The Port is in...

Dina and Jamie left the house at 8 am for her appointment...she returned at 3:30 PM...such a long day and then the moment she walked in the door she ran to the bathroom to throw up!  I hate to see that and I know we will be seeing a lot of that in the next 5 months.  She didn't have a particularly bad day and they even fed her, but after the port was in she had to stay another three hours.  It is all for the good... to make sure she doesn't have a reaction to it or start running a fever...but it does make for an exhausting day and then to come home and throw up doesn't feel that great either. 

I picked up Ellie from cross country practice at Athey Creek and took her to Putnam to watch Scott's frosh volleyball game...and actually I picked up my dad because he wanted to watch the game too.  Lacey was already at the game as she went with Scott to help warm up the girls and to sit on the bench and help with rotation.  We all went back to my dad's house and had some homemade chicken noodle soup, corn on the cob and a delicious apple turnover he made!!  Yummm.  Then I had to drop Ellie off at basketball try outs.  I stopped back by Dina's house to drop off all of Ellie's school bags and peeked in on Dina sitting up in bed. She was looking so much better and feeling better too.  Now tomorrow is the bone marrow and she can actually eat and drink before going into the appointment and it will not take nearly as long, so she should have a good afternoon relaxing a bit at home. 

She told me she would like to go to the pumpkin patch with the kiddos...she wants to do this before she starts any chemo and may not physically be able to do it.  Those traditions are so important for her to continue to do for the kids sake...she wants to make sure her treatments do not interfere too much with their lives...of course it will in a lot of ways, but her goal is to try to keep things "normal" for them.

I noticed when she got out of the car from receiving the port that she had her prayer shawl with her...that is why I made it for all those times she is in the hospital or the office getting her chemo injections, she can feel the loving arms of Our Lord wrapped around her shoulders, giving her comfort and strength.

I will let you know how the bone marrow goes tomorrow...