Well-done

It was no April Fool's joke.

I'm officially all done being "baked."

I have to return in a week for the radiologist to check my skin.

And then I think in a few more weeks I have to start having some tests done, and meet with my oncologist again. (I'm a little confused about who I see when, but I'll get it all straightened out eventually).

Next step is to make an appointment with a plastic surgeon to discuss when I can have my preventative right mastectomy and complete reconstruction.

My husband and I were going to go out to celebrate tonight, but I was up for 4 hours last night with some sort of stomach virus (I'll spare you the details), and I seem to be running a slight fever.

So everyone drink a glass of wine for me (or a beer, a chocolate martini, a shot of anything, or a margarita), and celebrate the end of this phase of my treatment.

Breast Cancer Be Gone!

It just won't go away.

As you read the following sentence, try to say it with a slight mumble and extended whine, without pausing: "Mommy, my arm hurts and my other arm hurts and my elbow hurts and my leg hurts and my other leg hurts and my foot hurts and my forehead hurts and my throat hurts and my finger hurts and my stomach hurts and my belly hurts."

Max is sick. His underarm temp was up to 103 today.

Ella caught it as well, but thankfully she can't express every single ache and pain. Her temp was up to 102. Her favorite phrase of the day, "I don't wanna medicine!"

And mine was at 101.3. I managed to get enough drugs in me so I could get myself out the door and drive to radiation. Thankfully Sara was here so I could come home and crash for 3 hours.

Cameron was finally okay and back at school today.

When will this virus end?

And the weekend means...another illness

I thought about taking my kids outside today. I know it's not 50 degrees..the temperature I have deemed as outside playtime doable. But it is 32 degrees...and that means it's not negative anything. And my kids need to get outside so badly. A little sledding down our side hill would do them well.

However, Cameron, who I thought had recovered from his vomitting of last weekend, woke up with 101.3 fever. With my husband on call, we now won't be doing anything but hanging out inside. These random illnesses are getting quite ridiculous!

Here's my organic food list given to me by the dietician.

WHEN TO CONSIDER BUYING ORGANIC FOODS
(Source: Environmental Working Group Report Card: Pesticides in Produce)

Most Contaminated Foods--Consider purchasing these organic
Apples
Bell Peppers
Celery
Cherries
Imported Grapes
Nectarines
Peaches
Pears
Potatoes
Red Raspberries
Spinach
Strawberries

Least Contaminated Foods -- Not as essential to purchase organic
Asparagus
Avocados
Bananas
Broccoli
Cauliflower
Sweet Corn
Kiwi
Mangos
Onions
Papaya
Pineapples
Sweet Peas

I REALLY wish Strawberries were on the 2nd list. Those things are $8 when organic...and I buy strawberries all the time!

Back at ya.

Now Ella was vomiting last night.


I'm not sure what I'm going to do with these two. They keep passing their illness back and forth.

I'm sure it doesn't help that they like to hang out under a blanket together. (Today this included spitting in each other's faces).

I sure could use a healthy family right now.

Passed around

Last weekend Ella had a fever.

This weekend Max has a fever and is vomiting.

I wonder what's in store for next weekend.

A bug

Ella had a fever this weekend, and she still has a lingering cold. Melvin was speculating where she might have picked up this bug, since she doesn't go to daycare.

I could tell him.

It could have been her oldest brother, who has been sniffing and hacking away this past week.

She might have picked up something from the kids she hangs out with on Thursday mornings when I meet with my small group.

It might have been from the music class she's in on Friday mornings with a group of 2 & 3 year olds.

Or she could have caught some bug in the tubes and slides at a big indoor playplace we visted last week.

Or, quite possibly, probably, almost definitely, she is sick because everytime she walks outside and into the car, no matter how dirty or mucky or muddy the snow is, when in her carseat, she licks the bottom of her shoes.

Now I'm sick. But no shoe licking on my part.

Sick Question

Possible State Standardized Test question occurring in our house:

Scenario: Max goes to bed sick Monday night. He wakes up at 4:00 AM and remains awake until morning. He then goes to bed Tuesday night and wakes up at 3:00 AM and remains awake for a few hours before returning to sleep. On Wednesday night he goes to bed and awakens at 2:00 AM, remaining awake for a few more hours.

Question: Based on the pre-established pattern, what time will he wake up after going to sleep tonight?

As if Ella did not have a miserable enough weekend with her vomiting and diarrhea....Right after I finished my blog last night, she was playing with her brother’s new tricycle and it tipped over, smashing her face into the corner of the shelf in our family room.

She had a scrape on her cheek, and blood oozing from her upper and lower lip and inside her mouth. The poor thing was in so much pain and screamed for quite some time.

Today she was a little swollen, but not as bad as I thought. But she felt the pain, and I had to load her up with Motrin and Tylenol all day.

Over night she had also developed a runny nose, was sneezing, and a had horrible cough. She looked so pathetic and was extremely lethargic; I finally took her to the pediatrician.

Diagnosis: Ear infection in each ear!

Poor thing….she seems to have it all right now.

As Cameron would say with his new-found vocabulary he learned from the older kids on his bus….. It sucks!

Counting

2 to 5 – The hours Ella was awake Saturday morning vomiting.

10 – The total number of times she vomited on Saturday.

6 – Number of PJ changes for Ella.

3 – Number of shirt changes for me.

4 – Loads of laundry done to clean all the sheets, comforters, towels, etc. Ella threw up on. (Plus a down comforter I need to take to the dry cleaner).

#? – Too many to keep track – The number of diarrhea diapers changed on Sunday.

3 – Number of baths Ella had today on Sunday due to diarrhea leaking.

0 – Number of showers I took this entire weekend.

50+ -- The degrees it was outside.

0 – Number of hours I got to spend enjoying the warmer weather.

I hope next weekend produces more positive stats.