The Daily Hailey

Friends, we have finally arrived 🥺 As of last night, Brady completed his twelfth FINAL round of chemotherapy!

The gif is dorky, but it hits me in the feels. Because this is absolutely a milestone to celebrate!!! An entire YEAR of chemotherapy is behind us, and we can stop living in limbo, cycle to cycle. We can finally see what Brady is capable of outside of the limits of chemo. If you remember, he started his radiation treatments while he was still living in rehab. They dragged on for five long weeks, and then he was supposed to get a month to breathe between radiation and chemo. He was SO spent, and the moment he started to get his bearings back, right at the three week point, they decided to jump and get him going on chemo right away. And we’ve been on the chemo train ever since.

With this, we have yet to see what Brady’s full capacity is. It will take time to learn this, but it comes at the best time. In mere weeks, we will be able to go to our camp spot and start preparing for the season ahead. No one told the weather about that plan, apparently, but it’ll take the hint soon enough.

I feel a tiny bit struggly with this whole thing, because you’re supposed to be able to see progress during chemo. And we don’t get that. Which is cool in the way that nothing has grown back, and we’re happy to know that! But it does make the whole chemo thing feel fruitless.

I know I’ve talked about this before. I am grateful for chemo. We did ALL the steps we were given, and we feel confidence in God’s covering, that He will prepare us for whatever comes and He will carry us through! So we hold onto that and ONLY that!

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All the messy medical stuff is behind us for now, and we are both very excited to move forward, away from the limbo and waiting game, and into whatever our life will become! God knows what we need.

Thank you to our friends who follow who love us and care about our details such as these. Sometimes its hard to be honest about my emotions when I know not everyone who reads along is in our corner or “for” us. But for the support, love, and celebration we’ve received, I thank you!! 💜 You are not missed or forgotten!! I appreciate you all SO much!!!

As is custom, I have made a vat of party mix we love, and Brady and I will eat it for supper after the kids go to bed. Because he can! So he will!

Goodbye, chemo. As is said in House MD, we hope to never see you again!! ✌️