Thursday-Thanksgiving and a bit of wed.

Meg writing...

Well going back into the hospital is a hard emotional, lonely thing to do. I decided that there is no point in Seth staying at the hospital on my 12 hour cycle of chemo so he stayed a bit but then went home for some good sleep! :) So first prayer request, it is going to be very hard going back to the hospital every other week for me.

Everything continues to go as good as possible...the cancer count or beta count that started at over 1 million is down to 3500, praise GOD! Now at some point this will level off but that I guess is an expected thing.

Nurses are a continued blessing with all their love and happiness they bring to the profession, wow what a hard job!

Wednesday the chemo started and I quickly remembered how much it hurts to continue to get poked with needles. Every session I have a new poke into the port is required, they say because I don't weigh that much that is probable hurts more, lovely. Also the tape from the removal of the chest tube came off...very painful, my skin on my chest has become hyper sensitive to all the tape and ripping tape off all the time leaves a burning like you can't imagine and even small blisters at times, yuck!

The chemo session went semi normal, my blood count is too low and at some point (sometime soon most likely) I will be getting blood transfusions to help in the healing process of my body, a little scary there. I am also having low blood pressure which could be from many things including my weight. I also think I am starting to lose some hair which is harder to deal with than expected, nothing noticeable but to me it is :) So those were some of the downers to deal with but as always there is a good side.

My mother in law has given me a book...praying through cancer, which has been very uplifting while staying in the hospital. Thanks so much Barb! I also got out of the hospital a little early on Thanksgiving 1 instead of 2, so I was able to go to at least one side of the family and enjoy the day, a day of so many blessings (my emotions got control of me for awhile) :)

Continued prayer requests....
*The kids, they are sick esp. Talin, which is hard to deal with and not the best situation for me to be in. This week begins the open door of people coming in to help with caring for them which will be very hard on Annabelle who has resorted to mommy only mode. Bless her heart.

*Seth is also run down and has a nasty cold

*Blood pressure is low

*Blood transfusions may be needed

*Dealing with hair loss

*Just the emotional toll it takes to continue to go back into the hospital and seeing the same patients there week after week

Wednesday

I took Meg back to the hospital this morning at 8 am for her chemo treatment. She will be in the hospital overnight tonight and should be out around 2 pm tomorrow. She is feeling decent today, but it is tough for her to be back at the hospital and not at home. Her blood pressure is running a little low today, so pray that this regulates itself soon. Also pray that the chemo she is currently getting does not cause her a lot of nausea and does not lower her blood count drastically. Finally pray that this round of chemo is very successful killing cancer cells and that the doctors will be amazed with how quickly her body heals. Again thanks for all the prayers and love and support.

help

Starting next Monday we will need some help from about 7 am to 4 pm for sure on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday to come to our house and help Meg out with the kids. I will be back to work and Meg still needs significant help when she is home with the kids. If anyone is available to help for a day or part of the day please get a hold of Meg or myself and we will make arrangements. Remember if you are sick please do not sign up to come over to help as Meg's immune system is not very strong and she can easily get sick right now. Thanks to everyone for the love and prayers as we step through this challenge.

Tuesday

Today was a good day for Meg because she had no trips to a hospital. She was very tired all day and continues to be very tired. Tomorrow at 8 am, she will be admitted back to the hospital for chemo treatment (Blodgette). She will have 14 hours of chemo treatment and will have to spend the night Wednesday at the hospital. I will be able to take her to the hospital tomorrow and get her home on Thursday. Pray that she will be able to atleast visit family on Thanksgiving.

Monday

Today Meg went to the hospital in the morning for another chest x-ray to determine if the air bubble outside of her lung was gone. She was given the good news that the air bubble was gone this morning, but had to go home for about 4 hours with the tube clamped off to make sure that the bubble would not come back with the tube not pulling air out. She went back and the x-ray still showed no bubble and the chest tube was taken out. What a huge blessing. Thanks mom for taking Meg to the hospital twice so I could get back to work. Today both Talin and Annabelle went to the Peds as they both have been fighting sickness. They both were determined to just have colds and were given some medication to help hopefully speed the healing process up (thanks to Meg's mom, brother and sister for helping with the kids while Meg was at the hospital and also getting the kids to the doctors). Meg had a good day with pain and had a pretty positive day with how she felt. It helped that she did not need to get a shot tonight (I was ok with that too). Be praying for Meg's blood count to go up, that she would not catch a cold and that the chemo treatment on Wednesday/Thursday would go well. Good night.

Saturday/Sunday

Well being home is awesome, tiring but awesome. We are so very thankful for family and help with the kids :)

Saturday I had a trip to Spectrum for an x-ray to see if the air bubble was gone to take out the chest tube. Unfortunately the air bubble is still there, smaller but still there. So I still have the chest tube and will go back on Monday for another try. Prayers for that please because it is uncomfortable to have.

Saturday i was also able to spend time with the Napper side of the family for an early Thanksgiving which was awesome to see family again! We couldn't stay all day but the time we had was lovely!!!

More family came in on Sunday to help with kids and the house, my sister Cassie will be staying with us until Thanksgiving to help with all that is needed. My brother Eric is here from Calf. to visit which is wonderful to see him again!

We also need prayers because Seth has pulled a neck/shoulder muscle that makes it hard to pick up the kids, not great timing! Prayers for healing there!!!

Also Seth has to give me a shot in the tummy every night which is painful and nerve wrecking for both of us so prayers for both of us there :)

Bruises from shots

Port for chemo