Shawn Bowen’s BlogHelp us help him beat Leukemia!

Shawn was seen at the clinic yesterday morning and since most of the city is without power it wasn’t crowded at all.  So we were in and out rather quickly.  His counts were 1500 which we took full advantage of after he got his chemo.  He did great through the entire visit.  He didn’t cry or fuss while getting his finger pricked and I am hoping we have reached that threshold of not thrashing about and getting upset.  He holds his breath and his eyes get really big!!  He also was very coroperative with nurse Francis in getting his port accessed.  He was so brave and even said…”I wish that sissy and Ashley could see me this brave!”  They increased his dose of methotrexate and has tollerated it so far.  Other than having diarhea and he did get sick tonight.  If you are eatting, don’t read this part… We are all sitting around the kitchen table and eatting dinner.  Shawn is chewing his steak (which I don’t claim to cook steak very well other than on the grill!) and says it is good.  He chewed and chewed and then got sick right on the table.  You know when you have reached that new level of tollerance in the family when Alyssa and Ashley just sit and giggle a little then go about thier buisness of finishing thier dinner.  I am serious!!  I got him cleaned up, cleaned the bathroom and Justin took care of the little mess on the table.  By the time I got back to the table… the food was all gone!  The girls had finished it.  I am trying not to take it personal and Justin keeps trying to reassure me that the steak was good… but now I have my doubts! LOL

We took Shawn out to lunch yesterday as a family.  We ate at a Japanese steak house and he wanted shrimp.  So he and I split it.  He LOVED seeing them cook right in front of him and after taking his first bite of his shrimp (stuffed the whole thing in his mouth) he gave the cook a thumbs up!  It was cute.  He kept thanking us for taking him to that yummy resturaunt.  We then headed to Toys R Us and it wasn’t crowded either.  I can’t begin to tell you how wonderful it was to be able to take Shawn out with the whole family.  It will be short lived I am sure as his docs said that the chemo should knock his counts back down pretty quick. 

10 more days…

Sanya