Day -3

I can’t believe we only have one more day of chemo left. It has gone by so fast. Bridger had another great day, although he was a little home sick. First thing this morning he asked “when do get to leave this hospital?”. I said not for a long time. He was kind of sober through the day. I think getting some extra doses of Benadryl caused some of his soberness. The rash on his face came back during his 4 hour long chemo treatment, so they gave him Benadryl every two hours which helped. He still has some redness, but is breathing fine. Bridger even ate a little more today than yesterday and kept it all down.

Tonight was a very hard night. Blake had to go back home to work. About an hour before Blake left Bridger looked at him and said “Good bye dad. I’m going to miss you”. His blue eye filled with tears for a moment. When it was time for him to go. Blake offered a family prayer and we gave lots of hugs and kisses. By this point tears were in all our eyes and falling down my cheeks. The funny thing is, he is most likely coming back on Wednesday for transplant day. I watched him go from behind the double doors out side of our room when he got to the end of the hallway he turned back to get one more look. I waved goodbye through the windows just like I do at home every morning when he leaves to work. I will be praying for his safety while he is away. Goodbyes are hard. It’s times like this when I am so grateful that we will always be able to be an Eternal family and live together for ever. What a wonderful gift from hour Heavenly Father.