Try as I can to find some free time for myself or even to update my blog, it's always super busy. This week, I went in to Stanford Cancer Center for another round of blood lab draws and for Gemzar chemo. I was lucky to get a good nurse who poked me once and got in a IV and also fortunate to have my good friend, Ramona accompany me to my appointment. This time everything went pretty fast and we were out of there by 3.5 hours! Yay, we got out before it got dark and before the traffic rush.
When I got home after chemo Wed, both older kids got sick with fevers at night and have kept me up throughout the night for the past 3 days/nights. With hi fevers, it got me so worried, I even took them all to see their pediatrician. And as usual, we were in and out of there and were told it's just a virus and to keep give them children's acetaminophen to keep the fevers away. By Friday and still today, they're still fighting this off. Hopefully, they'll be well soon as our family vacation is starting tomorrow. The kids are all so excited to have their Dad off for a week!
With the kids being sick, we're most likely going to postpone our Disney trip since it's so much work to get there and back. Driving 4-5 hours to Anaheim, the crowds, the cold, the long lines, the high cost of everything from tickets to hotels at this time of year, it is all too overwhelming. So we're planning day trips instead to local places, going to the movies, and just hangin out and having fun and a little bit of relaxing. We're still planning to go to Disneyland but probably another time next year. I'm glad we'll have some family time and now that we're staying at home, I'm delighted.
Seagate donates to us Christmas tree with the trimmings & gifts!
Last week, we were all so fortunate and thankful for my Seagate manager and team to come and put up together a really nice, live Christmas tree with all the lights and trimmings and gifts for the kids! The kids loved it and even helped put up the hand made snowflake decorations. Each snowflake contained wonderful, warm notes to us, all hand written from my coworkers and friends from Seagate! What a blessing. We're so humbled and honored to have such a wonderful team to volunteer their time and to give us this wonderful Christmas tree and gifts! So endless thanks to Nathan and everyone from Seagate!
When I got home after chemo Wed, both older kids got sick with fevers at night and have kept me up throughout the night for the past 3 days/nights. With hi fevers, it got me so worried, I even took them all to see their pediatrician. And as usual, we were in and out of there and were told it's just a virus and to keep give them children's acetaminophen to keep the fevers away. By Friday and still today, they're still fighting this off. Hopefully, they'll be well soon as our family vacation is starting tomorrow. The kids are all so excited to have their Dad off for a week!
With the kids being sick, we're most likely going to postpone our Disney trip since it's so much work to get there and back. Driving 4-5 hours to Anaheim, the crowds, the cold, the long lines, the high cost of everything from tickets to hotels at this time of year, it is all too overwhelming. So we're planning day trips instead to local places, going to the movies, and just hangin out and having fun and a little bit of relaxing. We're still planning to go to Disneyland but probably another time next year. I'm glad we'll have some family time and now that we're staying at home, I'm delighted.
Seagate donates to us Christmas tree with the trimmings & gifts!
Last week, we were all so fortunate and thankful for my Seagate manager and team to come and put up together a really nice, live Christmas tree with all the lights and trimmings and gifts for the kids! The kids loved it and even helped put up the hand made snowflake decorations. Each snowflake contained wonderful, warm notes to us, all hand written from my coworkers and friends from Seagate! What a blessing. We're so humbled and honored to have such a wonderful team to volunteer their time and to give us this wonderful Christmas tree and gifts! So endless thanks to Nathan and everyone from Seagate! Latest CT Results
While I was at chemo this past Wed, I stopped by to get my CT results in hand. Reading over my neck and to knee scan results, overall, it indicates everything is stable. Stable is good but it's still awful to learn that there are "numerous tiny pulmonary nodules in my left lung measuring up to 3 mm." And in my right lung, well, there is still "Interval increase" of pleural based fluid building up and that the primary tumor grew from 2.1 x 1.6 cm from previously 2.0 x 1.4 cm. Everything else is stable and are in normal limits.
I'm feeling ok and doing everything like any other busy mom with the kids. It's unreal though to know that I have all these numerous tumors in me. I just hope chemo keeps all the tumors at bay and I'm here for as long as I can. Lots of Love.
Sorry to hear the kids have been sick. Hope they enjoy their new bikes and there is so much to see around the bay area locally that I think spending the week here will be great for your family. Maybe you'll get to Disney World instead of Disneyland for your vacation in the near future. Enjoy your time this week and send me a message if you need ideas of fun stuff to do. Hugs
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