Good news...knock on wood!

Just a short blurb today. Kades chemo schedule has changed a little now. He goes in for chemo every 3 weeks now, so as long as he doesn't get a fever he gets to stay out of the hospital for longer periods of time. His blood counts don't recover as fast anymore, so we have to be even more careful now. Most of Elaines family is either getting over, or just getting the flu... so we haven't seen them in a couple of weeks! We miss them, but they can stay away until they are healthy!
We got more accurate numbers from Dr.Tim the other day. He said that rather than cubic centimeters, millilitres might be easier to understand. So when Kade was diagnosed his primary tumor was 330 ml. Before radiotherapy, his tumor was 86 ml. After radiotherapy, his tumor is now 48 ml. In other words his tumor is about 1/6th the size it was originally! YAY! Now this doesn't include the leisions on his bones, or his lymph nodes. They are shrinking as well though.
Other than that we don't have much to report. I felt like the worst father in the world a couple of days ago. Kades ng tube got plugged ( his feeding tube in his nose ), so I was trying to flush it out. The end of it has a tenser bandage type of tape on it to keep the cap on. So I grabbed the end and tryed to pull the tape off, because it was in the way. As I did that Kade moved away quickly, and since I was holding his tube firmly it got pulled out! I felt completely awful! The absolute worst ordeal for Kade to go through in this whole cancer treatment thing, is getting that damn tube put in. It's very uncomfortable and painful, it scares him, makes him cough and gag. He screams and fights, and it is horribly difficult to watch... it's awful. It's not the worst procedure he has to go through, but he is usually under a general anesthetic for the other ones. For the tube he is almost always awake for it. The only time he has been out for it, is when they are doing another procedure that he has to be sedated for! Well he got a new one today, and it was horrible as predicted. However Mommy bought him a toy for being brave, and kade doesn't hold it against me...he knows it was and accident... I still feel shitty though! My brave little man.
So until next time, stay healthy and happy and make sure to get cancer check ups!