Recovery Week

Well, after last Wednesday's chemo I was feeling pretty icky all weekend long. I had a weird tingling tongue sensation that felt like when you burn your mouth on hot pizza cheese. It made it hard to eat and when I did eat, everything tasted weird. Pat has to give me a shot of Neupagen every day after chemo for 5 days. It is helping to keep my white blood cell count up so I don't end up in the hospital again. Unfortunately it makes my bones ache and it feels like getting the flu- ugh! It also makes me extremely tired. I am not usually a nap taking person, but since my most recent chemo I have been so exhausted that I have actually taken naps. Thankfully Pat and the kids have been very helpful and have done a great job letting me have the time to feel better!



By Monday I was able to eat more and had more energy which was a good thing since my sister Tanya arrived from Las Vegas on Tuesday for a 2 week visit. Since then we have mostly been hanging out and finishing up with unpacking some of our boxes from the move to our new house. We (mostly my sister!) also painted my kitchen. When we moved in the kitchen had a smooshed-looking very dark green ivy stencil. Now the weird ivy is gone and the kitchen is a lovely shade of muted sage green. It looks great with the oak cabinets and barn red accent color in the kitchen.



For Father's Day we surprised Pat with a hammock. He put it together and set it up on our deck and spent the afternoon relaxing with a book. He calls it "hammock therapy". I think it may become his favorite place!
Otherwise, all is well. The teenagers are hunting down summer jobs, Meri is doing the summer reading program at the library and Kevin is perfecting his moves on Guitar Hero. Wil is busy crawling, standing and learning to walk. He has finally gotten the hang of feeding himself crackers and drinking from his sippy cup. The excitement around our house is overwhelming! haha!
I've got more chemo this week so I will write again as soon as I can. Have a great week!

Today's Glass Half Full: "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." ~Winston Churchill