Friday morning when Dina left for her chemo, Scott headed over to stay with Jalen (I was still in bed!) When I went over there at 10 am, Jalen was coughing and it did not sound good. I knew that we could NOT send him to school. Nana was coming to the house to do her weekly cleaning, washing, etc of Dina's house, so he stayed with Nana (after they went out and bought 25 balloons to celebrate the end of this round of chemo) When Jamie came home about 3, he immediately took Jalen up to the theater room and stayed up there all night, even convinced Jalen that a "camp-out" would be fun up there! But then after a bit, Jamie could NOT stay on the hard floor any longer, so he tried to sneak away. It didn't take long for Jalen to realize his daddy was gone, so he gets up and goes to their bedroom...hacking and coughing...so Jamie gets up and takes him into Ellie's bed (who is NOT home, she was having a sleepover with a friend) and Jamie and Jalen sleep (or NOT) in the double bed...Dina could hear Jalen coughing all night long...no sleep for anyone!
Saturday, Jamie and Ellie had a couple of basketball games scheduled and Dina was still in bed not feeling well, so we thought we would take Jalen to lunch and go see Ellie's game. Well, that little guy was coughing so much we decided it would not be a good idea to go to the game, but we did take him to his favorite place to eat: Panda Express!! He gets orange chicken and rice! As he was eating I asked him what he would like to do after lunch (knowing we needed to keep him out of the house so Dina could rest and also so that I would NOT have to spend hours playing Xbox or Wii with him!! ha ha!) and you will not believe his answer! He said, "Maybe go to a store and look at clothes!" OMG, He is is Father's son!!! Yes, we took him to "Dick's Sporting Goods" because he informed us that he had to give Tristan his very favorite basketball shorts, so Papa thought maybe we could find a new favorite short at that store! And guess what? We did!!
After 2 1/2 hours we brought him home and when we walked into Mommy's bed room, guess what we saw?
Even not feeling well, white as a ghost, our Dina still puts on a smiley face for us! She is so strong and amazing, I am really proud of her. I know that Friday was an emotional day for her...she made it to the last chemo....is it the last? She is afraid, but as we talked she told me from the very beginning she was trusting, but it is the waiting that is the hardest and gives her too much time to think and worry...did it work? what comes next?
Well, Monday came and she called the doctor's office early, they rescheduled her velcade infusion so she went in earlier than normal...she had the velcade and the blood draw and again her red count was very low, so they sent her to the outpatient in the hospital and she had a blood transfusion. She was gone 6 hours! She has been worried about the blood transfusion and not wanting to do it, but this is important. She still felt yucky in the evening, but was hopeful that Tuesday will bring a better day! We are hoping that it is a turning point for her also...but I think she is scheduled for a white cell booster shot and sometimes with the combination of white and red cell shots her bones ache and throb! Maybe with the transfusion, it will be minimized!
We really want her to be well for Sunday as our church has been selling Team Dina gear at all the Masses for the last three weeks...I think they have sold A LOT! And everyone is going to wear their Team Dina gear (or any purple clothing) to the 11 am Mass on this Sunday, Feb 3 to show support for Dina...it is just amazing how many people are embracing her and sending up prayers for healing. She is truly blessed and we are blessed to be living in such a loving and giving community. Father Bill is going to do a special blessing of the sick...for everyone and anyone! All are welcome! If you can join us, please do so...it is Resurrection Catholic Church on the corner of Ek and Stafford Rd. Mass starts at 11 am!
Thank you so much for your continued prayers and love that you are showing the family!
Lacey update: doing good...just a few twinges of pain periodically, but she says she is back to normal...no more pain pills and she will have the stent removed on Wednesday!
Me: the UTI is back!!! I finished my antibiotics on Friday...had a good weekend, feeling like I beat this thing finally (only lasted 6 weeks!), but woke up Monday morning and knew immediately it was back with a vengeance! The plan now is to see my urologist!
Psalm 29:11 The Lord gives His people strength, the Lord blesses them with peace.
We are in good hands!!
Thanks for keeping us posted on your progress, fears and days.
ReplyDeleteWe think of you continually and can't wait until you are through this trial.
Much love to you and your family,
Hal & Louise