Thursday, April 29, 2010 – Heidi told me Thursday when they were in the waiting room at Radiation Therapy, one of the nurses came out who is one who usually is helping with his treatments but she called someone else, Kellee said to Heidi, “good I wasn’t ready yet.” almost like he needed to psych himself up for it and he wasn’t quite there yet. And he is only 8 treatments in of an approximately 32 treatments planned and the process is already seeming long. After the focus on the spine is complete, hopefully the treatments won’t be so tough on him. Pray for Kellee to have the strength he needs to get through the treatments!
Heidi and Kellee decided not to stay in Iowa City for Thursday night and drove home after treatment this morning. On their way home Kellee called to let me know they were on the road again. I asked him how he was doing? He said he honestly felt this week was going better than last week. I think it is because he is getting more rest than he did the previous week. He probably tried to do too much. He is making sure he rests and it makes a big difference. Heidi took some photos at the Suburban Extended Stay, the place worked out well. The room had a recliner that worked great for Kellee, it had good lumbar support for his back. The kitchenette was very handy too!
Kellee in the Recliner!
Kitchenette at Suburban extended Stay
They called me at work and asked if I would be willing stop by Applebee’s to pick up a burger for Kellee at their Car-side-to-go, as it sounded good to Kellee. He has been losing some weight (10 lbs.) during these first two weeks of treatment because at times he just does not feel like eating because food just doesn’t sound good. There have been times when he has to force himself to eat. I gladly went to pick it up since it was something Kellee thought he would be able to eat!. He finished the burger but he couldn’t eat the fries, so I took one for the team and helped him with those. After the meal Kellee said he had so much on his agenda, (record a song, pick songs out for The Bridge, etc.) but he was tired and was going to rest. He did get some sleep this afternoon.
Kellee said he did get a call from Hope Lodge today and we will be staying there beginning next week Monday. We are happy to know we now have one place we can stay for the remainder of the treatments, even though we very much appreciate the offers we have received to stay in people’s homes, we don’t want to disrupt people’s home routines. Plus the Suburban Extended Stay is a good back-up just in case.
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