Back in the Saddle

Gearing up for a doctor's visit and a big chemo-cocktail day tomorrow-err actually today. I am up using up my last of my week of feeling good. I am also hopped up on steroids for the evening in preparation for tomorrow, so that encourages this natural night-owl.

It was great to have a break. I really started to feel good by this past Thursday. Katelyn was home sick for two days last week, but thankfully I haven't come down with her illness so far. I may be speaking too soon, but my counts should be back up now. It was actually really, really nice to hang out with both girls on Wednesday and Thursday. Wednesday, Katelyn was in a nostalgic mood, so she played all of her home videos that we have on tape. That literally took ALL day. It was so funny to see Emma watching Katelyn as a baby and trying to imitate her. Katelyn gets sad when she watches the movies of her birth because she misses Sunshine. We just spent lots of time cuddling and talking about how it makes her feel. It also made me sad that we don't have those kind of baby videos of Emma. I need to get all of her tapes copied over, so that she can watch the ones that we have so far.

On Thursday, Katelyn was feeling better, but still in that 24 hour contagious period for a fever. She and Emma played together all morning and some of the afternoon, pushing their baby strollers around and generally getting along really well. The sun was shining in the windows, and we just had a great day with the three of us. I am so glad that we were able to have that break from the routine of school and chemo. It was so refreshing and just what we needed.

I am preparing myself mentally for possibly not feeling good again now. Gotta gear up to get back in the saddle, but all in all, breaks from chemo are not necessarily a bad thing.