Hi friends!
Life has been hectic.
I so appreciate you all checking up on me and all the well wishes.
My sister is doing okay. She's had two rounds of chemo and 14 days of radiation to her brain. The cancer metastasised to her brain. I don't remember if I told you all that. She's lost a lot of her hair due to the radiation to her head. Loosing her hair made having cancer very real. It was something you could actually see and feel.
Loosing your hair sucks.
She was hospitalized last week due to an oncoming bladder infection and her white blood cell count dropping way too low.
I'm learning a lot of new vocabulary. When your white blood cells drop too low you are called neutropenic.
What blows my mind is how "they" throw words at you that most people have never heard before. My sister had a sign on her door and was being referred to a neutropenic and not once did someone offer an explanation. I finally asked what it meant. They were very nice about explaining it and anything else I asked about -- but I don't understand why they don't just explain it in the 1st place.
She will go for another round of chemo in the morning. I will of course go with her. I have a lot of questions. I also have a lot of questions that can't be answered.
Other news in my world: My nephew Brent, has been seriously injured in Afganastan. I only know that he is alive and has a concusion. It is believed that he is the only survior from his vehicle.
War sucks!
I remember the day he was born. He was such a tiny thing to me. My baby brother's baby!! He was the 1st born child between my brother and me. My brother and I are full siblings -- all my sisters are half sisters. Somehow, when Brent was born, there was a burden lifted from me. My brother had fufilled the "family obligation" of passing on the name/family line, etc. Brent also brought so much to our family. Some stability that had not been there for a very long time. A future that before his birth looked somewhat dim.
There is so much more to say . . . I miss my blog. But I must go and pick Lovebug up from dance and then go to soccer practice. I'm trying to keep the kid's life as normal as possible during all of this other drama!
Until later, peace be with you all.
