Sunday, October 7, 2012
Don't Forget
October is breast cancer awareness month. Don't forget to schedule your annual mammogram, it could save your life !!
Sunday
Spent the morning paying medical bills, and updating the "notebook". Remember the notebook? It started with a 1 inch binder, moved on to a 2 inch binder, and now after 10 months, a 4 inch binder is full to the point of overflowing. Hard to believe 10 months have gone by since the "cancer" journey began. Tomorrow marks 5 months since Sarah's stem cell transplant, she has come so far in a short amount of time. But, I can tell you, cancer is not for the faint of heart.
Sarah has had so many tests, procedures, medications, etc, that without the notebook I never would have kept it all straight. Aside from the six rounds of chemo and the stem cell transplant, Sarah has had: a brain biopsy, a bone marrow aspiration, an EEG, a PET scan, a MUGA scan of her heart, a pulmonary function test on her lungs, surgery to insert a port, a shiley catheter inserted in her neck for the stem cell collection, a pic line inserted in her arm for extra IV access, ultra sounds of her heart and legs, 5 CAT scans, 6 X-rays, 10 MRI's, 2 neuro/cognitive evaluations, and numerous blood and platelet transfusions!! And now, after all that, my beautiful girl is getting ready to go back to college in the spring. The journey is far from over, but the ride is definitely less bumpy.
Happy 5 month anniversary Sarah, love you :)
Sarah has had so many tests, procedures, medications, etc, that without the notebook I never would have kept it all straight. Aside from the six rounds of chemo and the stem cell transplant, Sarah has had: a brain biopsy, a bone marrow aspiration, an EEG, a PET scan, a MUGA scan of her heart, a pulmonary function test on her lungs, surgery to insert a port, a shiley catheter inserted in her neck for the stem cell collection, a pic line inserted in her arm for extra IV access, ultra sounds of her heart and legs, 5 CAT scans, 6 X-rays, 10 MRI's, 2 neuro/cognitive evaluations, and numerous blood and platelet transfusions!! And now, after all that, my beautiful girl is getting ready to go back to college in the spring. The journey is far from over, but the ride is definitely less bumpy.
Happy 5 month anniversary Sarah, love you :)
Friday, October 5, 2012
October 5
Sorry for being out of touch, things have been crazy! Sarah and Greg are busy with schoolwork. Sarah also applied to more schools, and got in. Unless she changes her mind, she will start Ramapo college in January. Ramapo is a good size, has a great education dept. and is close to home. They do have on campus housing, so that is a possibility. I have finished a few knitting projects, and today worked for hours trying to get all the pictures loaded onto the computer. Hopefully I will be able to post them tomorrow! Today I also spoke to the doctor who did Sarah's neuro-cognitive testing. The results were great, much improved from January, which means there was no permanent damage to her brain! I am so relieved, what a relief.
Today Sarah and I got our flu shots at Target. We both got the one with the new smaller needle, it is not supposed to be as painful, but it still hurts tonight. More tomorrow, night:)
Today Sarah and I got our flu shots at Target. We both got the one with the new smaller needle, it is not supposed to be as painful, but it still hurts tonight. More tomorrow, night:)
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