Got the Miserable Flu Bug!

Cough & Cold
For about a week now, I have been feeling miserably sick with the common cold & cough, which the kids probably passed onto me. On top of that, for the past 2 weeks, I have had 2 weekly back to back chemo.  One was the Zumeta chemo which is given every 6 weeks to help relieve bone pain and bone destruction, which I recieved 2 weeks ago. The other chemo was the typical chemo I regularly get once a month, which I just had last Wednesday. The combination of these two sessions on top of catching the viral cold just totally wiped me out.  It doesn't help that all 3 of my kids were also awfully sick with the same cold and cough.  They are getting much better now, but the duration of this week has been awfully exhausting since Ethan stayed home this whole week, missing out on all his academic lessons. Luckily my husband works late in the day, at 1PM, so he has been a super Dad and super nanny for half of the day. He is so truly wonderful. I am so blessed that he's my husband and so handy with everything. He's been so great with the kids and have been so inspirationally strong for all of us.

The one good thing was that my old nanny was a huge help even though she is just here for 4 hours a day. The minute she comes, I am free to rest and do some errands, like finally finishing up with Ethan's kindergarten enrollment!  He is all set for kindergarten, which starts Aug 12. 
I really like my nanny, she is super caring and loving with the kids and is very quick with all the household tasks! I don't have to lift a finger and she just takes over, from laundry, folding clothes, cooking dinner, mopping, doing dishes, to feeding, bathing kids, playing with them and cleaning up the house. The kids also automatically love her too since they sort of remember her from 5 months ago.

Swim Lessons Cancelled
So this Wednesday was the kids first day of swim lessons at the nearby YMCA. Since the kids were sick and I was sick, I was very hesitant about taking them at all and almost not showed up. But the first day is so important that I really didn't want to miss it and get us written off as drop outs that I decided that to atleast show up to class and tell them we wanted to miss that day's lesson. It turns out, they had overbooked the number of kids per private instructor and so, they had to cancel our registration. There weren't enough instructors available and we so we offered a full refund. 
I probably could have picked some other lessons but they had nothing that fit the kids schedule, now that both older kids will be in preschool this month.

Chemo is wearing me
By now, I've have had 4 chemos and now have 2 sessions more to go. My Dr. says after the six one, he will do "maintenance" chemo.  This fourth session has been a lot harder to bare through. It's making feel so much more weaker and by back pain has been greater too.  I can see why some people can loose there sense of strength since it just breaks down your body, spirit, your immune system and makes you so awfully weak and frail.
This week, I took every opportunity I can to rest when I get help with the kids. The rest helped me rejuvenate and definitely help me slowly overcome this terrible viral cold bug.  This chemo session definitely has robbed me of any sense of taste as well as everything taste bland and cardboard.
Thank you goodness that I have my husband, my kids, my family, and friends support and love that keeps me uplifted and strong. For what would anyone do without a good network of love and support? As chemo keeps breaking me down physically, I can easily see how others who have late stage cancer can easily develop deep depression, loneliness, emptiness, loss and hope.
Thank you for all those who have written in and offered your support as well.  Please continue to keep up your prayers for us and hope I quickly shake off this cold & cough. Let's keep praying for a full recovery and remission.