tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43457064490100064522024-02-20T17:37:08.734-08:00JennJust when you thought you had it all figured out...Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05601467023412154689noreply@blogger.comBlogger2790125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4345706449010006452.post-89332307350244361032019-08-07T19:26:00.000-07:002019-08-07T19:26:11.654-07:00Daily double trouble: August 7, 2019It felt weird not to get up and write this morning. What is that saying? 30 days to make a habit or something? Well I had 60 and it definitely became a habit. I used to be much better about keeping this blog updated when the kids were smaller and maybe just a tiny bit more cute. No promises on if I'll stick to it this time, but I'll give it a whirl. It's fun for me to write and to have a tangible tracking of what the heck we did on any given day. Parenthood... well... it just sucks the life out of you sometimes, or at least the brain cells. Ask me in a day what we did last week? NO CLUE. And then there's the beauty of documenting it: THEN I KNOW. <br />
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Things have been... strange here. Colleen moved back home today. Oliver may follow shortly (back to his girlfriends). We are still kind of "on edge" and waiting to see if there is a 4th round or not, but in the meantime, it's sort of back to life as per usual. Like in a day we went from chemo and freaky fevers and hospitals.... now back to.... normal? As Owen would say....what the? I think I made the comment that it's like stepping out of the twilight zone and wondering what the hell just happened. ALL IN A MATTER OF A DAY. We were there and now we are here. And we were there June 7 and now it's August 7. And WHAT? I think we are going to have to process the hell out of all of this. <br />
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Luckily, the kids keep us mildly entertained so that our heads don't spin and blow off too readily: <br />
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<br />Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11293936211082182544noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4345706449010006452.post-28257647249162408232019-08-06T10:49:00.000-07:002019-08-06T10:49:49.700-07:00Day 60: August 5, 2019Day 15, round 3. AKA: the unofficial "last" day of chemo treatments. The day started off bright and early for the troops as they headed to SCCA for an early morning infusion and meeting with the doctor. Found out that weight was low (few more pounds lost), numbers were low (but not abnormally low) and everything else was "as expected." So, that's good news. The doctor also indicated that it will be at least 6 months before Oliver can really be "back to normal" in terms of work, school, feeling like himself, etc. Which is about as we expected. <br />
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It seems both simultaneously long and short since we began this journey. Remember the friend of the friend who I mentioned was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer the other day? She went to SCCA today to start her process- port placement, etc. Hearing her words of the shock of being at the center brought back a whole slew of memories from waayyyy back when we started. The shock of people at the center. The shock of actually being there in general. It's amazing how the novelty of that shock wore off so quickly to where now we are pretty immune to it. <br />
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The day was pretty normal by all accounts- Oliver felt tired and yucky, but that is about status quo or how he should feel. I am in a conference that I attend annually- this year based out of Washington DC, which is ROUGH given it starts at 5am Washington state time! The kids had a blast playing around in typical summer days. They set up a "track" to race... I mean, looks totally safe, right? <br />
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I decided to attend the conference online this year, just due to how things are going with Oliver-- that way I would be local and not 2000 miles away, for the just in case. TURNS OUT. Great decision. At around 5:30pm, Oliver spiked a 101 degree fever which continued to rise. By 6:30 it was 101.6. Colleen called SCCA who told them to go in right away. His white blood cell counts were so low earlier (almost neutropenic), so likely could be an infection given the fever. Justin, Colleen and Oliver headed in to the hospital for what is hopefully one last hurrah of that fun! Around 9pm, Justin texts to ask if I could come bring Oliver's car and pick him up because his fever was down to 99 and the ER was being incredibly slow at finding resolution (fast track: it took 7 hours for them to be released....) The kids and I were just heading to bed, but I think Justin felt bad about promising to be there for them, and given that every was "static" and likely Oliver would not be admitted, we were considering the 4am wake up calls for us both to work tomorrow morning. Turns out that they think Oliver has an infection ("general") and so sent him home with antibiotics after midnight. </div>
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We were lucky that we got to see a beautiful sunset on the way to/from the hospital! </div>
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And while there, Colleen and Oliver picked up a matching gown for Owen! </div>
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After a bit of a climax for this last day of infusions, given the unexpected hospital trip, I have decided that this is going to be the last DAILY update on Oliver's journey. It has never been my story to tell and I have mentioned before that it has been awkward at times telling such intimate details, even if I do live some of them personally. At this point, we are expecting the next couple of weeks to follow how the last couple of rounds recoveries have gone... lots of nausea, lots of fatigue, but mostly resting and powering through to heal. I started this forum to update everyone on how Oliver is doing, and it has served its purpose well. However, I am not sure that there will be many updates to post in the next couple of weeks that are very revolutionary other than the above- so my updates would mostly be pictures of Oliver on the couch saying: same old.. I will continue to post on an intermittent basis if there is anything "out of the ordinary" and obviously will post upon once we have the "next steps" and plan. <br />
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This has been a good resurgence of blogging so, that said, I will continue to post as I am able to about what's going on in our life- spoiler alert- it's mostly kids and looks a lot like the above. I won't be linking those posts to facebook so just check back here, and often, for anyone who cares to see new posts. <br />
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This has been a journey. I have a feeling it is far from over. I can't even put in to words how far we've come. And I likely have no concept, really, of how far we have to go. But for now, we head in to the last unofficial week of chemo which is the recovery period, and we fill hope-filled at what might lie ahead. As we march onward, we are lifted up and supported by the team that has surrounded us: the doctors, the hospitals, family, friends, supporters WE DON'T EVEN KNOW. All of these people have offered pieces of themselves to allow us the ability to continue on in this journey. We've learned more than we thought possible. We've shown strength when we felt weak. We kept going even when we felt like quitting. Above all, we have to believe we accomplished the main goal: healing. #oliverstrongJennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11293936211082182544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4345706449010006452.post-83790868755536659812019-08-05T06:46:00.001-07:002019-08-05T06:46:47.980-07:00Day 59: August 4, 2019Took me three days, but I have finally gotten on board that it is August. <br />
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I'm not going to lie, sometimes all of this is just overwhelming. I think that is where I personally was yesterday- for really no good reason. But sometimes it is just overwhelming, and I was in a bit of a funk. The treatment. What we are actually doing here (IE: CANCER). The cost of treatment. The implications of what is actually happening with chemo. Changes in all of us- whether good or bad. Justin missing work. All of the other stuff in life that continues regardless of treatment: house projects, work, kids, all the things that continue to speed right along and don't care about the elephant in the room that you are dealing with. You like to believe and think that life has stopped, but truthfully, it hasn't. It carries on with or without you, so if you don't keep up with it, when you get back to it, you find that you have some catching up to do, which sometimes makes it even that much more overwhelming. I think it's ok to embrace even the days where it seems overwhelming. It's ok to feel sad. It's ok to cry. We've had all of these emotions. It's not always a pretty process... clearly. And some days, even at the end of it all and perhaps even more so because it is the end of it all, it seems just... overwhelming. <br />
