All who went had a most enjoyable time and all want to do it again next year. So those who missed out, you better put it down on your calendars for next year.
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| I love this picture of Lucy and Aidree. |
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| Love this of Alisha and Calivin. |
Sunday, July 19, 2015
4 Hours Of Young Family Fun
This weekend we were suppose to have a 90th birthday party for my Grandpa Young, but since he passed away in May we didn't quite have the huge celebration we had planned. We did gather together at this awesome man made pond out in the middle of no-where Idaho for 4 hours on Friday afternoon. Both the kids and adults had a blast on the water slides, paddle boats, canoeing, jumping off diving boards, visiting and most of all the zipline into the water.
All who went had a most enjoyable time and all want to do it again next year. So those who missed out, you better put it down on your calendars for next year.
I'm pretty sure Grandma and Grandpa were looking down on their posterity and smiling from ear to ear.
All who went had a most enjoyable time and all want to do it again next year. So those who missed out, you better put it down on your calendars for next year.
Pool Time
We have spent so much time in the pool this week. One of the best things about my parent's house is the pool they built when I was 14. It occupied our time as kids and now the grandkids. This week the pool was occupied at all hours of the day. The kids like to swim at night because it cools off and it stays light until after 9, which is one of my favorite things about Summer in Idaho.
I love when my sisters, sister-in-law's, cousin's and friend's bring their kids over to swim, because it gives us all time to sit and chat. This week all of them came at different times and sometimes together. All of the kids swim super well, especially with their life jackets on and their mismatched floating wings. The pool was full of little kids, no one drowned and no one got hurt. And Tristen was the only ding dong who got sunburned.
Bridget went around singing the Fight Song, even in the pool.
Here is a glimpse of our week at the pool...
I love when my sisters, sister-in-law's, cousin's and friend's bring their kids over to swim, because it gives us all time to sit and chat. This week all of them came at different times and sometimes together. All of the kids swim super well, especially with their life jackets on and their mismatched floating wings. The pool was full of little kids, no one drowned and no one got hurt. And Tristen was the only ding dong who got sunburned.
Bridget went around singing the Fight Song, even in the pool.
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| I love this picture of Aidree and Gavin |
We tried teaching Bridget how to do a cannon ball. She was so funny.
Chemo Update and My Soririty Sisters
After my last post I'm sure you are all wondering if I'm back to normal. The answer is YES! Thankfully I started feeling much better on Wednesday. It's a good thing, because I wanted to have fun with my nieces and nephews and I sure did.
Friday I went for my visit to Dr. Dan and to have Chemo. My friend Kaycee met Tenielle and me there. My port was accessed and my blood was drawn. I made Tenielle come watch, she wasn't really interested, but was good sport anyways. Dr. Dan was running a bit behind, but he spent a good amount of time with me. Of course my first complaint was how sick I was from my first chemo treatment. He quickly let me know that I wasn't going to have chemo that day because my White Blood Count was 2, which is too low for chemo. And because of my count going so low with just one treatment and being so sick, we are going to change things up.
The conclusion Dr. Dan came to was that my body probably just didn't respond well to having the full dose of Carboplatin. He also thinks me being so ill could have been because the tumors are responding to the chemo. However I did talk with my cousins wife who works at MSTI and she said sometimes people get sick with the Carbo/Gemzar combination, even though the side effects are suppose to be minimal. Dr. Dan was surprised I was so sick, because I had the worst chemo regiman last time. Last time the side effects were bad, but not as long and different than this past treatment.
I suggested that I skip the next cycle until I'm finished with my time in MVY. Dr. Dan wasn't hip on that idea.
The plan will be to have chemo on July 31 and August 7 in MVY with just half of the Carbo dose each time. We are going to not do Gemzar this time around and see if I feel better splitting the Carbo dose. If I do okay, we will put the Gemzar back in with the split Carbo doses when I return to Boise on August 20 and then will also have chemo the following week. I'm hoping when we do the combo again, I feel much better than I did earlier this week. I don't think I could handle it again, well I probably could, but I don't want to.
So instead of chatting over chemo, Kaycee and I sat out on the grounds of St. Lukes and caught up. I love that girl.
In college I belonged to a Sorority and met some of the most amazing girls who have become lasting friends. Kaycee, Kathy, Nicole, Julie, Angela and I made some of the best memories ever. This week I was able to see 3 of these sorority sisters. I ran into Kathy at Tami's Tea Cottage and I saw Nicole at my class reunion, because she married someone in my class.
*Notice to Kaycee and Kathy...Nicole is moving to Oregon in 2 weeks. We've already decided we will have a Sorority Sisters Luncheon when we are all home for Christmas!
The conclusion Dr. Dan came to was that my body probably just didn't respond well to having the full dose of Carboplatin. He also thinks me being so ill could have been because the tumors are responding to the chemo. However I did talk with my cousins wife who works at MSTI and she said sometimes people get sick with the Carbo/Gemzar combination, even though the side effects are suppose to be minimal. Dr. Dan was surprised I was so sick, because I had the worst chemo regiman last time. Last time the side effects were bad, but not as long and different than this past treatment.
