Today was our first day of Gentry's new chemo treatment. He had medicine administered through his central line and after about 2 hours they also gave him a spinal injection. It was a tough time, he is given numbing medicine which hurts since it has to be injected into his back. I am totally sympathetic considering how many times I was given numbing medicine in my back last week when the epidural was not working. After that he can't feel the injection but was so upset at that point that we were all crying. The procedure lasts only about 2 minutes but it felt like an eternity. Afterwards he sat on my lap for about a minute and then was back down on the floor playing. Then his central line is hooked up to a pump that is put in a little backpack with a huge bag of chemo meds. He will have it hooked up all night until we go back in the morning. The backpack is on wheels so he can just drag it around with him. We were all tired and emotional when we left. We will keep everyone posted on the next 2 days of treatment.

On a lighter note. Brooks is a total angel. It's like he knows that there is a lot going on and he just needs to be laid back. He has a huge appetite and eats great and is actually sleeping pretty well at night. I promise to get some more pics on soon, things have just been a little hectic!!!