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Sometimes in those moments, it is hard to see the positive. It's hard to see how far we've come. It's hard to see that we are ALMOST OVER THE HURDLE. I don't have a good solution, either, for how to get through it. I tried to go on a walk- wasn't feeling it. Did some yard work... worked out a bit in the gym. Pretty much all half ass. Talked to Justin. Read my book in the sun. Basically tried all avenues of just allowing myself to breathe and decompress. Sometimes, you just have to allow yourself to be in a funk. I kept thinking, man life is hard. I think back 10 years ago to when I met and was dating Justin and our youthful "problems" and dreams. You kind of know you will be thrown challenges in life, but you never really expect to have CERTAIN challenges. I told him at one point yesterday, in some ways, selling everything and just starting all over in the middle of nowhere might be good once all of this is over.... that life is just hard and let's get back to the basics of what REALLY matters. Irrational I know. And CLEARLY, things could be MUCH WORSE. But, what we have learned is that sometimes you just have to embrace the muck. Embrace the feelings for what they are. I felt overwhelmed as we all have at certain points in this process, and the best way to combat that was just to try all those routes, and then realize that tomorrow is a new day in which we can just start all over again and hopefully being in a better frame of mind to tackle them one at a time.<br />
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First up: Oliver today. Did not feel well, at all. After several really good days, it is too bad that cancer/chemo reminds him all too clearly that he is still in this. He was tired, his throat hurt, just overall felt yucky. His buds came over to say goodbye (one of them is flying back to Michigan tomorrow), and they were all pretty low energy also. <br />
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What we did today? Did our best to enjoy the gorgeous summer weather in the pacific northwest. Bright and early this morning the kids, Colleen and I made the trek out to a blueberry farm by our house to pick blueberries! Next time we'll bring our hiking shoes and hike before or after. Owen couldn't believe that he has hiked this mountain before (he has!) <br />
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The kids were enamored! At one point Bennett said: I could do this all day. Until 5 minutes later he decided, maybe he was done. Ha! We have been before but Owen was too young to remember and Bennett was a baby on my chest.</div>
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We spent about an hour and got 8 pounds of blueberries! This is awesome, and we have huge bags of bluebs in the freezer now, too, for the winter! We might even have to go back there in a week or two, to get more to stock up for the winter. In case you didn't know: blueberries are definitely a superfood! Even better when you can pick them yourself and know the source. If you freeze huge bags, you can put them in your smoothies, or thaw out later to juice, etc. Win-win!</div>
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When we got home, Justin was still playing 50 million tree pick up. The game that never ends... he decided to take a load of the scraps to the dumb. GREAT PLAN! It actually ended up working really well as the dump by us takes yard waste (which we did not know).</div>
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Owen is of course our perpetual athlete, so his idea of changing clothes into something else was his baseball uniform. Ha! </div>
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Later in the evening, cuddling on the couch for family movie night. Pretty low key day, but we did get a fair amount of work done around here, and the kids had a blast with another summer day in which they just run all over, get dirty, enjoy the sun. We will miss these days once we are back in to the rhythm of school and the cooler days of fall. One more month to go! They start school September 4.</div>
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#oliverstrong with the mountain behind the picture. Kind of like the real #oliverstrong- with his army mountain behind him. One more day of chemo tomorrow, and then we are done with chemo... hopefully forever. We believe we will be done forever! </div>
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Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11293936211082182544noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4345706449010006452.post-81075074706187904062019-08-04T07:30:00.003-07:002019-08-04T07:34:07.658-07:00Day 58: August 3, 2019I STILL wrote July. Holy cow. What. is. wrong. with. my. brain. <br />
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It's not functioning. Or accepting the passage of time. <br />
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We are in this weird stage of treatment. I don't even know what you would call it. A transition maybe? From being 110% caregivers, to something lessor. To being in the depths of chemo, to slowly transitioning out. From having massive spreadsheets tracking meds, to being down to just a couple as we are in recovery and slowly, hopefully getting out of the hole in which we lived in for the past 60 days (also why I can't get past the fact that it's no longer July.. or June). There's a lot of talk and speculation about how everything is going to go and look post treatment. I think that ultimately I have decided it's kind of how this whole thing has gone: we are each impacted as individuals, and not one of us will respond in the same way. Some of us may be totally and completely changed and on to our "2nd mountain" per se, others, maybe not. Some of us may just return to things as they were before as if this was just a blip or a cold on the map. It's hard to imagine that, but, possible. <br />
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Of course in all of this, there's a bit of anxiety about what happens after this last round of infusions this week. You know: the SCANS. The big deal. Where it is revealed what actually happened and what responded during the treatment. I would say there is definitely a bit of anxiety around this piece. We could easily go down the what if path. What if, what if, what if. What if we are continuing to be one of those cases where the cancer just doesn't let up? What if it hasn't responded? What if we have to do one more round? Then all of a sudden we will be thrown from this in between transition stage from treatment to total recovery, rudely all the way back down to the bottom of the hole. We have to believe and have hope that this is it. We have to believe that the scans are all clear. That we hear the r- word in all its beauty: remission. And after that, we'll pick up, dust ourselves off and start down this new path we've started to blaze. We can't really see what it looks like yet, but we know that somehow, someway, we've come this far to see the light leading us. <br />
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Speaking of walking, first up this morning: walk for OG and his mama! It is really good to see him feeling well enough to get behind the camera again.<br />
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The boys were up to their normal summer shenanigans. Bennett was convinced that he could ride his bike again. Nope. 3 more weeks kid. So, then he became determined to get on the trainer, after poppy had the brilliant idea in response to his incessance that he could indeed ride. Both kids have been missing our normal summer mountain bike rides. Kind of hard to do when one of us is an injured soldier! </div>
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And, then of course, because little bro was doing it, big bro had to be on a trainer too, even though he is perfectly capable of riding NOT on a trainer... And that is how summer goes. They each want what the other has and there has been no end to fights. </div>
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The boys and I set off on some errands to give dad some time to do some work around the house. When we got back, Justin and I both had notifications that apparently there was an earthquake IN Fall City at 3pm. Neither of us felt it, but it was 4 miles from us- 2.7. Crazy! </div>
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As for the main man, there was more of this today. His buds came over again to keep him company. It was a day full of movies, laughs, and games. As the little boys asked: how come they just sit all day? They should go hiking! Haha! They were totally fascinated by the big boys, though, and kept peeking around the corner at them. At the end of the night, Bennett asked their favorite friend (Nick) if he would come back tomorrow, or maybe even move in? Hilarious. </div>
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After dinner, we played a little bit more of 50 million tree limb pick up. Just when you think it's going to end... you find more. PSA: cutting down 20 trees (HUGE TREES!) when you already have 60 million house projects going? What we like to call.. messy chaos. The boys were helping though! They were fascinated by getting to learn how to use the electric saw. If they pick up 5 logs, or raked, then they got to saw a big log....and repeat. By the end of the evening, they had almost the whole trailer pad picked up, so the trailer will get to be moved back down there in the next day or two. Yes! Baby steps of progress. </div>