I suggested that I skip the next cycle until I'm finished with my time in MVY. Dr. Dan wasn't hip on that idea.
The plan will be to have chemo on July 31 and August 7 in MVY with just half of the Carbo dose each time. We are going to not do Gemzar this time around and see if I feel better splitting the Carbo dose. If I do okay, we will put the Gemzar back in with the split Carbo doses when I return to Boise on August 20 and then will also have chemo the following week. I'm hoping when we do the combo again, I feel much better than I did earlier this week. I don't think I could handle it again, well I probably could, but I don't want to.
So instead of chatting over chemo, Kaycee and I sat out on the grounds of St. Lukes and caught up. I love that girl.
In college I belonged to a Sorority and met some of the most amazing girls who have become lasting friends. Kaycee, Kathy, Nicole, Julie, Angela and I made some of the best memories ever. This week I was able to see 3 of these sorority sisters. I ran into Kathy at Tami's Tea Cottage and I saw Nicole at my class reunion, because she married someone in my class.
Tuesday, July 14, 2015
Still Down...But Managing
I can't really give you anything exciting in this blog post. I'm not really one to complain or put anything negative on my blog either. But out of all honesty, this chemo treatment has literally kicked me to the curb. Out of all exaggeration I feel at times like I might die, I hope I don't but this is so not fun. My upper abdomen has been so tender and burning into my chest, my body is achy, I can't keep my eyes open for longer than a few hours and I'm extremely nauseated. It also doesn't help that my port is still so tender and bruised. Oh and I might add that my taste buds are already shot. Water doesn't even taste good.
For the last 4 days I wake up thinking, today is the day I'll feel back to being normal. I get up, eat an egg and drink a spinach shake, get sick and go back to bed. Yesterday I was determined to go to lunch to celebrate my 89 year old Step Grandmothers birthday. Bad, bad decision. It was all I could do to not puke at lunch. And then I came home, took a Zofran and a 4 hour nap.
I'm bummed that I am so exhausted and don't do much but sleep. I absolutely hate wasting my day sleeping. I typically only need 6-7 hours of sleep and I'm good. Not these days though, more like 14-16 hours a day, such a waste of time. There are so many books to be read and activities to do, however per my mother, I'm healing my body by sleeping.
Today I was determined to get my butt out of the house and walk down to the elementary school which is not even 1/4 mile. I did it, but barely made it back before I wanted to bring my breakfast up and crawl back into bed. Last week I was jogging 4 miles a day. Today I feel completely out of shape.
After a morning nap, a small salad and a few minutes in the sunshine, I must admit, I'm feeling a little better. It could also be because my cute nieces came back from being out all morning dressed as cows to get their free meal at Chick-Fil-A and wanting to swim, which is exactly what I wish I felt like doing too.
I'm finding that I have to keep antiemetics in my body (even though I'm far from a pill popper) and eat frequent small meals, even though my appetite is totally shot. I feel worse if I don't eat.
I'm hoping that by tomorrow I'm back to myself, because I really want to be busy enjoying the last few days that my sister and nieces will be in town.
I have 2 more days until I have another treatment. Thankfully the medicine that I believe is making me sick, won't be the one I will have in 2 days. At least I hope so. I plan to return to MVY in 1 week and at this point there is no way that I can return feeling the way I do. Let's pray for a miracle.
For the last 4 days I wake up thinking, today is the day I'll feel back to being normal. I get up, eat an egg and drink a spinach shake, get sick and go back to bed. Yesterday I was determined to go to lunch to celebrate my 89 year old Step Grandmothers birthday. Bad, bad decision. It was all I could do to not puke at lunch. And then I came home, took a Zofran and a 4 hour nap.
I'm bummed that I am so exhausted and don't do much but sleep. I absolutely hate wasting my day sleeping. I typically only need 6-7 hours of sleep and I'm good. Not these days though, more like 14-16 hours a day, such a waste of time. There are so many books to be read and activities to do, however per my mother, I'm healing my body by sleeping.
Today I was determined to get my butt out of the house and walk down to the elementary school which is not even 1/4 mile. I did it, but barely made it back before I wanted to bring my breakfast up and crawl back into bed. Last week I was jogging 4 miles a day. Today I feel completely out of shape.
After a morning nap, a small salad and a few minutes in the sunshine, I must admit, I'm feeling a little better. It could also be because my cute nieces came back from being out all morning dressed as cows to get their free meal at Chick-Fil-A and wanting to swim, which is exactly what I wish I felt like doing too.
I'm finding that I have to keep antiemetics in my body (even though I'm far from a pill popper) and eat frequent small meals, even though my appetite is totally shot. I feel worse if I don't eat.
I'm hoping that by tomorrow I'm back to myself, because I really want to be busy enjoying the last few days that my sister and nieces will be in town.
I have 2 more days until I have another treatment. Thankfully the medicine that I believe is making me sick, won't be the one I will have in 2 days. At least I hope so. I plan to return to MVY in 1 week and at this point there is no way that I can return feeling the way I do. Let's pray for a miracle.
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