My baby has a melon head. I've been keenly aware of this since her birthing experience, but now it's a documented medical fact. 97th percentile on head size!!!! WOW!!!! 95th on height and 70th on weight. Goodness gracious!! It's a wonder she's walking!!
By the way, did I tell you she's walking???? Like a pro...if a pro looks like a newborn baby deer:) She's getting the hang of it though, TOO CUTE!!! I've got a couple of videos up on my facebook page for those of you with facebook. She's precious and did a great job at the doctor for her checkup today!!
My results from last week were good. Levels are still normal, even if it almost took divine intervention to get the blood drawn to run the test! Apparently, my port will flush fabulously but isn't able to suck the blood back up to draw it. They compared it to a straw with a door on the end of it: you can blow through the straw fine but try to suck air back through it and the door shuts firm and tight. The nurse says it just happens sometimes. Stu said, "Of course it does!" What should have been a routine 15 minute thing was drawn out almost 2 hours with a lunch break thrown in.
Then on to the doctor's appointment. Disclaimer: I love the people of Schumpert and how sweet they've been to us through this whole process...BUT...is it a general rule that hospitals must have no concept of time? Wow!! Appointment was for 1 PM and we saw the nurses headed toward the cafeteria at 10 til. We were finally called back at 2, didn't see the doctor til 2:30 and he was finished with his stuff at 2:34...I kid you not!!! At least I got to beat all the levels of Sudoku on my phone and Stu is ever closer to fully embracing his phone Skee-ball addiction.
The plan as of now is I have to come in every 4 weeks for blood work/port flush for a year and I have to actually see the doc every 3 months. The nurse said if the port keeps messing up, we might get to take it out and draw blood the old-fashioned way. PRAY THIS HAPPENS!!!! I'm tired of having it in there. It's only sore if you touch it, but I can't extend my arm without sharp pains and I'm tired of having to be so careful every time anyone gets close to me. It's a manageable thing, but I'd love if they took it out. Looks like April 1, 2011 is HOPEFULLY when this drama will end.
That's all I've got for now, just thought it was time for an update!! Have a great day!
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Monday, April 12, 2010
A Few Recent Pics...
Valentine's Day
Emma and Mommy at the wedding in Austin
Super Star!
New big girl car seat!!
A little blurry but ADORABLE!!!!!!Still here...
I know, I know, get good news and disappear for weeks. So sorry!
Things here are pretty good. I'm feeling so much better! The only aspect of this whole mess I'm still dealing with is fatigue, but that could also just be because I'M TIRED!!!!!!!!! I'm ready for things to slow down a little!
We took a whirlwind trip to Austin this weekend for my cousin's wedding and it wore us out. I dropped Emma off at Tina's this morning and she cried! First time ever! She did so good, poor thing. I bet she spent 80% of her waking hours this weekend in a car seat, high chair or stroller. She was a trooper, though. And a smiley one at that!!
Today begins Day One of my pre-summer "went to a wedding, took lots of pictures, oh my something MUST BE DONE about my largeness" diet. I'm still not at my Emma birth weight but I'm pretty darn close and there's no baby in there!!!!! UGH!!! I'm going to blame the medical drama of the last few months and the M&Ms and Dr. Peppers I chose to medicate myself with:) M&Ms are much better treatment than chemo...it had to be said:)
Wednesday is my baby girl's 1st birthday!!!!!!!!!!! I can't even hardly believe it!!! People said it would go fast but this is like warp speed!! She is working on getting her top two front teeth in and she's standing in little spurts all by herself. No official unassisted steps have been taken but there have been some "I think I'll stand for a sec, kinda take a step, then fall on Mommy" steps. She's a mess:) We can't take her anywhere with out a minimum of 30 people talking to her/us! It can get irritating when Stu and I are trying to carry on a conversation and people keep butting in, but I (because Stu pointed this out) have chosen to view this minor inconvenience as a blessing that our little girl gives other people. She flat out makes people's day when she smiles at them and waves and crinkles that little nose:) I know that all babies do this but it does a momma proud to think her little girl can make someones day better. She's a keeper:)
Wednesday is also my next doctor's appointment. I'll go in at 11 to get the port flushed and blood drawn and then my actual appointment is at 1. I'm a little nervous. I know there's no reason to think that my blood work will be anything other than normal, but nothing about this whole thing has made any sense. Prayers are appreciated:)
I guess I better get back to work, I took an early lunch break to write this if Carlton asks:) Thanks for checking in!
Things here are pretty good. I'm feeling so much better! The only aspect of this whole mess I'm still dealing with is fatigue, but that could also just be because I'M TIRED!!!!!!!!! I'm ready for things to slow down a little!
