Hi, friends! Apologies – I’ve been woefully delinquent about updating the blog. I’m sorry – I know a lot of people are rooting for us and praying and wondering!

Well, the problem with an update, is that honestly, there’s not a whole lot to report. Our life has this weird new “normal,” so it doesn’t feel that interesting.

A quick summary: chemo sucks. P is pretty sick for the 4 days after chemo and I still hate sleeping in the guest room. But, he bounces back pretty quickly and we’ve had a lot more good days than bad. Conor does well at mom and dad’s during chemo weeks, and we’ve settled into a routine.

We’ve been to the River and the beach, I went to a conference in Boston, Preston spent time with his friends, and Conor got to have some spend-the-nights with his cousins. We’ve played at Marbles and the Museum of Life & Science and Conor is an absolute fish in the pool.

So it’s just been summer. With, you know, a side of awful.

Tomorrow is treatment number 6. Which means we’re half way through. The next scan is a very big deal. (I had it in all caps but it felt yelly, so I brought it down a notch, but it still is. A big deal.) The chemo really, really needs to work. And all blood work signs would suggest that it is working, so we have a lot of room to be optimistic.

But it’s still scary. I can’t tell you what happens if it isn’t working because I don’t know. So I’m going to just leave it there. (So, if you’re the praying type, get on that. Please.)

I’m working on a post about self-care – we’ve gotten pretty good at it and so I have thoughts. haha.

Thanks for all of the love and thoughts. We’ve been incognito, but know that we do appreciate the cards and support and love coming our way.

I’ll check in when we have the scan results. In the meantime, cross all the things.