Monday morning Andrew still had a lot of hair on his head, but after a shower and getting combed it really started to thin out. So, it’s official, Andrew has lost his hair. His head ended up needing to be shaved because he was leaving so much hair everywhere.

This post will follow through his Wednesday routine. Wednesday he has radiation and chemo, so its a busy day and fairly taxing for him.

Andrew tries to sleep in, but its hard for him when his sister is bouncing around getting ready for school. Some days he likes to eat breakfast but on this day he didn’t have much of an appetite. His spirits were still high as he wrapped up in his prayer shawl to watch some morning cartoons.

After a couple cartoons he took a shower and got dressed for the day.

Just in case Wednesday wasn’t busy enough, Andrew had to take two math tests, work on a word search and study for a spelling test.

After he aced the math tests he got to play Zelda: Twilight Princess on the Wii for a while before lunch.

After lunch it was time for Andrew’s radiation appointment. Idaho is starting to get cold, but he didn’t want to wear a hat just yet. His head is tender from the radiation too, so a hat may hurt a little.

He got some business cards for his website, and he really enjoyed handing them out to his doctors and nurses.

Here he is on the radiation table, before the put his mask on.

And with the mask.

After radiation he talked to the Dr. Smith, then headed back upstairs for his chemo.

Accessing his port still hurts him quite a bit, but he’s getting better at it. The other problem is they push a lot of salt water through his port and he can actually  taste it, which he hates. When they’re done setting up the port he gets to pick something out of the treasure chest. This little red smiley face caught his eye.

After they set up his port he got to go back to the lobby and play Nintendo 64 until it was time for the chemo. Luckily, since the lobby had emptied out he was able to keep playing and get the chemo right there. Having the distraction, he didn’t even seem to notice the taste when they flushed his port for a second time.

After the treatment he headed home, where he played video games for a while then had dinner. He felt a little sick later that night, but not too bad.

All in all he’s doing great. His spirits are high, which is awesome. He really does like the attention he’s getting from his family, and doesn’t spend any time feeling bad for himself. He loves hearing about the different people who send him notes on this site or through the mail.

People seemed to like Andrew’s video, so hope to get Andrew to start doing them on a weekly basis.

Thanks for everyone’s love and support!

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