Justin's Chemo Time with Tucker

Well, this has been a pleasant stay at our virtual 5-star hotel. Sarcasm aside, this visit has been uneventful so far. Our nurses have been competent and sane (I believe that they have discontinued the exchange program that allows inmates from the insane asylum to come be ‘nurses for a day’). Tucker has not had any unexpected issues (the constant pain is now standard). He was given large doses of Methotrexate during this visit and cannot leave until his urine tests clean of the stuff. You see, this drug is an immunosuppressant administered along with certain chemotherapies to increase their effectiveness. We are usually in for five days for this type of chemo.

On Wednesday night we had a room full of visitors! Our friends John and Karen, along with their 3 kids, came up to see Tuk. About 20 minutes into the visit Tuckers teacher, Roxanne Shipman, showed up as well. Definitely over room capacity, it was fun though! I had ordered pizza and we all sat on whatever we could find and ate. It’s always nice to have people visit, break up the monotony, and help brighten Tukers day. Thank you all for taking the time to come up and see him!

It looks like the urine tests are coming back clean sooner than expected. I’m betting that the drug was absorbed by all the potato chips that Tucker has been eating. The nurses got sick of bringing individual bags of chips to him every hour and finally brought a cafeteria tray piled with bags. Whatever it was, I’m glad we are getting out of here early. Gotta appreciate the little things!

Thank you Tucker for clearing early... we are going home-

Love to all Justin

Tucker, Tuckers foot... Tori's face..
Tori, & Ryan

Tucker was acting crazy with Joey..

Tucker with Ryan