"I have learned over the years that when one's mind is madeup, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear."-Rosa Parks

7 more to go

Another week almost complete following treatment #4 of round 2. Might have been the roughest one but manageable. A couple days after treatment I got some of the leg pains I was expecting but also a fever. To be safe we went to Emergency as per my instructions. I hate being overly cautious, but better to be safe.
After a little wait, in an overcrowded waiting room, I was given a room to wait privately, so I could avoid the ever present germs flying around. I was greeted by some very friendly nurses and a dr that seemed thorough in my evaluation. We did an X-ray to make sure no pneumonia and blood work to check my numbers. Everything came out ok and seeing as I was already on antibiotics for my sinuses, the dr felt it was ok for me to go home. I had taken Tylenol at home, so at the hospital, I didn't actually have a fever but was told to come back if it got any worse. I felt much better that evening and the following day.
The fever did return but it wasn't as bad. So topped up with Tylenol, we headed to Lukas's first Portfolio Night which are his second term conferences. Such an interesting experience being on the other side of the table. I always feel so bad when the parents look more nervous than the kids, at conference time, and here I was, now THAT parent. Hoping my child is being respectful, courteous, hardworking, kind, focused, cooperative??!! Lukas proudly showed us all around his room pointing out all of his work and telling us stories about his daily activities at school. What a great night, so proud of that boy. He's come a long way in his confidence and maturity- thank goodness. He absolutely loooves school which I can only pray will continue.

So on we go for number nine tomorrow. I'm feeling less energetic as the days go by but I'm ready to go! Looking forward to checking this one off my list and moving forward.
I've called in a sub for my chemo partner so Loni can watch Kane at his last gymnastics class. M.R has been by my side since I was 10 years old. This wasn't on our list of things to do together, but what the heck- we'll add it to our list of memorable events. Not sure it'll be as fun as Madonna or Cuba, but we can say we did it.