We took a whirlwind trip to Austin this weekend for my cousin's wedding and it wore us out. I dropped Emma off at Tina's this morning and she cried! First time ever! She did so good, poor thing. I bet she spent 80% of her waking hours this weekend in a car seat, high chair or stroller. She was a trooper, though. And a smiley one at that!!
Today begins Day One of my pre-summer "went to a wedding, took lots of pictures, oh my something MUST BE DONE about my largeness" diet. I'm still not at my Emma birth weight but I'm pretty darn close and there's no baby in there!!!!! UGH!!! I'm going to blame the medical drama of the last few months and the M&Ms and Dr. Peppers I chose to medicate myself with:) M&Ms are much better treatment than chemo...it had to be said:)
Wednesday is my baby girl's 1st birthday!!!!!!!!!!! I can't even hardly believe it!!! People said it would go fast but this is like warp speed!! She is working on getting her top two front teeth in and she's standing in little spurts all by herself. No official unassisted steps have been taken but there have been some "I think I'll stand for a sec, kinda take a step, then fall on Mommy" steps. She's a mess:) We can't take her anywhere with out a minimum of 30 people talking to her/us! It can get irritating when Stu and I are trying to carry on a conversation and people keep butting in, but I (because Stu pointed this out) have chosen to view this minor inconvenience as a blessing that our little girl gives other people. She flat out makes people's day when she smiles at them and waves and crinkles that little nose:) I know that all babies do this but it does a momma proud to think her little girl can make someones day better. She's a keeper:)
Wednesday is also my next doctor's appointment. I'll go in at 11 to get the port flushed and blood drawn and then my actual appointment is at 1. I'm a little nervous. I know there's no reason to think that my blood work will be anything other than normal, but nothing about this whole thing has made any sense. Prayers are appreciated:)
I guess I better get back to work, I took an early lunch break to write this if Carlton asks:) Thanks for checking in!
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
NO MORE CHEMO FOR ME!!!!!!!!!
And it's official!!!!!!!!!! Got the call from Schumpert this morning and I'm officially done with chemo!!!! They said no more treatments and that I don't have to go back until April 14th (Emma's first birthday:)!!!!!! I'll go in for an exam, labs and a port flush and then get a better idea of what the new plan will be. He said he wants me to keep the port in for a little while just to be sure I don't need it again.
PRAISE THE LORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you all so much for your prayers during this time!!!!! There is still no doubt in my mind that God heard each and everyone of you and that's the reason my treatment time has been cut in half!!!!!!!! You guys are wonderful:) I'd still be honored to remain on your prayer lists. I will still go in every month for the next year for labs to make sure the levels are staying normal. Once I'm normal (HA!) for a year, then I will be completely done with this whole mess, free to try to have another baby or whatever we decide to do.
Again, thank you so much for your prayers and YYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PRAISE THE LORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you all so much for your prayers during this time!!!!! There is still no doubt in my mind that God heard each and everyone of you and that's the reason my treatment time has been cut in half!!!!!!!! You guys are wonderful:) I'd still be honored to remain on your prayer lists. I will still go in every month for the next year for labs to make sure the levels are staying normal. Once I'm normal (HA!) for a year, then I will be completely done with this whole mess, free to try to have another baby or whatever we decide to do.
Again, thank you so much for your prayers and YYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Round 3 Complete...and Possibly the Last?????
So today has been a pretty good day, all things considered. FYI, it's 11 PM and the steroid they gave me is keeping me up but I'm tired and my brain is starting to head into chemo land, so bear with me if this doesn't make a lot of sense!
I used my numbing cream for the treatment today and while I could feel the needle go in pretty good, I couldn't feel the needle for the duration of the treatment. They took my labs and didn't have exact numbers for me while I was there but said the preliminary results looked good. Treatment wasn't too bad and I even had enough enough energy and feel-goodness to go look at car seats at Target (my amazon baby is too big for her current one!).
While I was getting my IV of pre-meds Gus, the chemo-mixer, stopped by and told me I needed to call Dr. Owers on Monday but that there was a POSSIBILITY that THIS WAS GOING TO BE MY LAST TREATMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Woo-Hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm trying not to get my hopes up, can you tell???? While we were there today a lady got her last treatment and all the nurses sang her a "No more chemo" song and gave her a "Congratulations" balloon. It was pretty sweet! Of course, in the time span of .0005 seconds my emotions went from smiley "That's pretty cool that they do that" to thoughtful "I bet she is so glad this is all over" to teary "Wow. I had cancer and chemo and I am SOOO ready to be done!!! Can I have a balloon????" So here this lady is, thrilled and being serenaded, and Stu and I are in the corner trying to keep ourselves under control! We managed to get a hold of ourselves and make it through the rest of the treatment with no further meltdowns!
