One More to Go...

Well, Rob had his 8th chemo treatment in the third cycle this past Monday, and something happened that I never thought would happen...

I wasn't there with him.

Holly pic :) ♥

But thankfully, Rob's sister Holly, my "Sister Bear", was by his side.  Holly took this photo of Rob during the treatment... very cool shadow play there, Hol!!!  They told me the treatment went well, and Rob slept through the last part, after partaking of a little Starbucks food and drink with his Sis.

I am on day 10 of being, well, pretty sick!  I just can't seem to shake this bug, and I don't know how I caught it...  I am taking so many vitamins and sanitizing and washing... to keep Rob well.  Go figure.  Probably stress, though I feel like I'm handling things okay.  On the outside.  Maybe.

So we have been living on different sides of the apartment... Well, I have been hangin' in my quilt room from sunup until sundown.  Rob lets me sleep in the bed while he takes the couch, then we switch places when Riley and Gypsy get me up around 5:30a-6am.  It's been crazy.  And I'm tired.

And yes, before I get all those emails, I am going to the clinic tomorrow after I get off work to get some drugs, since I can't seem to shake this on my own, and it's not getting any better, just moving down.  Hummphf.  New word.  My spelling.

Rob's numbers are a little up, a little down... probably because he's trying to fend off the germs from me.  *sigh*

I did a little reading on "chemo brain" and read that it is actually a cognitive impairment... a manifestation of central nervous system toxicity that occurs in many cancer patients on active therapy, and that it may persist for 45% of patients after treatment is discontinued.  Rob has really been bombarded with these chemicals during this cycle, more so than what is normally prescribed.  So the issues he experiences are certainly understandable.  With the first cycle back in 2013, he experienced mental fogginess and fatigue, which never completely went away.  These last two cycles, right in a row since November 2014, are leaving an impression.  One we hope goes away.

Next Monday will be treatment number 9.  Yeah!!!  Then we know he will FOR SURE have two weeks free from chemo, as he undergoes a repeat of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis CT's on March 30, and we return to see his oncologist for the results on April 7th.  

Patience... patience.  Only from Grace.

Some of my views in my quilt room that surround me, keeping me who I am:

 

I am halfway done with a special project I've been working on (in my heart and mind) for over 7 months now.  Details hopefully soon. ;)

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Thank you so much, our dear friends and family, for standing so strong for so long with us on this bumpy journey so far, for keeping Rob (and me) lifted in prayer, for your words of encouragement, for the help we've received in so very many ways....  I will never be able to tell you how you have blessed our lives, especially these last 26 or so months.  We could not possibly have kept the pace, kept the smiles on our faces or in our hearts, let alone be feeling so good and so strong, without your willingness to let God move through you.  We are so humbled and so grateful beyond words.

I am cooking a pot roast today, something I don't do too often (not a red-meat eater), but it's just like my Mom used to make.  Comfort.  It smells wonderful.  I won't think so tomorrow when that's all we smell in the apartment, but right now, it smells like home. :)

Have a blessed weekend, be safe out there, enjoy the bit of Spring that has sprung across the country.  The birds singing all day long each day in the trees outside my quilt room offer such hope for the future in my soul.

No matter what, it's going to be okay.  

God is enough. 

In Love and In Peace,

Cheri ♥