sunmaid's blog

After 4 months and 5 cycles of chemotherapy to shrink the tumor in my son's kidney he was finally operated on last week,June 9, 2009. The surgery went well and the urologist was able to remove his left kidney along with the tumor intact and there was no spillage outside the kidney. My son is healing well from the surgery and the long cut in the middle of his abdomen is closing already and will hardly be noticeable soon…

My son and I had a spat today and it feels awful. He'll be watching "Angels and Demons" in the theatre tonight and I am worried because it's the first day and I know it's going to be full- who knows what germs are lurking. He'll be taking the necessary precautions but I wish he didn't expose himself- is it worth the risk? Why couldn't he watch in a less crowded theatre on an ordinary day??! We talked about my…

Yesterday was a busy day for our family. My eldest son had been planning to watch a Neil Gaiman play in the state university and I had been on edge about it, half-wishing he'd change his mind. Since he started chemo February 2009, I've been so paranoid about germs and infections. There in lies the difficulty because teen-ager that he is, he likes his independence and wants to be with his friends every now and then…

Over the weekend, my son had his 2nd session. It wasn't as smooth as the 1st time because he vomited on the 2nd day in the hospital and once again the night we got home. I'm thankful that there were just two incidents. It is scary and sad to see him go through this but he is very courageous and takes it all in stride, no complaints. After the second time at home, I was offering to give him his anti-vomit medication…