Eli's Girl

Hello all! I know, I know, long time no speak. Well no news id definitely good news. Elijah received his 3rd of 4 chemo treatments today. According to the blood work that was done he continues to respond positively to the treatment. THANK GOD! After the fourth treatment he will be reassessed and then they will collect his cells to do a transplant later that month. When I tell you that the Alexander's are literally counting down the days till January, please believe it. My husband has finally accepted the fact that working out during chemo will not give him his body back. The chemo just makes him too tired and weak. He's looking forward to getting some weight and muscle back on him in a few weeks.

Elijah's initial cancer reading was 3.7%, that's the percentage of cancer cells that were in his body. As of today that reading has dropped to .70%. The goal is for the cancer to be declared undetectable and all signs are pointing to us being there soon! Once that happens we'll begin getting our lives back to normal and doing whatever it takes to maintain his remission.

Let me brag on my husband right quick, you guys. I think I mentioned to you all that Eli and were supposed to be taking a trip to Orlando this month. As the day for our departure grew near I was not too happy about going because Eli was still feeling bad due to his cold. I told him I was going to cancel the trip a few days before we were scheduled to leave. Because I was raising such a stink about it he went ahead and admitted to me that the plan was never for us to both go, but that he had arranged for my Jodi, my dad and my brother to meet me down there to give me a mini-vacation so that I could recharge my battery. His friend Gumbo came out and helped him with the boys while I got to hang out with my family and do a little shopping (y'all know I loved that). I'm glad it happened the way it did though because the original plan was for him to keep me in the dark until we arrived at the airport and then he was going to inform me that I was going to be going on the trip by myself. I told him that would have made me an emotional wreck because I would have been worried sick about him and the boys. At least this way I had a few days to plan accordingly.

Well let me run. I'll be back soon. I am trying to not stay up too late these days.
Love ya!
Kimberly