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A few more long distance #oliverstrong photos today- first up- from my mom and friends back in Missouri. </div>
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And then from my cousin and her husband/kids in Pennsylvania!<br />
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...the kiddos being strong for Oliver. Love it, and I know he does too. </div>
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Throughout this whole journey, we have 100% gotten through it from the strength of others. For others being willing to chip in and help out, and from sending us strength when we didn't feel like we had any more of our own. I've said it before and will say it again: you know your tribe and then you REALLY know your tribe. And it's surprising to find out just who exactly those people are, and just what they are made of. It's humbling. It's amazing. It's family. It's pure and unfailing love. It's sheer humanity at its best. #oliverstrong. </div>
Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11293936211082182544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4345706449010006452.post-43430554827828437022019-08-03T07:16:00.001-07:002019-08-03T07:16:54.271-07:00Day 57: August 2, 2019I still wrote July in the title. AUGUST JENN. AUGUST. There is no point in beating the whole time thing to death. Clearly, I can't get my head around the fact that it's August. And also, actually, I will add to that: how do I have an almost 5 and 7 year old? Need to shake that one off a bit. Time... it just...goes. In the chemo land, it goes a little bit differently and a little bit more slow, but it goes. <br />
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Today, I saw a posting for a friend of mine who has a friend that was just diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer. Young mom. Just had a baby four months ago. Just had some weird symptoms so ended up going to the ER.... to find out THAT diagnosis. Obviously, what we have experienced with Oliver is different in a lot of ways. BUT also similar. She's a young mom, otherwise healthy. It was a complete shock, from the way I understood it. Not unlike how we felt about Oliver. How does someone so young get something so completely brutal? And how in any, way, shape or form is it fair? Although a very different scenario (I can't even IMAGINE being post partum, two young kids... and then THAT... literally... my heart just breaks), the emotions, I assume, are very similar. The unknowns of what lies ahead, the determination to be healed, the anger at the injustice, the grief at your life being turned upside down from what should have been. I freaking HATE this story, and we have lived it. I hate it for her, I hate what I know they are likely going through. She is also going to be treated at Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, who I do believe are one of the best, if not the best. But, my goodness, there are just no words sometimes. <br />
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On our end, Oliver was still feeling pretty great in this recovery period. Before leaving Wenatchee a shot with his cousin: <br />
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Bennett wanted to make sure that I took a picture of his sling to show grandma.... So here ya go, kid!</div>
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Our day was pretty uneventful. Owen had a play date with a friend, Bennett ran around like a crazy guy, I worked, and Justin worked to build a mailbox for our set of neighbors. All in all, a pretty normal day. We've had more and more of these lately, and it's good to feel like we are starting to get back in to a pattern. The big happening was that Oliver had 5 buddies over who came to see him. There were a LOT of laughs coming from them, and what sounded like an epic monopoly game. </div>
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Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11293936211082182544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4345706449010006452.post-42318204091675757232019-08-02T08:02:00.000-07:002019-08-02T08:15:21.294-07:00Day 56: August 1, 2019It took me 5 minutes to write the month and day in the title of this post because my brain and fingers were not quite working together to accept that it is AUGUST. Hello, welcome to the 8th month of the year, and also: whaaaat? It just so happens to be my most favorite month of the year: summer is in full swing, the weather is beautiful here in the pacific northwest, we're typically home and back from fulfilling summer vacations and usually magic happens in mid August. By that I mean: both of our boys were born in mid-August, we got married in mid-August, our house closed in mid-August. It's always a special time of year. This year mid August we are hoping for: cancer free aka REMISSION adding to the magic that this month brings. <br />
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Lately Justin and I have both had multiple conversations with people about how their summers have been and I would be completely remiss (and also lying) if I said that there wasn't some sort of twang of "man that sucks." You chat with people about how their summers have been and hear all about these epic vacations and adventures. As Justin said, "everyone is having the time of their life." It's not really a jealousy, as we have completely accepted our summer for what it is, but it's a bit of a sense of loss. As I've said before: for what should have been versus what is. Perhaps we should be more zen about it, but I think human nature is to feel this a little bit and that's ok. We feel it, we think about the dreams we had for this summer and what our "plans" were, and we then move on- it sucks, but there will be more of that in the future, and hopefully no more cancer. What we did this summer was exactly what we needed to do and was in NO ONE'S plans. We didn't plan to be in the hospital more days than we can count. We didn't plan for Justin to not really work at all. We didn't plan to be here at home all summer without ANY plan for the boys (because the plan was: we would be traveling a lot and Justin watching them when we weren't). We didn't plan for cancer to disrupt our plans. We didn't plan for the muck and the sheer hardness, emotion, pain and work that would ensue. Also, another lesson in that you can't really plan because things can change on a dime. A hard lesson for those of us that think that planning trumps all and want total control in the course.<br />
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That said: we made it to August intact. And in late May when all of this started to roll, crashing through even the best laid plans, August seemed to be a different lifetime away. A daunting prospect as we knew the elephant of all hurdles, called chemo, lay in the middle. We had to take each day as it came, never really knowing what we might see in any given day....and anyone who has followed this humble journey knows that there have been several. Perhaps that is the lesson too- versus just getting caught in being forward looking and perpetually looking to the next thing--the next house project, the next vacation, the next win at work-- we should all strive to live more in the now. We all know that. We've all heard that. It's the old cliché. But what if by doing so, and learning more importantly HOW to do so, we've allowed ourselves a different kind of joy than might have been possible otherwise? That might actually be worth more than 1000 vacations to have that perspective going forward. And as we all know, the opposite of pain is joy. So, despite the trials and the hurdles, there have been triumphs. There have been so many moments of joy. And there have been lessons in all of this that are not replaceable. And honestly, it's kind of a sad prospect to think: we could have just carried on without all of these life lessons. We could have had our normal summer, gone on vacations, puttered around the house, done the same old at work. But then, we would have missed out on finding joy in the depths, making memories we wouldn't have otherwise had, conquering some serious fears and overall shifting our perspective on LIFE- LOOK AT HOW FAR WE'VE COME. <br />
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Day 56, first day of August! Colleen texted to say that Oliver continues to feel pretty good. Awesome! <br />
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Later in the evening: slave labor. AKA: making the kids help clean up. To which Bennett put on the chain saw ear muffs and kept saying "I can't hear you" when we asked him to do something. That one... is special. </div>
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East of the mountains, Colleen and Oliver got out for a walk, AND he even broke out his camera. Yes! After the first round, we didn't think that we would ever have a "recovery" period like this. In some ways, it was kind of good to get the really bad round out of the way first. </div>
