Friday, December 31, 2010

Your hospital stay becomes a vacation when........

Yes, I am spending New Years Eve in the hospital (wonder if I'll get champagne?!) My kids got me sick, and a high fever plus low white blood cell count = hospital! Just bad timing actually, if I'd of gotten sick a week prior, I prob. wouldn't be here! But, since I'm here, lets go back to the title and tell you how nice it is:

1) No one is yelling "mommy" every five minutes (or at all!)
2) You make a phone call, they bring you food (any time of the day, as much as you want - and you are  not cooking it!)
3) You can watch the Food Network 24/7 (w/o someone asking to watch Tom and Jerry or Team Umizoomi all the time)
4) You ring a buzzer and they bring you water, warm blankets, popsicles, so on and so forth.
5) People are always asking you how you are and what they can do for you.
6) You don't have to deal with sick kids in the middle of the night (your husband does instead......)
7) You have a mini-kitchen across from your room AND it has a shake machine (like the kind in the restaurants.)
8) I got a free hand and foot massage today (did I mention I'm on the cancer ppl's floor??)
9) Last but not least, I just got up to type this on the computer in the "family room" and the nurse said "no, let me bring you a laptop!" Uhh, ok!

Other than that Elena got sick first, then Quinten(and he is still sick), then it was my turn (my temp keeps going up-down-up-down. I can't go home till in 24 hr's no temp though!)
We had a great Christmas, had friends over for dinner (they smoked the turkey - yum!!). We were going to have ppl over for a crab boil tomorrow, but that's not gonna happen....... maybe we'll do a crab boil superbowl?! 

I hope everyone had a great Christmas and has a great New Years.......until next time!~

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

And the blizzard came.............

This is actually our back walkway to our garage. See how the snow was ABOVE the snow fence? Lotta good that did! Blizzard warning for two days (wknd), 1 day of school missed, 2 VERY bored kids by Monday!!

This last round went much better. I now start a new drug Taxotere, which I take every three weeks, 4 times. The nausea is supposed to be better (it better be because I'm going to not take my anti-nausea drug anymore (per dr.)), but I'm supposed to get joint pain with this (which I'm used to do). So we'll see!

We are not going to the UP for Christmas this year (as I have Chemo on the 21rst) so the in-laws are coming down to us this coming wknd. We are going to have an early Christmas with them, and then on Christmas we'll be having dinner with friends who decided not to go downstate this year. I'm excited, I get to make two Christmas dinners! (I'm not being sarcastic - I like to cook!) We also decided not to exchange presents this year (except with G'ama and Papa) and instead have asked people to donate to the foundations that have helped me out this past year. The ones I chose are all small, family run (not large corporations) and would appreciate any donation given! Thank you all ahead of time!

My chemo treatments end at the end of March, and of course there will be more treatments to do (possible radiation, hormone therapy, etc.), but I am looking at going to a cancer retreat in the spring. I have found many that are free, and have talked (briefly) with my cancer buddy Nicole about going too, as she will be ending her chemo about the same time.

I'm starting a exercise class for cancer ppl in Jan., and am excited to get moving again. I have switched Elena's preschool to one of the day's I'm doing this, but the other day didn't work for them so (through a website called volunteer spot) I've asked ppl to watch Elena on  Wednesday's while I'm in the class. Thanks ahead of time to those of you helping out!

Last but not least thanks to my friends Carie and Laura who helped me get rid of the rain (on this blog) and get some Christmas  stuff up! I'll also end with a pic. of Elena in her new big girl bed (complete with wall stickers and comforter from IKEA!)

If I don't post before, then everyone have a

          MERRY CHRISTMAS !!