Twas the night before chemo and all through the house...

Relaxing before the big event...

From Lenina
(Tristan's Mom)

Tristan's hair started falling out on Friday. As awful as that can be - especially given that he has great hair (!) he and Chris (Tristan's Dad) both shaved their heads Saturday morning. Lest it be just a ho-hum experience, my good friend Leighann, owner of Leighann's Hair Studio and Spa in Greenwood Village, pampered them and comped the services (Thank You!!).

Chris (Dad) goes first

Caleb (brother) waits patiently

Not so sure...

Almost Done!

Bald and Beautiful...

We have Chemo tomorrow, Tuesday and Wednesday. We will update during that time to let you know how round two of chemotherapy goes. As always, thanks so much for your thoughts and prayers.

From Lenina: Tristan's Mom

Day 2 of Chemo - yesterday wasn't so bad, but today has been rough. We are at Children's hospital as I write this and we have another hour or so to go before they will send him home. Tristan looks very pale and weak and is feeling nauseated but they are treating him with several different nausea drugs. It is so very hard to see him this way. I know that chemotherapy is virtually poisoning his body but it seems to have sucked the life force out of him too. We are so lucky that we only have a few months of this - we've been told that some kids have to do chemo for 24 months. This is not how I'd envisioned his teenage years...but due to this amazing medical technology, he will most certainly get to celebrate his sweet 16 in February. Although a 16th birthday is noteworthy for every kid...it will have very special meaning for Tristan and all who love him because at that point, most of the brain cancer treatment will be behind us.