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Before bedtime, Bennett was distraught about why he has a "bump" on his collarbone now. So, leave it to ingenious dad to find a piece of spaghetti and gum to show him why he will have a bump on the bone, likely forever. Pretty cute. Kids were enthralled. And these are the moments where you say: ok, having kids is so worth it. The other million minutes a day where they are fighting or being punks.... these kind of minutes make up for that. Mostly. </div>
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With that, we march right in to August. We didn't have a real vacation this summer, but we had a "vacation." A vacation unlike any other we've ever experienced. It was a time where we had to completely leave ourselves and our life as we had planned it behind to outwardly focus on something totally different that was not planned. After the fact, we'll reflect and grow and all of this stuff that I've been spewing for 56 days: that. We'll take some growth with us, we'll have memories of this experience, we'll leave some things behind-- kind of like when you go on vacation. Except this vacation was called: climbing the mountain of life. #onward #oliverstrong</div>
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<br />Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11293936211082182544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4345706449010006452.post-58083645963425177242019-08-01T08:13:00.002-07:002019-08-01T08:13:38.049-07:00Day 55: July 31, 2019Someone said something to me today that made me take a pause. It's something that I have probably even said myself, so there's no negative connotation in that sentence. "Beat cancer." I'm not sure how I feel about this. It definitely feels like a large hurdle to overcome. A fight, of course. But for some reason today the beat cancer phrase made me stop and think.... like what if we shouldn't be trying to BEAT this? But rather, what if we should try to take it as a learning opportunity? Embracing it as another thread in the multiple lines of our life story? A chance to show our willpower? To overcome? What if it's not really something to be beaten per se, but healed? I mean can you really beat something that is going to be a part of you for the rest of your life? And do you really want to BEAT it? I don't know, it sort of implies to me that there is either a win or loss scenario here, but what if it is win-win all around? What if instead of beating something, we heal something...or heal everything? <br />
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What if in the process of healing the body from cancer, we not only heal the disease but heal our lives? It seems like a much more positive connotation than just "beating" cancer and then returning to life as per usual. I know it's a commonly used phrase and I'm probably overthinking it. I think at the beginning of all of this, we did enter it more as a fight, a chance to conquer something. It really did feel as if we needed to beat something. 55 days later, I can say with certainty.... it's a journey, not necessarily an all out battle. There have been countless lessons....in life, in love, in relationships, in health....for all of us. It's been healing in many ways: we have healed old wounds and relationships just by virtue of pulling together on this (and maybe endless days in two feet hospital rooms), we have learned more about each other, we have faced a fear of the dreaded C word and come together to overcome that fear, we have had countless lessons in the many faces of cancer- the treatments, the ups and downs, the whole story versus just the scary diagnosis.<br />
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In addition, I can personally say from all of this, that I have made significant changes to my life to be more healthy...another lesson. This was prompted by the path of Oliver, as well as reading cancer literature, and just wanting the best life for myself and my family. All of us want to live a long and happy life, and something that coincides with that is that you need the health to do so. If I can make little changes now, perhaps it allows me many fruitful years with my spouse, children, and grandchildren. I have always been pretty healthy, really, but it was time for a clean up- to get rid of the stuff that I don't need and is really a toxin on my body. To try to do better at relieving stress and relishing life. It is not always the easier route, but it is worth it for the long term health benefits, and not to mention overall well being. <br />
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All of that said, I think the stance I take now is this: cancer is not something to be JUST beaten. It is something to be HEALED. The body wants to heal. It wants to live and thrive. It was made to do so. Sometimes we get bad cells. And, we can hopefully heal them. But what we put in to and on our bodies does matter...it has before and it will continue to do so in the future. The kind of stress we feel and exhibit, does impact our wellbeing. After all of this is over, each individual will take some sort of healing lesson in it. Mine happens to be the changes I've made in my approach to wellbeing that works for me personally in terms of what I am putting in to my body and how I am approaching stress. Oliver's may be different- perhaps he was changed emotionally or mentally as a result of this experience, I don't really know. Justin's may be the peace and healing he got through this with Colleen. It's different across the board, but it's morphed in to a giant healing OPPORTUNITY versus just a fight to beat something. <br />
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Today was status quo. Another recovery day, and Oliver felt good enough to put jeans on! A solid 6. Yes! <br />
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He apparently even felt good enough to go out to lunch, which is great news. Colleen said the shot in the stomach was no issue either. Even better. These recovery periods are SO much better than those of round 1 where there was no "recovery." It was just... hell. This seems like how it should be. We are glad that we have figured out the drugs and what works to keep him comfortable to actually be able to recover. </div>
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Owen may have tripped while being a punk and chasing his brother. It was a lesson in karma! (He's fine... teensy tiny scratch you could barely see....)</div>
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All in all, another low key day. Things are definitely starting to transition. Back to normal, or at least something resembling something of a new normal. It feels INSANE that it is the last day of the July, but having a sense of normalcy pop its head up gives us hope in the next few months. #oliverstrong.Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11293936211082182544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4345706449010006452.post-53102594720209624492019-07-31T08:09:00.000-07:002019-07-31T08:09:05.941-07:00Day 54: July 30, 2019We are definitely at the tail end of this process. I feel like a broken record of: we are hanging in there. Nothing really new to report. Things are slowly feeling like they are somewhat getting back to "normal" in terms of: Justin and I are both working, Justin is starting to pick up the house projects again (case in point: TREES!) We are not so concerned about shuffling the kids here, there and everywhere because Justin is mostly around to take care of them, as per usual, while I'm working. We haven't had any incidents of fever or needing to run to the ER for Oliver. So, kind of status quo... a new normal, but easing in to it nonetheless. <br />
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In another couple of weeks, we will likely experience another shift. An end to the treatments. An easing back in to the....next phase. Whatever and however that looks, we really don't know. We are seeing medical bills pile in which indicates that we are nearing the end of SOMETHING in terms of: we clearly have been at this long enough to start to see the after path and the impact of what we've been doing. (Also: yay? No. Actually: scary for Oliver in terms of the financial impact of healing!) I mean, it's never been about money or how much the treatment costs, but HOLY COW. It is astounding how much the cost of treatment is. <br />
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In terms of easing back in to normal life, I totally slacked on the pictures today... which means, today was by all accounts "normal." It started off Colleen getting Oliver more anti-nausea meds to keep that under control, Justin and the little boys running errands, and me working away. Again, pretty normal by all accounts. <br />
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Also, since it is day #9 of round 3, we started the shots again in Oliver's stomach. Again, totally neglected a picture. Whoops! The one phase that I think has been uttered most around here in the last few days is "OVER IT." As in we are all just over it. Utterly and completely. Obviously staying strong, and fighting until the end, but just ready to be AT THE END. The person who mostly wants to be at the end, is Oliver. He's definitely crabby, as any of us would be, just grouchy and overall snippy. I think the volume of the little boys is annoying him, as much as we try to keep them outside and away from his space. So, all of that said, he and Colleen decided to go back to Wenatchee for a few days in this recovery period. I think he needed a change of scenery and some solitude from the chaos of our house that is constant movement with two little kids and things constantly happening. <br />