We stopped by Waskom High on the way home and picked up a gift basket from the Band Boosters (Thanks guys!! So sweet!!) and supper from the Murphrey's (Excellent, Melisa!) and then headed home to Emma and Nana. After eating, I went into HG TV hyper-drive!! I'm telling you, these steroids are GOOD STUFF! I have a list of things that need to be touched-up and home-improved, before we sell this house. It's written in blue Sharpie on a paper plate:) Nana and I started slow by grouting the tile that Stu had already hung in the decorative nook in the master suite. After that, I was still feeling good I knew it was time to conquer the paper plate...much to my wonderful husband's dismay:) Nana hung out with Emma and Mommy and Daddy busted out 2/3 of that bad boy!!!!! Can I just tell you the relief that I feel now that the majority of that stinkin' list is done?!??!!? A few more things and this house is officially move in ready.
Oh, and for those of you keeping score at home...Emma has not had a fever all day!!!!!!!!!! Yes, that's one treatment of three that we have had a healthy baby and a mom that didn't feel like a failure for not being able to take care of said baby!!! Good times!!
Well, I think I'm wound down enough to go back to bed. Thanks for checking in on us!
Current prayer requests:
1. Pray that Monday Dr. Owers says NO MORE TREATMENTS!!!!!
2. Pray that the couple that is possibly interested in the house does decide to buy and that their timeline and ours work together.
3. Pray that Emma stays well.
4. Pray that I don't feel as bad these next two weeks as I did the last two weeks. This last round kicked my tail for a few days.
5. Pray that Stu's patience and overall wonderfulness abounds and that the weather is nice next week while he's on Spring Break...yes, WISD is the only district in America on Spring Break next week:)
You guys are the greatest:) I love you!
I used my numbing cream for the treatment today and while I could feel the needle go in pretty good, I couldn't feel the needle for the duration of the treatment. They took my labs and didn't have exact numbers for me while I was there but said the preliminary results looked good. Treatment wasn't too bad and I even had enough enough energy and feel-goodness to go look at car seats at Target (my amazon baby is too big for her current one!).
While I was getting my IV of pre-meds Gus, the chemo-mixer, stopped by and told me I needed to call Dr. Owers on Monday but that there was a POSSIBILITY that THIS WAS GOING TO BE MY LAST TREATMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Woo-Hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm trying not to get my hopes up, can you tell???? While we were there today a lady got her last treatment and all the nurses sang her a "No more chemo" song and gave her a "Congratulations" balloon. It was pretty sweet! Of course, in the time span of .0005 seconds my emotions went from smiley "That's pretty cool that they do that" to thoughtful "I bet she is so glad this is all over" to teary "Wow. I had cancer and chemo and I am SOOO ready to be done!!! Can I have a balloon????" So here this lady is, thrilled and being serenaded, and Stu and I are in the corner trying to keep ourselves under control! We managed to get a hold of ourselves and make it through the rest of the treatment with no further meltdowns!
We stopped by Waskom High on the way home and picked up a gift basket from the Band Boosters (Thanks guys!! So sweet!!) and supper from the Murphrey's (Excellent, Melisa!) and then headed home to Emma and Nana. After eating, I went into HG TV hyper-drive!! I'm telling you, these steroids are GOOD STUFF! I have a list of things that need to be touched-up and home-improved, before we sell this house. It's written in blue Sharpie on a paper plate:) Nana and I started slow by grouting the tile that Stu had already hung in the decorative nook in the master suite. After that, I was still feeling good I knew it was time to conquer the paper plate...much to my wonderful husband's dismay:) Nana hung out with Emma and Mommy and Daddy busted out 2/3 of that bad boy!!!!! Can I just tell you the relief that I feel now that the majority of that stinkin' list is done?!??!!? A few more things and this house is officially move in ready.
Oh, and for those of you keeping score at home...Emma has not had a fever all day!!!!!!!!!! Yes, that's one treatment of three that we have had a healthy baby and a mom that didn't feel like a failure for not being able to take care of said baby!!! Good times!!
Well, I think I'm wound down enough to go back to bed. Thanks for checking in on us!
Current prayer requests:
1. Pray that Monday Dr. Owers says NO MORE TREATMENTS!!!!!
2. Pray that the couple that is possibly interested in the house does decide to buy and that their timeline and ours work together.
3. Pray that Emma stays well.
4. Pray that I don't feel as bad these next two weeks as I did the last two weeks. This last round kicked my tail for a few days.
5. Pray that Stu's patience and overall wonderfulness abounds and that the weather is nice next week while he's on Spring Break...yes, WISD is the only district in America on Spring Break next week:)
You guys are the greatest:) I love you!
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