Pregnant or Cancer ????

Today, while waiting in the car line to pick up Kade and Kenadee, Kagan and I got a pretty big laugh. At some point he jokingly said when we were first in the hospital that maybe he was just pregnant.  I can't remember exactly how that whole joke got started but it has been referred to several times now.

So for fun, I looked up the symptoms of being pregnant :

* headaches 
* nausea 
* back ache
* fatigue
* frequent urination
* missed cycle
* food cravings
* cramping
* mood swings
* swelling of abdomen
* dizziness

Well, holy cow if this was a test then Kagan would have a 90% chance of his diagnosis being that of being pregnant.  I let you guess the missing one but technically I guess you could say never and get a 100%.

I guess the good thing is that we did have a few other factors that support this not being the case  - like being a male and oh yea - there being no baby.


We did get to have a day at home without a clinic visit.  It was nice since it was so nasty outside.  I flushed his pic line the first time by myself today.  Getting the blood return still freaks me out a little bit; but we did good. 

Kagan is taking several medications, shots and then just the overall precautions that are needed to ensure that he is well.   I am trying really hard not to over do it but I can't help but check on him more often than I should.  A few temperatures daily, the running my fingers thru his beautiful golden brown hair, the checking off the list of the possible side effects as a negative daily and asking him a billion times how he is feeling now. 

When this is all over he is going to need/want a break from his mommy!   :-(

Tomorrow we go back to the clinic to get checked on and determine how we will proceed with his protocol.  I am anxious to see the ANC (fancy term for how his counts are that have become so important) results.   I am then even more anxious to see what the doctor has decided to do and to rule out the chance of any infection that could be suspected.

After a day at the clinic, it will be nice to be ready to celebrate all three kids ending their school year.  Kagan will have officially passed his freshman year of high school.  Kade will be saying bye to middle school and then Kenadee will be moving on the 7th grade.  It seems like just yesterday that they were all so tiny.  Look at them now.

Look at how cute Kagan was in this picture. My sweet baby.