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After they left: boys working on cars: <br />
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I think the little boys were excited to have some free reign as well in terms of not being constantly told to use their whisper voices and not move/jump as little boys are so inclined to do. They totally understand Oliver is not feeling well, so they've just been loud and jumping outside. Hard to totally tamper that all the time in the house, but we've tried! They are here playing the spinning game after dinner. The decibels and laughs were....loud. But joyous. Hilarious. </div>
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Following a pretty big day of all things that are summer (IE: PLAYING!), we settled in for family movie night on the couch. Look at those profiles... I think they MIGHT be related. <br />
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We got word from Colleen that she and Oliver had made it back safe and sound to Wenatchee and Oliver was feeling a comfortable 6, which was great news on all fronts. He had settled in, was eating well, and doing great. This is SO much better than the throes of day #9 in round 1 or even round 2, both of which we were either in the hospital or just back from the hospital. A low key recovery period is just what we needed in this final round. #oliverstrong. </div>
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Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11293936211082182544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4345706449010006452.post-63667236163389020712019-07-30T09:43:00.001-07:002019-07-30T09:43:39.732-07:00Day 53: July 29, 2019Day #8, round 3. Technically the second to last day of chemo. So only ONE MORE after this one. I think we are all getting towards the end of our ropes. The first round was mostly nerves and not really sure what was going to happen. The second round we had figured out a plan and were ready to fight! The third round, especially as we are nearing the end, I think we are all tired. Oliver, especially, is a bit grumpy. It is comparable (not that anything is really comparable) to the 9th month of pregnancy where you are just PISSED, huge and ready to be done. Basically, you are over it. And over it, we all are. ESPECIALLY Oliver. When you wake up everyday feeling like complete crap, it takes a toll. <br />
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That said, we are hopeful in that we CAN see the light. The numbers look promising enough to give us hope that this is the final round. We have to focus on that because if there is more, it would just feel defeating at this point. So we are throwing out to the world that we believe this to be the last, and are confident that will be the case. <br />
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Starting off day 53 with a 9am blood draw at SCCA, and mom ensuring that Oliver only got poked once with the IV try (IE: make sure it's not a novice doing it): <br />
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Meeting with the doctor went well again. Everything looks normal. Weight was down slightly but nothing to be concerned about. Vitals look good, which means his body is still responding well to treatment. His electrolytes were down slightly, so just an added emphasis on keeping him drinking. He was at about a consistent 7 all day today- so not feeling super hot. But, again, we have a method of meds that seem to be working, so we can stay on those well enough to keep a handle on it and to keep him eating. </div>
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A 7 is still pretty terrible, however. Think about it- on a scale of 1-10, 10 being the worst.... feeling like a 7, or 8, or 9 every day for WEEKS on end- you just start to get mad. And don't even really have the energy to be mad because you feel like such crap. Think: worst flu ever. Times 53 days. It doesn't help when SCCA scheduling sucks and gives you HOURS to wait in between doctor visits and infusion time. They say they do this in case doctors are running late- well, our doctor never is. So we end up waiting forever. Which really sucks when Oliver doesn't feel well. After a while, Colleen was able to talk them in to letting us back early to give him some relief. </div>
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Got back to the room, got some more drugs, and promptly was able to pass out. Thank god. It was a pretty short lived nap as today's infusion was just the bleo- a ten minute one. They were only in the infusion room for about an hour before they headed home.</div>
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Oliver got home and settled and spent the afternoon hanging with girlfriend Lexi. He also got some visitors from his uncle/aunt and cousins (Colleen's brother and family)-- of which I forgot to take pictures. It was a pretty busy day for him! </div>
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Bennett had a busy day too-- here he is bound and determined to have safety first as they attempt to build a bike course in our yard. </div>
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And playing frisbee this evening. These little guys are so funny- you never know what's going to strike them as the MOST FUN GAME EVER. This made the list for some reason today, despite the fact that we've had these frisbees forever. </div>
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Our #oliverstrong shot today comes from the mountains. Soon, we will be back there ourselves. So much peace in the mountains and being out in them. Can't wait to get back out there. #oliverstrong.</div>
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<br />Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11293936211082182544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4345706449010006452.post-65771921940373191042019-07-29T08:54:00.001-07:002019-07-29T08:54:28.021-07:00Day 52: July 28, 2019Somehow we are almost to August. Let that sink in for a moment. Maybe a lot of people feel like they have adequately lived through 7 full months this year, and so that makes sense. There is nothing in my head right now where it makes sense that it is almost AUGUST. I mean, what? It doesn't help matters that our time effectively stopped in mid May. And the last 52 days have been a blur. Of time, of course, but while we obviously LIVED those days, they were days in which were just a big blob of what we call cancer treatment and so feel like they shouldn't count in our march through time to AUGUST. <br />
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Like why can't we just accept that time stopped in May, go through the chemo/cancer treatment for 70 days, but then get to go back to that day that time stopped AFTER treatment and relive the last 70 days without the chemo and cancer?<br />
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Then it might make more sense that it is almost August. <br />
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Clearly, it doesn't work like that, but I just can't quite connect the dots that we are almost to the 8th month of the year. And I really have no idea how we got here. It feels like when you watch something on fast forward... like we just watched our lives flash by and tried to kind of grasp what was happening in the blur, but couldn't really take hold. That's about where I'm at right now. <br />
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The day started with more of the 600 tree clean up! Wait, back up- I lied. It started by Justin taking the boys to pick up a giant door that weighed no less than 500 pounds....which I then helped him unload later in the day. Muscles! Colleen and I ran to get some things for juicing while they were gone... juicing is supposed to be SO good- for everyone, really, but especially for cancer patients and helping to detox after chemo. <br />
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After that, it was tree clean up time. Again. <br />
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While we were working on the incredible amount of trees, Colleen took the boys to the river. It was a hot sunny day, so sounds like there were a ton of people down there, but the boys had a blast. Also- when did they get so big??</div>
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Colleen also got them ice cream treats after they got home. Happy boys of summer right there!</div>
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Later in the day: Owen at work watering for our neighbor. He's so cute how seriously he takes it. <br />
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And how's the main guy? He's ok. Not great. Not awful. We aren't in the hospital. For day 7, round 3, that is winning. He's about a consistent 5-7, but with THC and other meds, it seems we can kind of control the nausea. He said this morning "I feel better than yesterday, but still feel like total shit- guess that's why there are drugs!" </div>
