Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Chemo and Coccoa




Well Monday was a long day but we are doing ok. We spent 4 hours trying to swallow a pill and Joshua worked really hard at it but it was just too much. Finally they broke it in a syrup and he got it down. He is not feeling bad now so we are counting ourselves lucky and I am very proud of how hard he worked. He wanted to do it and never stopped trying. We let him pick 2 webkinz for the hard work he did and so that he would not see it as a failure but a success.


I also wanted to tell you a story that happened last Monday. We went to the Mcdonalds for family night and had a blast. They had free Hot Chocolate and face painting. The kids loved it and the face painter took a shine to Joshua. He talked her into painting his head and I thought you would love to see the pictures. As hard as things are Joshua never lets it get him down. I am so grateful to the face painter for caring about Josh. It is wonderful to see him laugh and be silly and just being a kid. Oh, if anybody is interested in how these things relate, Josh used coccoa to try and swallow the pills. He really likes it!

2 comments:

Britt said...

Wow, that's some great head painting. Tell Josh hi, and you are all in our prayers!!!

Kirk & April Douglas said...

Josh is a piece of art, who would have thought! He looks great and sounds like a fun family home evening. PS. If you are feeling homesick for Nebraska it is 1 degree right now without the wind chill. And you know how we get WIND.