Sawyer completed another clinic day yesterday which was wonderfully uneventful. The lumbar puncture (LP) went well with few residual side effects. The hospital hires a massage therapist who happened to be on the pediatric oncology unit while Sawyer was undergoing the LP. Mark was approached by Hope (great name for anyone working in a medical setting) for a ten minute massage which was difficult to pass up. This is a really nice service that the hospital provides for parents. Apparently the massage therapist cannot work with patients for a number of liability reasons. Following the LP, Sawyer took a little longer than usual to come out of the effects of the anesthesia. With a thick tongue he talked about how he was dreaming that he was chasing someone with a gun much like a character in one of his video games. When the nurse noted some alarm about him being armed, he assured her that he is fairly balanced and needn't worry. He then started to re-tell the dream a second time before realizing that he had already done so once! Sawyer received three types of chemo yesterday: a shot in his spine, along with an hour long IV drip and one quick "push" into his port.
The other news is that Sawyer returned to school today for the first time since October 17th. He plans on only going for a half day for the rest of this week and maybe a couple full days next week depending on how he is feeling.
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