Check-up day again.
Kelly came to stay with the littles today. Once again Haylee stole the show.
It's easy to get helpers who want to come back. The kids are all great and listen well, but Haylee is positively entertaining and my family has fallen in love with her.
He was seen by the nurse practitioner today. Nothing new going on. He's a little more smooth with the questions. Makes them more of a statement. Not 'are you having any neuropathy?' but 'how bad is your neuropathy?' He listens to Kevin then looks to me for confirmation. I think the NP is double checking to be certain Kevin isn't feeling worse than he's willing to say. I appreciate that sort of intuition and attention for Kevin. Truth is, even with how miserable Kevin feels, many people are much more sick on this treatment. The NP is surprised by Kevin's endurance.
Kevin cringes when he thinks about that--he knows how rotten he feels and has great compassion for those people who do not tolerate it as well. If he feels this bad and is doing this "good" then how awful must the people doing "bad" feel?
Kevin laughs when the NP asks if he's "managed to work any" during treatment and Kevin says he's not only worked every day, he's driven to and from Ohio every other week. Alone.
We suspect that Kevin on chemotherapy is putting in far more work hours than the NP.
Kevin has been amazing though. His faith has been strong and he has work hard to keep his body and mind strong too.
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