Another "Weak" Week

3-22-09

Another week has passed and I am slowly regaining my strength……slowly!!! This is the frustrating part for me. I can only eat “soft” food in small amounts so that limits the amount of energy I can get from the food I eat. I can’t tolerate anything that is sweet so jello, popsicles, and milk shakes are out of the question. How I long for my taste buds to return so that I can enjoy eating food again. I am doing better at keeping my food down, but it seems that I lose one meal a day! Hopefully that will stop this week so that I can get stronger and return to work at least part time!

Ron and the girls remain so supportive and helpful to me during this time! Ron is always there to encourage me when times are tough, he also helps me with making sure that I eat and take any necessary meds. Savanna is helpful and does her best to make sure that I have everything I need. Marie also helps out in any way that she can. Yesterday she drove me to her lacrosse games and carried my chair and camera for me. It’s sad to think that I don’t have enough energy to carry my chair and camera. I did love getting outside in the nice weather and just sitting on the sidelines watching Marie play lacrosse and Savanna coach her team. It was a fun afternoon for me!

Ron is about ½ of the way done putting in the radon mitigation system in our home. He is sore today because yesterday was the day that he sawed a hole in the cement in the basement and hauled 25 gallons of dirt outside. The pipe is now cemented in the bottom of the hole, so next week he will move into the attic and finish the project. I am thankful that Ron is so handy and does so much around our home.

Savanna stays busy with student teaching, coaching lacrosse, working at the MTC, and doing things with her friends. She is getting near the end; hopefully she will see the light at the end of the tunnel soon.

Marie had the busiest weekend…she was involved in a lacrosse tournament on Friday and Saturday, and she also went to prom at the State Capital Friday night! She looked like a princess in her dress and she had a lot of fun with the group that she went with to prom! The driver drove his mom’s Expedition and took the time to run “Bingham Blue” Christmas lights around the interior so that it looked like some type of limo. The group enjoyed the looks they got as the drove to and from prom; they also enjoyed rolling down the windows and waving to people. We are so grateful that Marie has such great friends and are supportive of her.

Hopefully I will continue to regain my strength so that I can return to a normal life soon!!!

Thanks again for everyone’s love, support, prayers, and kind thoughts. I know that all of this is helping me as I battle this cancer!!!