels lowering.)
• His Vitamin D level came back way, way, way too low. So he is now taking 51,000 units of Vitamin D a week!
• He is bruising so easily, especially when they take his blood every Monday for his labs.

Every day has been different in this journey. Some days are really good, some days are really bad. But through out it all, we have each other. And really, who could ask for more?

Love,

Bryan & Chelsey