Another Red Bead

Each time Alex gets a procedure, he gets a bead. So far, his bead chain is about 1 1/2 feet long - and he's only in his 3rd month of treatment. Each bead is the size of my pinky finger nail - so, it's a lot of beads. Today, he gets a red bead for having a transfusion. He is currently hooked up to the IV pole, while life-sustaining blood is placed back into his blood stream drop by drop. We are lucky that he is O+ - it's relatively quick to get - only a few hours to process it.

He'll also get a bead for his stay here, and a bead for his poke (accessing his PORT). He'll also get a bead for finishing this round of Chemo.

Once we check out, he'll start the next round, called Delayed Intensification - whew~