Side effects

George had his first treatment with the new medicine yesterday. He did great. The hours flew by and we were kept busy the entire day with fun. Wolfie theWolfson hospital mascot came for a visit. We dressed up like Batman and walked around the floor waving at all the kids in their rooms. We trick or treated at the nurses station and watched a few cute movies. It was a very pleasant day stay. At around 8:30pm George was awakened  by himself throwing up. He continued this all night long as well as terrible diapers. The side effects from his medicine yesterday listed these as possible side effects. Welp, they happened. A lot. He seems pretty tired and a little lethargic this morning but I’m not sure if that’s from the medicine or from the lack of sleep. It’s weird because throughout all of his chemo and all of the other medicines he has ever been on, he has never gotten sick. Not at all. So this was a little sad to see for him to go through. We have an appointment at 1:30 today so we will see what they say about all of this. Until then please just continue to pray for his little body. All of this is so much on him. I know that the medicine is helping him but it is also harming him. I always just pray for his organs to be the least effected and for them to be truly be rejuvenated once this is all over. Tonight as the girls take our neighborhood for all its candy, George, I mean Batman, and I will watch the fantastic costumes of all the children trick or treating from our window. He is going to love seeing everyone dressed up. Happy Halloween to everyone! 🎃



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