Yesterday after dropping the kids off to Grandma's so we could head to chemotherapy the first song that came on in the car was "I'm Gonna Love You Through It" by Martina McBride. Neither Steve nor I had ever heard this song before and it definitely touched home on what we are going through. This song is about a 38 year old lady who has 3 kids and was just diagnosed with cancer. Although they did catch it in time she has to face the struggles of treatment. In the end she does get through it with her husband’s support. WHOW is all I can say as we listened to it and then sat there and stared at one another. After Steve asked me if I was ever scared of what was going to happen. I replied of course I was before we knew what type of cancer he had. I was scared to death that if something ever happened to Steve that I would be ALONE without my husband and best friend. I would be raising two small children ALONE, and could I ever express to Logan and Cole how much their dad loves them and what an amazing man and father he was....hell yeah I was scared. But today that imagine doesn't even cross my mind because I know he will be cured and six months from now this will all be behind us and we will be back to our normal life. Then I asked Steve what about you and he replied, "There is not a doubt in my mind that I will beat this!" Well after meeting with Dr. Beck we have even more confidence that Steve will be CURED from this once we are all done. Here is a run-down of what we went over.... weight looks great no loss or gain, symptoms she is so impressed with how few side effects he is having. She stated she has some patient that come in and they have every side effect possible and the have quit their jobs because they are so sick and can't get out of bed...nope not Steve he even went and worked a 9 hour day today then played softball and won by 20 points. Steve told her he thought he would do better than he is doing because he hates how sick he feels for 3-4 days. She stated first you have always been a healthy person prior to all this so I think you have an expectation that you shouldn't feel sick at all but you need to remember you do have cancer and this is a very aggressive treatment to treat it and you are doing outstanding. Next we went back to have treatment and even when the nurse was talking to Steve and asking him how he was feeling she commented on how well he was doing because he was having such little side effects. She then took his blood to make sure his blood counts were all up so he could receive treatment and they were....actually they were better than chemo round 2! So the plan remains we will have Round 4 on September 21 then we will schedule another PET scan to see how things are moving along and to confirm how great he is doing.
Much Love!
The Wayman's
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