August 17, 2009

• Just Waiting

  This is a day of waiting.  Actually, this is a whole week of just waiting. 

  I'm waiting for the two reports from my CT scan and thoracic MRI to come in.  I don't know if I'll have the results today or have to WAIT until my appointment with the surgeon tomorrow afternoon.  I see the surgeon tomorrow at 2:30pm.  Jesse will go with me.

                       

  Then . . . I wait again until Thursday.

  Thursday morning JoAnn, Aolani, and Abreeana leave to go home to Tacoma, WA.  I'll sure miss JoAnn and all of her help.  She's been unbelievable - what she has done for me and the comfort she has brought to me.  My oncologist appointment is that same day JoAnn leaves.

  I guess by Friday, I'll have all the information I need and will be asked to make a decision about what to do next.  It's always been planned to have surgery and then radiation . . . both looming in my future.  No one has known what kind (or how much) of either treatment.

                            
                                                                       So, I wait . . .

  I'm anxious to start homeschooling again.  I think the girls are  getting restless and need the routine of school and their chores.  I am really hopeful the ChorePacks will have been a good investment and will keep me from having to ask them to do certain things (repeatedly) day after day.   They should be able to look at the little plastic holders clipped to their clothes (with chores listed on cards inserted in the plastic holders) and (ultimately) not need me at all to remind them of every little thing.  We'll see!

                          

  Annamarie has had a sore throat and upset stomach.  I think her stomach is getting better, but she is still complaining of her throat hurting.  I've had her on a liquid, then bland food, diet.  I'm sure she is tired of Sprite, ginger ale, saltines and toast!  I'm having to stay as far away from her as I can.  I'm still not out of the woods as far as my resistance being built up against illnesses.  Jesse said Annamarie woke him up several times last night to tell him she couldn't fall back asleep.  He wasn't a happy camper.  There was nothing we could do for her, and she has been told MANY times not to wake us up just because she couldn't sleep.  He is working in the heat without enough sleep under his belt today.

    
   
   
  Stormy, the cat, isn't feeling well either.  Some kind of stomach bug.  I need to pull out the antibiotic for stomach problems that the vet has me keep on hand - just in case.  Fortunately, humans can't catch animal diseases!  It's a pity, I can doctor my cat but not my own child!

  I continue to do small tasks.  I made (from scratch) blueberry muffins for breakfast and will work on assigning chores as the ChorePack book recommends.  I've read a bit from my books.  I finished one and started on the sequel last night.  I try to lay down throughout the day in bits and pieces to give myself a rest.  Jesse cooked out last night and I only had to cut tomatoes, onions, and shred some lettuce.  We had fajita chicken and beef meat on tortillas.  The girls and Jesse cleaned up the paper plate meal.

       
  Everyone, except for me, is very, very tan and dark.  If the colors in the bedspread, on their clothing, and on the wall weren't true to life colors, I'd think my children were all too dark and my camera was needing adjusting!

  Be Blessed  ~

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