round 3 of chemo complete!

Hey y'all - well, my port is feeling much much better. Yay! It worked great for chemo yesterday and it started feeling less sore yesterday afternoon. So, I tried to sleep in my bed last night and woke up with it pretty sore again today. But, not nearly as sore as before, so I went about my normal activities....I actually had a lot of energy this morning so I cleaned, baked some zucchini bread with the plentiful zucchini from our garden, and had coffee with a great friend from work. Overall, it was a fabulous morning.

I had to go back into the dr's office today for the rest of my chemo (yesterday they started the Bleomycin, but they only gave me a test dose to see if I would have any reactions to it...I didn't, so I had to go back in today to get the full dose). They also started me on Neulasta since my white blood cells are pretty low and they don't want me getting sick. Anyways, since this dr's visit would be short, I decided to take Hannah with me. She sat in the recliner with me while I got the rest of my chemo, and we worked on a little workbook called "When someone I love has cancer." It was given to her in a backpack from the cancer center with all sorts of crafty things and a stuffed animal...super cute and thoughtful. Anyways, it's a little workbook that explains to kids what cancer is and how it is fixed and the different emotions that go with it. All in all, Hannah totally understands and we had nice mom/daughter time. I feel like it's important these days to have those one-on-one times with her - she sees me tired and I can't give her my full attention, especially with a new baby and all of the dr. appointments, so those special times with her mean a lot.

Well, my energy has finally hit it's peak for the day and I'm ready to go lay on the couch. Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers....they are totally working!!! Much love to you all!