The Daily Hailey

Yesterday was Brady’s last day of his fifth round of chemotherapy. Man. What I wouldn’t give to say he only has one more round, but alas, a full year of chemo is on the docket, so we continue to plod on.

We are SO grateful, though. Brady shows so little signs of wear thus far in relation to the drugs. The closest thing he’s experienced to nausea is a smaller appetite. That being said, for the first time, last night he took his chemo without any anti-nausea medication, and while its definitely doable, he could feel it in the morning still that he probably should have. So, now we know. And forward we go.

During chemo, Brady has been able to continue regular, daily life things! We are VERY careful not to schedule ANYTHING during his chemo windows, just because you never know. But just yesterday, Brady went to Saskatoon alone, to run an errand. I only expected him to do the one thing, but he actually stopped at the local post office to pick up our mail. Folks, I know this sounds like a small task, but take my word for it that it is incredible that he made that stop. For such a small payout, that most of us just pop out for two minutes for, Brady has to work a lot harder. I was SO impressed, honestly.

Nothing holds this man back. He was a hardworking, dedicated man when he went into surgery those eight months ago. He was a driven, motivated man during his rehab and recovery. And he remains to be a motivated, ambitious, self-starting man who LOVES his family and works HARD at everything he does. I say with confidence that he is no less of the man he was before his diagnoses. Perhaps he is only stronger.

Paraplegia and cancer treatment are big, but God is bigger.

Five rounds done. Seven more to go.