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SO many #oliverstrong photos today! These are still so heartwarming. We even got a note from a friend who said that she got a chicken and named it Oli, in Oliver's honor. So sweet. </div>
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And finally, big brother Bailey rocking #oliverstrong on his work hard hat. Love it. </div>
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Now we move in to the final 2 weeks of round 3. Tomorrow- short day of chemo, and hopefully an easy recovery. #oliverstrong</div>
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It was a disaster. <br />
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Luckily we had warned our neighbors that the road would be blocked- two were out of town and one was not going anywhere. Which was good... because the road was blocked from about 9am to 5pm with down trees. Justin chain sawed for a good 7 hours alongside the tree guy (who was here for about 4). Bailey and I both worked to help clean up- I was out there for about 4-5 hours. <br />
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I remember muttering during a million runs of the pick up game, just another freaking crazy ideas, freaking JUSTIN. Just another one of his loony ideas that seems like a good idea until he forgets that the "little" trees are only little compared to the 200 foot evergreens NEXT to the little ones. THEY ARE NOT LITTLE. WHAT WAS HE THINKING? Twenty?! I mean... seriously? Maybe start with ONE? <br />
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At 6pm when we finally sort of finished (not really...still giant piles of trees out there we need to deal with, but our driveway and our neighbors driveways are clear), I looked around and guess what? I saw sunlight. I was standing in our driveway and instead of being shaded in, the light was coming through. And I was shocked. <br />
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We are not known for being conservative and not biting off more than we can chew. This is pretty typical where we just dive on in and then deal with the aftermath (I would say we are both guilty of this in many respects). But regardless of the clean up, regardless of spending our day in a little bit of a different way than expected, at the end of the day, the results were...astounding. The amount of light we let in, the team effort it took to get there... we felt accomplished. A team. And we saw what the end result was going to be. And it was worth it. <br />
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This is what Oliver's treatment has been like. A virtual 20 tree tear down. All in. Dealing with the aftermath, because we weren't really sure of the size of obstacles (trees) we were going to have to conquer. And at times, it has been a complete and utter disaster. Where we just looked around and weren't even sure where to begin. And didn't feel like the mess would ever end. But, at the end of the day, we pulled together, worked as a team, and could see the light. I am 100% not kidding you, this is what occurred to me as I was standing there looking at the complete change in my yard last night. I was covered in sap, had tree guts down my shirt, my pants, and in my hair, and had carried no less than 600 logs, but I saw the light and realized how similar this brief day adventure was to Oliver's story. Sometimes life is funny like that- the parallels and the lessons in the day to day to the biggest, hardest formative experiences. <br />
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Bright and early at 8:30am, the fun started:<br />
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While we were in the land of trees, Oliver spent most of the day like the below. Actually, he spent a big chunk of the day in bed in his bedroom. Day 6 is historically one of the worst, and he just felt like crap. He was able to manage and fight through if he just laid down and stayed still. While it sucks that he feels so bad, it was a MUCH better day 6 than round 1. Round 2 was probably comparable, but I think this was even better than that because he is mentally fighting... I think it helps that he knows that the hurdles are getting close to being towards the end.</div>
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And at around 7:30 pm, Oliver said, ok, I think I am ready to go somewhere. Wow, really? Day 6! Ok, let's do it! So he and Colleen trekked to the mailbox. That is a HUGE win and accomplishment for day freaking 6! That is absolutely like seeing how much of a difference taking trees down is....complete light and hope at the end of the day. </div>
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<br />So much #oliverstrong today. There was a shift in him, a fight we haven't quite seen before. It felt like a shift in how he's doing mentally. The #oliverstrong today was defined BY HIM in his fight and his vigilance to make it through even what is typically the hardest day. What an inspiration to us all. </div>
Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11293936211082182544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4345706449010006452.post-3003699004942199592019-07-27T09:27:00.002-07:002019-07-27T09:29:02.280-07:00Day 50: July 26, 2019Day 50. WOW. We made it to day 50. 50 is symbolic for some reason. It's half of 100. 100 being a LOT. It's the end of what we believe is the last big 5 day block of chemo treatment. It's a major milestone. Day 12 popped up last night for some reason, and I was reading through that. All I can say is: what a journey it has been. What. a. freaking. journey. <br />
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We are not done yet, and there is a lot of hard work to be done. In a lot of ways, getting to the "end" is really just getting to the beginning. A sort of rebirth I guess. Another chance at life. The post cancer life. There are people that have said to us, well what if this doesn't work? What if he has to keep having treatments? What if, what if, what if. There are ALWAYS what ifs. We have to have faith to believe that this is it. We trust the doctors, we trust the process, we trust that his body is healing. We have to. Quite simply, there is no other option. <br />
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Faith is such a funny thing. A lot of people have a lot of it. Faith in their religion, their god, their hopes, dreams, life, etc. But when you think about it, it's kind of a hard concept to grasp. I was trying to explain it to the kids- it's truly just a BELIEF, an intangible. An unquestionable conviction in something, even if you can't see it or feel it. In this case, a gut KNOWING that we are going to make this and kick cancer's ass in the process. <br />
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We know the next two weeks are going to be grueling. We have three rounds of chemo built up in him at this point, and chemo by definition means putting toxic chemicals in to your body- obviously for the purpose of healing. That said, as we all know (but probably most of us can't even imagine), it feels like absolute ass and the cumulative effects continue to build as we wrap up the process of treatment. However, despite how brutal we know these next few weeks might be, there is one thing that is getting us through. The HOPE that is two weeks. TWO WEEKS. We've come 50 days to be looking at, technically, only 14 more of chemo treatments. How freaking amazing is THAT?!<br />
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Day 50 started bright and early at 6am again for chemo treatments at SCCA. Unlike day 49, but like days 1-3 of this cycle, the IV attempts were many. After several tries they finally brought in a professional. Again, FAIL for not already having something in his file to say, maybe start with a professional versus poking him and failing 4 times first? But what do I know... <br />
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I was by the pot shop and made my 2nd stop in there- I think this qualifies me as no longer being a pot shop virgin? Maybe? I handled it like an old pro....or something. Ha. Except that I forgot that Oliver wanted capsules and not edibles. Duh. But, we'll give these a shot and see how he likes them.</div>
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I got home to Justin doing this.... uhhh…. are you going camping? Ha. Nope, just moving the trailer around because why not add a tree cutter to down 8 evergreens tomorrow to our chaos? Sounds like fun! I mean, we already have no less than 20 projects started right now, let's add more! Yippee. In fairness, he has about a million blocks to finish a wall and has to get the trees down to continue it... the timing is just funny.</div>
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Colleen and Oliver got home around 6pm. Oliver seemed to be feeling slightly better than the night before. I think it helps him mentally to know he's done with the big chunk. Mr. B building with OG in the background.</div>
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Reading time before bed. The kids spent the latter half of the afternoon playing with neighbor friends again (no pics), and so they were wiped. After basically dual meltdowns, they were in bed early. </div>
