A Better Round Two!

Well knowing Carolyn would have chemo on the Monday before Thanksgiving we had our Thanksgiving on last Sunday.  Rebecca, Sean, Anita, Yvonne and Terry, and Josh, Ashley, Tinsley and Tyler and special friends Mike and Teri were all here.  The food was great and way too much but the talking and catching up were better!

Carolyn's first round of chemo she did not receive "pre-meds" which basically is an intravenous time released antinausea medication, so for about 6 days she didn't keep anything down.  On round two, she got them and though the miserable feelings are the same, no nausea and eating isn't torture!  Not much else going on. We're anxiously awaiting the new year, we'll travel up to Sisson Log Homes and work out our floor plan and get our pricing on the build project, (fingers crossed) its not too expensive.

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving... :)    some old/fun pictures...

I don't usually play golf... but when I do... It's with the smartest man in the world :)

Mike!  Not a buck with two heads but...

Generations... :)

Tough guy with a cigar.... I mean binky :)

Mother and son!

Tin's slide !

Rough Week

This last week was a rough one!  On Monday Carolyn started chemo, her new cocktail is a combination of Herceptin, Perjeta (a fairly new drug) and Taxotere, the last being the one that'll likely have her lose her hair again as well as make her quite sick.  Well as expected on Wednesday chemo struck with a vengeance through Thursday, Friday was a little better and yesterday we thought she was over the worst until evening.  Hopefully today she will turn the corner.  As if chemo isn't bad enough on Tuesday we decided to put Lola to sleep, she was about 13 yrs old and was suffering with arthritis and cancer at the end. Carolyn rescued Lola and Frankie as very small puppies when their mother was killed by a car.  Lola through the years was Carolyn's protector, many would not notice that she would always sit between Carolyn and visitors she didn't know.  We also believe that Lola discovered Carolyn's breast cancer before it was diagnosed, she almost would demand laying her head on Carolyn's chest at night.  It was tough but the right thing to do!
Fall is here the air is cooler (had to turn the heat on) and now looking forward to finishing up a lot of woodworking projects and getting a cheeseburger... or something into Carolyn !  :)