As far as the day went…her brother Kevin came out and spent a couple hours with us. That was nice…it made time pass faster. Kristi was very restless today and slept very little. That was very unusual…she normally sleeps the entire time. She also had a very restless night last night. All of her counts are in the toilet again. I have to start her shots to the stomach again tomorrow for 10 days. This should excite her white blood cells to reproduce. Her potassium level was also quite low so she had to get 2 units of potassium today. This was a new one. She will go in for blood work next Tuesday to see how her levels are doing. She’s lost all her color again so another red blood cell transfusion wouldn’t surprise me. She is pretty “wiped out”. She is also very sore...which is a side effect of the chemo. All of her joints and bones are sore...feels like you're coming down with the flu. So, all in all, she's pretty darn miserable tonight. The aches and fatigue should last through the weekend...hopefully not, but usually does.
It sure would be nice if the kids would understand what’s going on. It’s so hard to explain to them that “mommy can’t come down and play double dutch”. It’s also hard to explain to them that I can’t do everything or drop what I’m doing to run out and play. As much as I would love to play, things need to get done. They just don’t understand and that gets frustrating. I let the kids play outside with their friends until 7:00 (keeping supper warm), but then I’m the bad cop because I don’t let them play after dinner. Sigh. Oh well, kids will be kids.
Well, the Tigers and Pistons are on so that’s it for tonight!
Kristi chillin before chemo...
Me and Kristi snuggling before she gets her sleepy meds
Kristi's brother Kevin visited today (she already had her sleepy meds)...
