A Week Makes One Weak

Today has been a week since we have been in the hospital. I say we, when I should say Adam, as both myself and his mother have went home and slept in our own bed. He on the other hand has been here for the entire week, take eight hours of pass time over the Thanksgiving holiday.

In one week his life has changed, forever. In one week our lives have changed forever. Everyone that knows Adam has been affected by this. From his mother and I to the class mates that see him in the hallways everyday. This reality became even more real to us today as the doctor's began to share some of the side effects of the chemotherapy he would soon be undertaking. One of the side effects is that there is a 25% chance of sterility. This is a long lasting side effect that could changed the course of his life even in the future. So steps are being discussed to avoid that.

It seems like the doctors have an answer to everything. Well almost everything. Right now they do not know how they are going to go in to his body and obtain a piece of the lung for biopsy and testing. The surgeons and the pulmonary specialist are weighing the complications and the pros and cons of the different options. In the meantime, Adam has become increasingly agitated and aggravated. Which is to be expected. Also his mother and I are becoming somewhat agitated as well.

But even in this time of transition in Adam's life, our lives must go on. In a few days I will need to return to work. DJ is leaving tomorrow for a two week stint in Lima, Ohio for work. Adam's sister went home Sunday, back with her family and Adam's aunts will soon return to their respective homes as well. Some things have changed, and will be changed forever, yet so much remains the same.

In the meantime, we continue to wait. I am sure in a few days the treatment will be underway and we will finally begin to answer those questions that we have had all week, and the uncertainty will become a little easier to deal with.