Still enjoying the aftermath of Christmas day - just reliving Christmas morning and savouring all the laughter and good energy. We had a wonderful day with Nicole and Brandon and Tamara - Santa was very good to us all and even the dogs were well behaved and enjoyed themselves. It was such a pretty picture seeing the family all around the tree and the two dogs (Steve and Zoe (the new puppy)) right in the middle of things.
I felt good this last week and so was able to enjoy myself. Energy level is still not what it should be - but I was able to rest when I needed to.
Brandon has already been out to the 'boxing day sales'. He got up at 5:30 and went to Walmart for their 6 am opening and their big sale. He said there were people lined up and he wasn't about to stand in line in the cold - so he napped in the car until they opened their doors and just walked in. He was there to purchase a Blackberry Playbook - on sale from $600 to $248 for 32 gb - walked in to the electronic section and stood in line with everyone else - then a staff member asked if anyone was there to buy a Blackberry Playbook and Brandon put his hand up - he went straight to the counter and made his purchase - he says the rest of the line-up were not happy that he didn't have to stand in line with the rest of them. He is so lucky that way.
My children are ganging up upon me at the moment - because I am adjusting my arm bandage and they think I am 'scratching'!! Which I am not and never would!!!! Yes - I have an allergic reaction to the PICC line site from the tape they use to stick it down - it has been fine for several weeks but suddenly started to blister up and is painfully itchy. So the nurse came out on Thursday and re-dressed it best she could - but by Christmas Eve it was worse and so when I called the nurse again, they thought I should go to emerg. because it looked like it was infected - so that was Christmas Eve - not what I planned to do - sit in emergency at Oshawa General Hospital. We were lucky though - they saw us pretty quickly and we got a great nurse - stumped her mind you - they didn't quite know how to dress it. The doctor didn't know what to do - he gave me a prescription for an antibiotic (which is what they do) and said the nurse would dress it. Well the nurse was great - but it was her first day back on the job after doing an office job for a while - plus it was her birthday and she said 'and this is what you give me'!! It was funny really - she did a good job and I felt comfortable afterwards. But it is still bothering me - not sure what they will do when I go tomorrow for my pre-chemo checkup.
Yes - back at the hospital tomorrow to see the doctor and then 3rd Chemo session on Wednesday - glad that I was able to have Christmas feeling good - and now I will likely hibernate for New Years. I got a new 32" TV for Christmas for the bedroom from George and the kids and so I can hibernate with my favourite tv shows!
Visiting with Maureen and Bruce and family today and so looking forward to that.
Brandon and Tamara gave me a selection of Christmas portraits they had done - we laughed so much - here is a sample!! (Please know they don't normally look like this)!!
Brandon and Tamara gave me a selection of Christmas portraits they had done - we laughed so much - here is a sample!! (Please know they don't normally look like this)!!
Wishing you all a very Happy New Year.
Love J
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