Retirement Musings and Everyday Delights
We were sitting in our living room this morning enjoying the sounds of spring - the soft tinkling of freezing rain lashing against the window, the playful sounds of ice chunks thunking onto the roof from the trees above, the gentle howl of the spring breeze as it tossed songbirds through the air like mini-boomerangs - … Continue reading Really not our year…
Treatment #8 is now behind us, so we're two-thirds of the way through. There aren't many foods Nick can tolerate during the first few days after a treatment, but after some trial and error, he's settled on a smoothie for breakfast, a couple of poached eggs (but no toast) for lunch and, surprisingly, green lentil … Continue reading Reality Check
We've reached the mid-way point in Nick's treatment so last week he had a CT scan to see how things are progressing. We got the results this morning and the large mass in his chest, which was 13 x 7 centimetres before he started treatment, is now 7 x 3 and the others sites are … Continue reading Mid-Way Point
Just a quick post to update on a few things. First, if you sponsored Nick and/or me for the Rope for Hope event and haven't received a thank you, please check your spam folder. Apparently, some have gone there. Second, I mentioned that Nick had been doing some writing lately and he's now published his first few … Continue reading Couple of things
The one year Nick could have had pretty much anything he wanted for his birthday, he only asked for a couple of practical items - socks, a pumice stone. We wanted to make his birthday special despite everything that's going on so Monday afternoon Ray and I came up with a plan - we'd get … Continue reading Birthdays and boredom busters
Many of you are familiar with the character-building adventures Ray and I have taken Nick on over the years. Since Ray's definition of character differs from mine, these are generally separate trips. Ray's character-building trips involve being outdoors for long periods of time, often in cold, wet and uncomfortable conditions, after which you lie down, … Continue reading Building character
A lot of things get easier with time. Taking your child to chemo treatments isn't one of them. On the drive to the hospital Nick sits beside me with his Beats on, his fingers tapping along to the music, looking for all the world like any normal, healthy teenager. On the drive home, his complexion … Continue reading Tapping
"Cabin fever is an idiomatic term for a claustrophobic reaction that takes place when a person or group ends up in an isolated or solitary location, or stuck indoors in confined quarters for an extended period. Cabin fever describes the extreme irritability and restlessness a person may feel in these situations." I mentioned in an … Continue reading Cabin Fever
Yesterday the three of us got in the car and went out. Not to the hospital or the blood clinic or to get Nick's PICC line dressing changed. Just out. For fun like. It was very exciting. We went downtown, perused the Winterlude ice sculptures, ate Beavertails then drove home alongside the world's largest naturally-frozen … Continue reading Winter interlude
At Nick's appointment last week he told the doctor that the nausea is at its worst on the day of the chemo treatment. She asked him if it started before the treatment or after. Nick looked a bit confused before answering that it was after the treatments. Apparently it's not uncommon for people to need … Continue reading Treatment #4
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