We can't say that it was the best set of treatments he's had, but day one and day five of this week went pretty good over-all. Just a lot of waiting the other three days, but nothing too terrible with the treatments themselves. He did have a simple reaction to one of the pre-meds they gave him Thursday, so they decided to use a different kind the next day. His reaction to this med was very simple compared to his reaction to Rituxan a few months ago. This time he just had some numbness in his mouth and a bit of a "flush" feeling. Nothing drastic to send us to the emergency room. (I think if he ever needs to be sent to the emergency room again we will let them know that we are driving there ourselves. He'd be much more comfortable riding a wheelchair down to the car and getting into the car with a bit of help instead of being "thrown" up and down and all over the place. That sure was an experience we'll not soon forget.)
Here is my take on the way he feels - better than last time. But my take may not be correct. After the last treatment, I wrote about how he was feeling pretty good, only to find that he began to feel worse and had a not so good at all week after his treatments. I felt bad every time I got onto our blog and saw that I had written about how good he was feeling and he wasn't really feeling very good at all then. I hope that doesn't happen this time. He does plan on going with the youth to the temple for baptisms today, so he is doing better than last time, but I'm still not sure how good that really is. SO, I asked him how he is feeling and here is his response after a moment of thinking about it - "I'm okay!" That is a common response one might hear from him. It's true - he is usually okay, but sometimes he really could be feeling better :)
Here is my take on the way he feels - better than last time. But my take may not be correct. After the last treatment, I wrote about how he was feeling pretty good, only to find that he began to feel worse and had a not so good at all week after his treatments. I felt bad every time I got onto our blog and saw that I had written about how good he was feeling and he wasn't really feeling very good at all then. I hope that doesn't happen this time. He does plan on going with the youth to the temple for baptisms today, so he is doing better than last time, but I'm still not sure how good that really is. SO, I asked him how he is feeling and here is his response after a moment of thinking about it - "I'm okay!" That is a common response one might hear from him. It's true - he is usually okay, but sometimes he really could be feeling better :)
THOMAS AND DANA ARE HERE!
We are so excited for this. They need a place to stay, so for now they are with us, but, we have a plan. See the next paragraph for more info on that.
HOME ON THE MEND!
We own a little cabin style home on the other side of our field here on the south east of us. We have had renters in it for several years so it needs some repairs. (Boy, does it ever!) We have taken a look and made a mental list of what needs done, and realize that we are going to be knee deep in remodeling for the next however long it takes. We will be gutting and repairing and installing new features everywhere in that house, and washing down the walls. It really won't be the same place once we are done.
We own a little cabin style home on the other side of our field here on the south east of us. We have had renters in it for several years so it needs some repairs. (Boy, does it ever!) We have taken a look and made a mental list of what needs done, and realize that we are going to be knee deep in remodeling for the next however long it takes. We will be gutting and repairing and installing new features everywhere in that house, and washing down the walls. It really won't be the same place once we are done.
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The front view of the house.
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View from our family room door, across the fields, to their house.
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View from their back door to our house across the fields.
These photos just show the outside front view and the view from one home to the other. Check out the slide show labeled THIS OLD HOUSE, found on the right column of our blog for more photos and updates (as they are available) on how that work is progressing.
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I love your blog! You have such a wonderful family and I love to see how you just keep going by helping each other and loving each other. This might be a little silly and maybe too serious for a blog but I want you to know how I feel when I read your blog. I always come away feeling lucky to know you and call you my friend. I find strength in your example. Thank you!
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