Now that Doran is 18, he can come with me to chemo. I took him out of school today so he could do just that. I figured it would be a good experience for him to see what I’ve been doing every week. One of the first questions he asked was, “Are you going to be unconscious at all?” See, all the more reason for him to come!
Unfortunately it ended up being one of the longer ones because again they had a problem drawing my blood. Rosanne thinks it might be something anatomical. After trying some tricks, she gave me the same medicine as last week, which worked without needing a second dose.
Both last week and this week the foot massage person came by but both times I was wearing the booties. Representatives from the Pitt women’s basketball team came today; they have a game on Sunday that’s being called Pink the Pete, for Petersen Events Center. They’ll all wear pink armbands to support breast cancer. One of the basketball players gave me a bag of Pitt gear: a pink Pink the Pete t-shirt, Pitt face mask, and a shocking pink Pitt beanie. She offered tickets to the game, but I declined. One guy who might have been a coach watched Doran and I play cards for a bit – who knew we’d have an audience‽
Three more. That does sound a lot better than four!
3 responses to “Rinse, Repeat”
Three treatements left – you can almost count that on half of a hand. You really are almost at the end of this Lisa – Hallelujah! and Shabbat Shalom
Well if you aren’t homestretch material I don’t know who is. Three more sessions and your front and centre for the next part of this journey. You have been a brick from day one and handled all of this with such grace. The old one foot in front of the other certainly has worked for you with a side order of strength and perseverance for good measure. Way to go Lisa!!!!
Heather
You are a brilliant mother! Some of life’s lessons cannot be taught in school. Taking your son with you to treatment will afford him insight and a new perspective. 18 doesn’t mean “chai” for nothing. Welcome to “life” Doran.👍🏻 3 is a GREAT number too! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 You are approaching the chemo finish line! xoxo