Late night..

Diane and Cody got home about 9:30 last night. She said that despite the marathon day Cody did fantastic. When they came through the door he shouted "you've got to work on this really big one!" What he was talking about was a big LEGO pirate boat. That was his prize for doing so incredibly well. Needless to say we were up until 11:30 working on it and I will finish it after I get done with this post.

So yesterday went like this. Cody had an ultra sound of his liver. From what they looked at he still has no obstructions. His liver numbers continue to rise and are becoming a concern because we cannot start chemo until that is resolved. The doctor put him on a medicine that is supposed to stimulate his liver. If things don't turnaround by Monday I think they will use an antibiotic. Cody also had an MRI on his legs only. That is all they could fit in yesterday. The procedure took twice as long because he doesn't have very much meat on his legs. I guess it takes longer to get good images when there is less flesh. He will go in with Diane on Monday to start setup for radiation and get his first radiation treatment. Tuesday, I will take him in for his second treatment and he will have an MRI of his abdominal area and his head. This will be used as kind of a baseline. Wednesday she will take him in for his 3rd treatment and so on. For a total of 9 treatments.

Even though yesterday was extremely frustrating it was made 100% better because he handled it so well. We have no choice but to mobilize against this thing and get things done. We waited for weeks to get moving and lost valuable time so now it is time to get it on.

We will enjoy our weekend with the kids. I'm going to go out and buy all the stuff needed for the kids to make their own pizzas. They will enjoy that and maybe it will get Cody interested in eating....

Have a great weekend and "Go Steelers!"