Dec 30
I have been really negligent on the blog – my apologies! I just thought that the endless “good day – bad day” might be as redundant for you as it is for me! After that last chemo there were quite a few bad days and the truth is I just didn’t have the energy to write anything. The sensitivity was very intense and reached a peak in a Kroger parking lot on that really cold day we had last week. I was bundled up properly and had on my hat and gloves, but suddenly it felt like my hands had gone to sleep all the way down to my wrists. You know, that horrible sensation when it first starts to “wake up”… you can’t move it, but you have that tingling pain that just stops you. Well, it hit suddenly, and there I was in the Kroger parking lot with a shopping cart full of groceries – it took me several minutes to be able to even open the door to the car. It was really scary!

It lasted the whole drive home and didn’t go away for over an hour, even after I was home and warm again.

Then the good days came again – just in time for Christmas! We had a wonderful holiday. At the last minute, Garrett spent Christmas eve with me. Of course, he thought he was too big for Santa, but NOT AT NANA’S HOUSE!! I gave him an old sock, which I had inadvertently died a funky purple color, and he placed it on the fireplace. Sure enough, just like magic, the next morning we were all surprised at how many things Santa could magically fit into that sock!! Kids really do make Christmas fun!

He really is a cool kid. We were planning a day at the beach, when I had this pain in my right shoulder and had to go into MDA. Since it was the arm where the CVC is, they had to be sure that there wasn’t a clot or infection. He spent the whole day with me at the hospital – we watched the Texans win and Dallas lose!!! At the end of day, we concluded that I must have nothing more serious than “Wii arm” - I did come in second place on one of the bowling games Christmas day!!

Today I go for acupuncture (a new experience) and tomorrow is chemo.

Hope you all have a really Happy New Year!!
Much love,
Sia