Pics of the 3rd Chemo

Today was treatment three of eight - almost half way! First order of business we hydrate. The more water you can take in for the 24 hours before, the better the handling of the chemo. So glug glug!

Then we park in the VIP parking at the Hospital and check in. Very not exciting...

Then we sit in an incredibly not exciting (yawn) waiting area...wait for it...

Finally into the suite or cafe if you will

And then the Maitre Di - o sorry - the nice nurse in charge of us greets us, asks a few silly questions and then asks Cindi if she would like a lounge chair or a bed. Today was bed-kind-of-day so she settled down in a beauty of a single hospital bed with her trusty husband sitting at her side.

Then the Chemo...

Of course it wouldn't be right without Cindi giving me one of her, "Can you stop taking silly pictures!" looks. And then we are done. We are so grateful for the doctors and systems set up at Grand river Hospital which we have affectionately renamed - The Chemo Cafe.

And then it is a return home, to be greeted by our crazy pack of boys (Jake, Harley and Sam). You'd think we'd been gone for a month but it is good to be missed by our dogs and their affection is so welcome. Returning home Cindi found a mailed gift of scarves from friends in St Catherines and then another friend and daughter from Kitchener dropped off some more soup for the meals along the way. Such a unique experience. Such a surprise to be finding ourselves driving to a hospital for this kind of treatment for this elusive (yet tangible now) thing called cancer. Never expected to be here. Never wanted to be here. But we are here and once again I am amazed by the grace and resilience of my beautiful wife. At the hospital we ran into a friend from church who is on her own similar journey. We also bumped into our neighbours who are travelling a similar road. A strange day of cancer comrades. Is God at work in the midst of this? No doubt. We feel the care and the friendships. We now sit at home and Cindi is shouting out funny things to me that she is reading from her facebook page. I do love her so. Check out the new scarf. Peace and grace to each of you on your own roads.