Happy Halloween!

So I had my wish granted and we are now able to do the cerebellum test at 9 pm, then administer the chemo at 11 p.m.. Stupid...sheesh. Anyways, for the next 3 rounds I will have to remind them of this. Hopefully I won't have to jump through hoops.

We had a great visit today with Avery and Lyric's Dad. We spent time doing games and things together. We bought a webcam for the computer at the house so we can talk online now and see eachother. It's nice to be able to see them.. including Lyric's cat Annie!

Lyric wasn't feeling so hot today. Lots of nausea and vomited a bit. He could not eat hardly at all today.. I am not so concerned about this yet. Tomorrow is his last day of chemo and I am sure once home he will eat and feel much better.

We have been pushed for all of us to get the H1N1 shot. Including Lyric. Which I find hard to believe... immuno suppressed people are not supposed to get shots. Plus, as most of you know I don't believe in shots anyways. But if I had to for the safety of Lyric (like with the chicken pox shot for Avery) I will. I spoke to Jane about it and she stated that she could not give a yes or no answer because she doesn't know enough about the actual sickness. But she did have some concerns about the Adjuvent and Thimoserol (Mercury) ... after doing much digging and research I found many wonderful articles by trusted sources outlining the dangers of these additives. The Thimoserol is actually banned in most of Europe. These additives can cause major damage to your brain and immuno dysfunction. And not necessarily now, but in the future. There have been hardly any testing done on a shot that they put together so quickly, especially on children who are immuno compromised. I will not take the chance on any of us. Jane did say that it is the flu, and that with strong immune system and proper handwashing we should be safe. There are already reports from the hospital level (and of course they aren't supposed to talk about it) that there have been several cases of people coming in with immuno dysfunction (such as paralysis).

Here is a wonderful trusted website for great information if your interested:

http://www.vran.org/ (the vaccination risk awareness network)

Everyone of course has different views and concerns about this, and we are all panicking. Thanks to the media of course. But, to be realistic of course apparently you have a greater chance of dying in a car crash driving to get your shot than actually getting the flu itself. It will be hard for me with having Avery going to school and bringing home bugs... I pray she doesn't bring it home but if she does Jane says Tamiflu should be just fine.