Anne will be 2/3’s of the way through her treatment tomorrow! Last chemo treatment was a bit tougher for Anne and we are expecting tomorrow to be hard. Anne can “taste” the chemo now as they give it to her through her port and it makes her more nauseous during treatment. Anne didn’t finish her entire treatment last time. She and Stephen had to go back to finish the antibiotic portion of treatment a few days later. As we move forward, we have a new plan to help with the nausea and “taste”. Anne and Stephen will leave at 8:30 for the hospital tomorrow morning and won’t get home until 4:30 – it will be a long day.
Anne has managed to stay healthy and her blood counts have recovered well in-between treatments. Anne went to the Teen Holiday Meet-up at the cancer center last week. It was good for her to meet some other people her age also going through cancer treatment. Many of the kids were too sick to participate. These moments always give us a good perspective as we go through this experience. We are thankful for Anne’s health during treatment, and we are thankful that her cancer is treatable. Anne enjoyed making a ginger bread house at the holiday party (her house is the one on the right). There was another 18-year-old girl and a 16-year-old girl that she was able to talk with. I believe the hospital social worker has plans for another meet-up for the kids.
We have been preparing for a low-key Christmas. Stephen has done most of our shopping on-line. We are blessed to have friends and family in town. My parents are in Atlanta, so we will miss seeing them. Anne has chemo the week of Christmas, and Clark has several wrestling meets and tournaments around Christmas and New Year. It will be nice to just take it easy and enjoy spending time together.
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I like the red and white candy on top of her house, nice touch. We hope and pray the new plan to help with the nausea and “taste” works, and good luck to Clark with his wrestling tournaments.
Aunt Sue
So glad that you were able to meet up with others who really understand what you’re going through, Anne. We love you and are praying that the holidays were enjoyable to you in spite of being in the midst of chemo. We’re praying for you at 7:30pm every night. I hope that the end is starting to feel close and that your hope is rising.