Hi friends. It’s been a while since I’ve posted so I figured I should do a quick update. I’m definitely getting more tired than ever before. The cumulative affects of chemo have started to catch up with me. When I’m able to stay home I’m napping one or two times a day – which totally helps. I’ve definitely struggled with nausea the past week since treatment. And on top of that…I now have a cold and cough. Whew – not a very cheery post! Brian was able to stay home with me yesterday and wait on me and hand and foot, so that helped. There was some barfing, so he got the ugly end of it. But I was able to go in and get fluids and anti-nausea meds both Sunday and yesterday, so I’m hoping those will get me through the rest of the week with less nausea.
We had an incident with Desmond on Monday where he bit one of his friends at school three times! Ack! Of course I went right to parent guilt of thinking it’s related to me being sick and not being able to pay enough attention to him. Let’s blame his biting on cancer too! 😉 But my parent friends, his teachers and his pediatrician assured us that it is completely normal for his age and we’ve had no more problems over the past two days. If anything though it was a good reminder to put family first above everything. When I only have a little bit of energy, it’s going to get poured into Desmond and Brian (and of course taking care of myself).
A quick shout out to all of you that have been continuing to send cards, notes, meals, gifts, etc. It means the absolute world to me! And I’m honestly so touched and amazed that you all are still on this journey with me after all these months. The best thing in the world is I only have one more treatment of the red devil. How great is that??
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