Wednesday, February 19th - Appt with Dr. Breyer at 9:20 and 2nd Chemo Treatment today. Tiffany took me again. Valerie, with her broken wrist, and our friend Kim, stayed home to take care of the kids, clean, and prepare the house and my bedding. Because chemo emits some poisons from my body for a few days right after treatment, cleaning and hygiene have to be done a little differently, and more thoroughly right after treatments. My bed linens get doubled up, along with putting sheets on the couch where I sit. All laundry from my room gets washed, a new plastic laundry bag is hung, to keep separate, the clothes I wore for chemo and several days following. Floors are vacuumed again, dusting done, and furniture is wiped down.
Chemo #2 went well. I sat in the same ole' comfy chair with Tiff beside me. Looking around, I recognized a few people from before and saw some new ones. The room filled up fast again. I passed the time rereading some of Debbie's novel, Pauline, talking with Tiff, eating the lunch that Valerie had so lovingly prepared, and watching the snow flurries dance around outside the window. When I opened my lunch, I found the note that Valerie had written to me earlier in the morning, expressing her love and admiration for me, along with the hopes that the chemo treatment today would go well. I felt so loved reading that note, having Tiff by my side, covered with the quilt Suzanne had made me.
Surprisingly, time went by pretty fast and, after only 3 1/2 hours, we were ready to go.
My sister, Kathy sent me a pic of a guardian angel on text. We named her "Grace". :0)
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