John and I went to Indy on Wednesday for my second infusion of the clinical trial I am on. Blood work was good and I am now on Prilosec as we are hoping my stomach pains might be acid reflux caused by so many chemos and not anything else. Everything went fine and we really just ended up waiting for blood work results, the chemo to be ordered and brought to my room... yes, like this...
Oh the humor of it. inside really is an "official" looking bag of chemo labeled with my name and other important information but the lab just pops it into a brown paper bag for transport. Again, we were blessed with an uneventful drive home in time for John to go to soccer practices for Sarah and Henry. Yes, he is also coaching Henrys soccer team this year. On one hand, I think he is nuts but on the other, he really is a great coach and I am grateful for him to stretch himself even more (if that is possible) for Henry.
Thankfulness...
We have neighbors whom we adore. Miss Jennie and Miss Judy are sisters. Miss Jennie is Mr. Dons caretaker. Mr. Don has CP, is older and confined to a wheelchair. Miss Judy has made all of my head scarves, our beloved Jerry the Elf quilt. and just so many extra beautiful thoughtful things. It has been a very hard week for them. Mr. Don had an emergency on Wednesday and thankfully didn't have a heart attack that was first thought but spent a stressful day at the hospital. Then yesterday, Miss Judy's BELOVED and again older German Shepherd Casper couldn't walk. It was feared he had had a stroke. So in the pouring rain, Judy, another neighbor and I carried Casper in a quilt to the van and I went with Judy and Casper to the vets. The great news is that the vet saw him in the van so not to move him unnecessarily, gave him some meds and thinks it is just some major back spasms. Casper too is home resting from his trip to the hospital and doing better. I am so thankful for them but I was especially thankful to God for putting me in the position to help them. Casper means to world to Miss Judy and she was rightfully thinking the worst and very upset. But through the entire time, she absolutely had COMPLETE trust in God whatever the outcome would be. She is one of the most faith filled women I know and I am positive God put her in my life for a purpose. I learned so much about true trust and faith in God yesterday from her. I am extremely blessed.
This weekend is St. Gertrude's Mothers retreat hosted by our St. Gerts Sisters. I know they have worked countless months and hours preparing for this weekend and I was SO looking forward to attending. But then I had my foot thing and then the other chemo stopped working and then I had new chemo and have felt so horrible. I just couldn't go. I am crying as I type this because I know it will be a fantastic weekend for the mothers that are attending. I really felt a calling to go. Not only for myself but to support these ladies I love so much. I can't wait to hear about the weekend and hope they all know I will be praying for them and there in spirit.
I am also SO thankful for so many friends bringing not only dinners but another group of friends bringing lunch items for the kids to pack for school. Let me tell you, the kids are in hog heaven and have had dinners and snacks that they usually only BEG for at the store. I stopped Henry walking out the door to school the other day with 3 packs of oreos, nutterbutter and chips ahoy cookies hidden in his sweatshirt. He picked the nutterbutters and was allowed to secretly hide the other two for after school. Ah the good life! Thank you families and friends for taking your precious time and money to do this for us! I really feel we are not deserving. One day I hope to pay it forward.
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