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And with that, we wrap up day 50. Day 1 seems like a different lifetime ago in terms of mindset. We were scared. We had no idea what this journey was going to hold. We were terrified of the implications of cancer and chemo. We had no idea of the changes, growth, and even blessings that we would experience along the way. The one thing that hasn't changed from day 1, is that despite the change in feeling from day 1 to day 50 and all of the in between stuff, we still have faith. We had faith then, that despite being utterly terrified, it would be ok. We took a step and a deep breath on day 1 when we marched as a team in to SCCA. And then another step. And then another step. Sometimes we crawled. Sometimes we lifted each other up. Sometimes we just laid on the ground in a ball crying, waiting for the support of our team to encourage us to get back up. But, whatever we did, we KEPT MOVING. And by keeping moving, we arrived at day 50. Still with the faith and hope that not only will we make it through day 6 of round 3 (always bad in terms of how Oliver is feeling), and day 7 of round 3 (also probably bad), but we will make it to day 53. Then to day 55. Then to day 60. And eventually, we will make it to the beginning of the next journey. What is so cool about this, is that every blind step we collectively take, we grow even stronger. In our belief, in our relationships, in our health, and in our faith that we will come out of this stronger than we were before. #oliverstrong.</div>
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Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11293936211082182544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4345706449010006452.post-81017093733452955582019-07-26T07:48:00.001-07:002019-07-26T07:48:11.065-07:00Day 49: July 25, 2019Well, that was a fun temper tantrum yesterday! The emotions of this thing are wild. Some days you are just... mad. Some days you are accepting. Some days you are determined to fight. Yesterday, I was just... pissed by it all, and on no account of my own. It just sometimes seems so unfair, because mostly it is--to Oliver. Today, I am in a much better place. That's sort of how it goes on the roller coaster of this ride. We have all gone through our varying emotions, and probably will until we settle at the end. <br />
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Today, was much better in terms of where our heads are, or at least where mine is. But again, that is the flux of emotions. Every day, you just kind of roll with it and embrace it and try to do so with some form of grace. It may not always be pretty, but I didn't start documenting this journey to portray it as anything other than what we are living every day. It is often messy, dramatic, and, clearly, there's some amount of emotion swing. Through it all, we have the constant of love. We are angry because we love Oliver. We are sad because we love Oliver. We are happy and invigorated because we love Oliver. We are a better family BECAUSE of this experience with Oliver. Above all, we are trying, and one day, one step at a time, we are making it. <br />
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Day 49. Holy cow. Almost 50 days. 5-0. That quite honestly blows my head up a little bit. It's really interesting because it seems like SO long ago we started this, but at the same time, it doesn't seem like it was quite 50 days. Kind of have to shake my head at that a little bit. <br />
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Oliver feels pretty terrible. And by pretty terrible I mean, he is god awful miserable. On the 1-10 scale, he's an 8.5-9 pretty much right now. Puke bag or bowl traveling everywhere with him. Luckily during the chemo days (day #4 of this 5 day block), he basically passes out all day. So, it's good that during these days, he can at least get some comfort and rest during the treatment. <br />
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Towards the end of these 5 day blocks, he is really too weak to walk. So we wheeled him out. We are hoping that on days 6-7 he is able to recover sufficiently. We are hoping so anyway, although we know from historical experience in the two prior rounds that days 6-7 can be pretty rough. I think the difference between now and round 1 is that we are sort of expecting it to be rough, and know that with the 3 of us, we can deal with anything (meaning Colleen, Justin and I taking care of him). </div>
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Meanwhile, the kids had a BLAST at Mimi's house (what they call our neighbor). She is so amazing to just offer to take our kids and run with them all over with her kids. 4 boys is a lot for anyone, although I know they do entertain each other.... but, so good for them to have some play time with friends and time away from the hospital. Especially friends who are like family, who just take our kids as their own and don't expect anything in return. We really don't have any family around who could or would do this for us... so we are so grateful for the Mimi's of this world who we have adopted as an extension of our family (and other friends around who are the same- you know who you are!) </div>
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It was so funny, after the combo of meds kicked in, Oliver actually got a bit chatty! He was telling us all about a trip he took last fall and was talking about how on this trip that is when his ball started to hurt. I'm not sure if I ever talked about how he knew there was an issue. So let this be a message to anyone who is a man and/or has a young man (good to note: this is the most prevalent cancer in young men ages 15-25 or so). Basically what happened was in September, Oliver felt a lump on one of his testicles. Which hurt and was painful. My understanding is that these type of things are not always felt, so perhaps like women should do breast exams, men should do self ball exams. I think most men kind of check their goods regularly anyway, but probably a good idea to ring the alarm if something feels unusual. I have a feeling that if the lump didn't hurt, the story may have changed slightly- not sure on that, but possibly. </div>
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However, it DID hurt, so Oliver visited his primary care doctor shortly after. This guy did not even CONSIDER cancer as an issue: young male, healthy- how could it be cancer? As we have learned, and possibly more people should take note of: very common in young males. The primary care doctor put him on two rounds of antibiotics thinking it was an infection. Each round at about 10-14 days. There was no change, and in fact the lump was growing and so painful it was getting tough to walk. When the primary care doctor wanted to put him on 3rd dose of antibiotics, Oliver called it and searched out a new doctor. It was at that point that it was discovered it was in fact cancer, and needed to come out ASAP. So, he found it in September, very small growth, diagnosed in October after 2 rounds of (failed) antibiotics. Surgery was basically urgent and immediate in mid-October. By that time the lump had grown from pea size to grape sized, as it was explained to me, and was fully engulfing the testicle. When the surgeon went in, there were also growths found on the lymph nodes, which he also took out. SO: do self exams. If anything feels weird, get it checked. It sucks that Oliver was in pain with his, but honestly, if he wasn't, it could have gotten out of control very quickly, so we are grateful for that. </div>
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And with that, we sail in to round 3 day #5. Last long day of this round. We are relieved to be through this block, although some hard days might follows. But, ever onward we go. #oliverstrong. </div>
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Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11293936211082182544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4345706449010006452.post-30897920412109991792019-07-25T08:21:00.000-07:002019-07-25T08:21:15.880-07:00Day 48: July 24, 2019I hate chemo. The more I read about it, the more I hate it. The more we experience its side effects, the more I hate it. Just when I thought I couldn't hate it anymore, I do. It seems so counter-intuitive to me that THIS is what is going to heal Oliver. This was a decision we made based on the information we had at the time, and I know we made the right decision based on that information. But seeing him go through this, reading about chemo drugs, reading about their long-term side effects, and the numbers that coincide with that? I just can't reconcile it all. How the hell can THIS get to THAT? "That" being a healthy 20 some year old who carries on with his life, as in the before. I try to stay calm and find peace in this, but when you see your kid completely decimated by the drugs that are supposed to heal him, it just doesn't line up right in your brain. <br />
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In fact, it quite honestly makes me want to punch someone. And I wouldn't say I'm a violent person. <br />
