Another Garage Sale

Mom is feeling better.

We have decided to take advantage of the nice weather and plan on having another garage sale. This evening we will be setting things up and pricing them. Every week Dawn has been going through the other out buildings and collecting things to for the next sale.

We live in Dawn's childhood home. She inherited her parents things. Her mother hosted a lot of parties and had the dishes and tablecloths to do it in style. She liked to keep the things Dawn had as a child. I am talking books, board games, Barbies, clothes and every birthday, Christmas and Easter card Dawn ever received. She also saved lots of paperwork. Poor Dawn has to go through each and every box of stuff to make sure nothing valuable gets tossed. Somethings are worth putting in the garage sale and somethings go straight to the dumpster.

She has been weeding through boxes of old photographs and paperwork too.

Day 9 Post Chemo

I talked with Mom several times today and she is feeling much better. The pain pill took care of the spasms and she was able to sleep last night.

She said she spent the day cleaning out her refrigerator and did some laundry. She has also done a little bit of cooking.

Day 8 Post Chemo

This was not a good day for Mom. She woke up early this morning with back and leg spasms. She said as the day went on they got worse. She could not get comfortable. I usually talk to Mom twice sometimes three times a day. When I talked with her yesterday morning she told me about the spasms. I told her if she needed me or if the spasms got worse to call me.

I was busy at the office and didn't call her back until around three-thirty on my way home from work. She said she was exhausted from this spasms and it was a lot worse. I told her I was calling the doctor and would call her back.

The doctor said she was experiencing the pain due to the shot of Neulasta she was given. Neulasta is given the day after chemo to decrease the chance of infection due to the low blood count. He said she should take a pain pill and that should help.

I called her back and told her to take the pain pill. She doesn't like taking pain medication because it kicks her butt. She said she had taken an Ibuprofen and didn't want to add a pain pill to the mix. I asked her why she didn't call me earlier about the pain and she said she didn't want to drive us crazy. I explained that she wasn't driving us crazy. What dose drive us crazy is her waiting for things to get out of hand before she tells us and we have to scramble around and make phone calls in order to get her some relief. She is so afraid to burden us. We do not see this as a burden at all. We know she would do the same for us. We want what is best for her because we love her. I truely know where my stubborness comes from!!!

One Week Post Chemo

Today marks the first week post chemo. Mother is looking like she feels better. The appointment with her surgeon went well. He said she is healing nicely and would see her in three weeks. He told her he thought she looked very well for a woman that has gone through her first chemo treatment.

The oncologist appointment was after the surgeon's appointment. She had blood work done before seeing the doctor. The doctor told her she looked great and that her blood count was low. He prescribed an antibiotic for her to take for five days as a precaution. She was instructed to avoid crowds and crowded places. She should avoid raw fruits and veggies until her numbers come back up.

After the appointment we found a place to grab a sandwich and then I drove her home. She did well and was tired by the time we got her back home.

We will see the doctor again on the Nov 9th for more blood work and the second round of chemo.