Chase has been enjoying his time at home VERY much!! He hates that he can't hug and kiss on Maya (his Doberman/Beagle) the way he's used to, but he's thrilled to be back with her regardless. Oh, and she's happy, too! The first night he was home, Chase slept in William's room on an inflatable mattress and Maya stayed outside their room for a bit crying because they closed the door. She loves those blow up mattresses because she feels that she has the right to jump up on them, and didn't like it that she couldn't join them. We have to watch her though because she likes to "paw" for attention, something we can't let her do to Chase.
Monday, tearing Chase away from XBox Live almost required a crowbar!! He really missed speaking with all of his online friends. I'm hoping he'll change his mind about taking his Xbox back to the hospital next week.
Chase is eating really well! I found that after he had gained some weight back, that he lost it again! He was down to 98lbs. Thankfully, he's been eating really well since being at home. We're hoping to fatten the boy up before he goes back into the hospital. One of his favorite foods is Bar-B-Q, so we ate at Uncle Betty's last night. He almost finished his entire plate of food. At this point, we really don't care what he eats as long as he eats and as long as it's fattening and somewhat nutritional.
Chase had a visit with a traveling nurse this morning. I had to "flush" his line - one of them. She did the other. I had to wake Chase up when she got here around 10:30. He told me that he and William made a "mistake" and stayed up talking until 2am!! Yeah, I guess you could say they missed each other. I wanted to throttle them both for staying up talking when they need to sleep, but I'm glad they're reconnecting.
Chase has to go back to the hospital Thursday morning for a bone marrow aspiration (sampling of marrow). He'll be heavily sedated for the procedure. I imagine he'll be sore as well afterward, but I hope it won't restrict him from doing whatever he may want to do. Right now, we don't know which day he has to go back in for his second stay (and round of chemo). We're keeping our fingers crossed that he can stay here through Monday night so he can attend his Boy Scout Court of Honor, but that will be up to the doctors.
So for now, we're enjoying his time at home. Other than ducking into Best Buy (with a mask) last night to peruse the video games, he hasn't asked to go anywhere in particular. I would think that he would have cabin fever, but he's just happy to be in his room and playing his games. The simple pleasures!!
Thank you for your continued prayers and positive thoughts!! I probably won't post again until later this week just because it's Spring Break, but if anything arises, I'll be sure to update.
Thank you all and God Bless!!
The O'Bannon Family
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