2 days left!! Yay!!

Oakley is ALMOST done!  This will be such a relief when we are done with this whole thing.  However, I just pray that this will have made a difference for him; it has to have done something to help him.  I still can't see him as having a deadly form of cancer.  Especially now that all of his symptoms are gone and he's still just his normal self, although a bit worn out during the week from the treatments.  No significant changes, either.  I'm still waiting for the negative side effects that we were told would happen?  It makes me a bit worried they really are doing nothing but taking our money.  Yes, that would be fraud and yes, they would be in BIG trouble if they did this.  I guess I am just being cynical and annoyed by what they can get away with as far as charging for services and medications.

I do know that they are taking such good care of him.  There is woman there named Kim who just adores Oakley and I think she's the one that for the most parts takes care of him; feeds him lunch if he wants, takes him out for his potty breaks and so forth, and gives him lots of attention.  She has told us how much she enjoys Oakley being there.  I do have a funny story about today.  This morning I woke up at 4:30am to a VERY bad smell in the house.  I thought for sure Oakley or Maya had an accident, and I was not going to be happy if I had to clean something up at that ridiculous hour, half asleep.  I ran around the house looking for where the dogs might have pooped, but couldn't find evidence.  The whole upstairs literally reeked - it was bad.  Turns out that Oakley just had REALLY bad gas.  I mean, it stuck around for like 2 hours - that bad.  I took him out 3 times before John drove him to the U for his treatment, but he just would not go.  He also did not go when John got to the U.  John picked him up this afternoon and Kim said to him, "Yeah, I was walking Oakley to his therapy session and all of a sudden he started to squat and next thing I know, he crapped all over my shoes!!"  She said that is why she doesn't wear socks to work and wears those plastic Crocs - easy to clean!  LOL!!!  Thankfully, she wasn't the least bit annoyed and laughed about it herself - I'm sure accidents like that do happen from time to time.  When she handed Oakley over to my husband, she knelt down next to him and said "Oakley, will you sing for me?"  And Oakley did his whiny howl thing he does and then gave her a big 'ole kiss on the face!   That's my Oakley - loves giving kisses!!  :)  Then she gave him a big hug back.  So, I know that he is defintely cared for.  I really like Kim - she is so great with him and I'm glad to know he has someone like that taking care of him while he goes through something like this.

Just took this picture of him this evening:

He looks pretty good - and actually happy! :)

Have a good night!