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But today, I'm just mad. And I don't feel like being positive. And I don't understand how the "First, do no harm" of the medical profession applies here. Ok, first do no harm- what I understand to be the first "law" of medicine. Except for chemo. Then FIRST, DO HARM. Then the rule applies. Maybe. But after 5 years, probably you're shit out of luck. If we're looking at numbers. Maybe you'll be one of the lucky ones with no long term side effects down the road. But hey, you won't have cancer! You might just have other stuff forever. Yay? Don't tell me that the "harm" is actually good because it's eradicating cancer cells. WE ALL KNOW that is what it is supposed to do. But let's look at everything else it is doing as well. <br />
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It also makes me mad that I feel like we lost months where we maybe could have avoided this aggressive treatment of chemo. Meaning after Oliver's surgery in October, maybe some changes could have been made to lifestyle, to mental/spiritual health, to nutrition, that would have set his body up for not such aggressive growths. We kind of all naively thought (and quite truthfully, wanted to believe) that after the surgery, everything was gone and so he would be fine. And went back to life per usual. I'm not suggesting that we could have changed course- maybe? maybe not?- but perhaps we should have tried harder. <br />
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It's impossible to know. And you'll drown yourself with the what if's. But you still kind of go there, ESPECIALLY when you think about man, what if we could have avoided some extent of THIS. <br />
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I understand that this particular treatment has a success rate in testicular cancer. I know that there are often no other options. But I just can't help but try to reconcile that there HAS to be a better way of treating cancer than damn near killing a person, or at least making them feel like they are dying. Clearly, I have no hand in the cancer industry- research, treatment or otherwise. I'm just an accountant and a mom who thinks that something is just so messed up with it all, and that's saying it nicely. I don't have the answers, and I am truthfully just venting. But I have to believe somewhere deep down that there is a better way. Maybe immunotherapy is making strides. Maybe some combo of western medicine along with more non-invasive efforts of allowing the body to use the tools that it inherently has to heal itself. <br />
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This is not an uplifting post. This is not really living in the moment and focusing on hope. This is really just an overall disgust in the process of trying to heal something that is beyond your control and in that process you see someone suffering beyond belief. Someone who is a 22 year old who 100% DOES NOT deserve this. You sort of go down this path when you are completely and utterly helpless, and you just get mad. And, that's where I'm at this morning. I'll breath, I'll find the positive (there are so many!) but chemo? It sucks. <br />
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Day 48: Round 3, day 3- more than halfway through this 5 day block. The team left for Seattle early this morning to head to Seattle for another early morning treatment start. Justin and I stayed behind again to juggle the little kids and work commitments. It totally sucks as we WANT to be at treatments, but also know that Oliver is comfortable there/sleeps all day. The real work comes when he is home and utterly uncomfortable. Without anyone to watch the kids, and both of us trying to stay working, we've kind of had to come to peace with this the last couple of days (and luckily he has Colleen there with him, too!)<br />
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It took 3 tries to get his IV in yesterday again. I guess another side effect of the chemo is that it makes it harder to access the veins (which is why most people do go with a PIC line or port). He is super hydrated this week due to hydration during the treatments, so that is not the issue.</div>
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At home, B-nut actually got a shirt on today. First shirt attempt since he broke his collarbone! </div>
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Justin and the kids left for Seattle at around 11am. Here they are with Colleen watching cheerleaders. For some reason Owen has had the cheerleader song in his head on repeat. He didn't realize that cheerleaders could also be boys- so here they are getting educated. Ha! </div>
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Of course the kiddos only last so long in the room, and so left on a walk in the surrounding areas of Seattle. <br />
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At the end of the day we were able to get a picture with Casey and Oliver. Love it. We LOVE Casey, but would love to also not see her again (at least working)! Hoping that after this round we are done! As Colleen said, Oliver had to dig deep to take these pictures. He has been at about a 8.5-9 on the scale- super nauseous. Super tired. </div>
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Once home, he just crashed. He just feels like absolute crap. Wanted a bowl. Thought he would puke. We kept up on his meds, but as he described it, he said it's just a surreal feeling of feeling like everything in your body just wants to come out. Like it's just completely torn up inside. </div>
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And I took a walk to try to find some peace and serenity in all of this. To know we are doing the right thing. To remember the positives: the pulling together of our family, finding new relationships, having a reason for change and a greater good, and ultimately, hopefully, healing the cancer that got us all here and coming out of it stronger and more unified. There is a purpose. I do believe that. But, the process of getting to a point of seeing that purpose through the hell of parts of the journey can sometimes be overlooked. But we keep marching on knowing that the days of hell will eventually be over, and we'll come out on the other side. #oliverstrong.</div>
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<br />Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11293936211082182544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4345706449010006452.post-505984822810990722019-07-24T08:23:00.000-07:002019-07-24T08:27:45.887-07:00Day 47: July 23, ,2019Does everyone know that chemo brain is actually a thing? Probably not. I didn't. Until now. Again with the amazing things that you learn throughout all of this. CHEMO BRAIN IS A THING. Kind of like pregnancy brain. And also mom brain. Both of which I am intimately familiar with. That also extends to dad brain, which is also a thing. In other words: complete brain fog as a result of some sort of experience. Like chemo. Or kids. <br />
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Or, the more official definition by the mayo clinic: "Chemo brain is a common term used by cancer survivors to describe thinking and memory problems that can occur during and after cancer treatment. Chemo brain can also be called chemo fog, cancer-related cognitive impairment or cognitive dysfunction.Though chemo brain is a widely used term, the causes of concentration and memory problems aren't well-understood. It's likely that there are multiple causes."<br />
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We have definitely noticed some signs of brain fog in Oliver. Questions that don't make total sense, texts that don't make total sense, memory not totally all there (in fact! We were even able to trick him in to eating two dinners today because he had forgotten he had eaten the first one...true story- ha!) All of that to say: totally normal. Could be true chemo brain or could be a mix of the drugs he's on, or could be both. We are not alarmed by it and if it serves to help us trick him in to eating more, perfect. <br />
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Did you know that this also appears to cross the bridge to providers as well? I haven't talked to Justin and Colleen about this specifically because I forgot (Look! Case in point!), but have been thinking about it. I'm not sure if it's just the effects of being so focused on something that you forget minor details, or the passage of time that makes days kind of all glob together, or worrying about the bigger picture things. But MAN. I have been doing some questionable things that make me pause and think, ok wow- this completely feels like pregnancy brain all over again. Also: wow. Just said wow twice. Again: case in point. I think it's kind of like PTSD or something, and I have a feeling all of us are feeling it to some degree, and I also think it's likely normal. One example: I keep thinking to myself, gosh it's going to be great weather for the 4th of July. Have actually said that to a couple of people, and have gotten weird looks. OH YEAH. Whoopsie. Already in almost late July. PASSED THAT A WHILE AGO. Or: I need to reach out to so and so, only to realize: already done. Or oops, I said I would reach out to so and so and never did. Whoops. Repeating myself with something that I've already said (and have noticed we are all doing this). Doing things you don't really remember doing (IE: I have gotten a couple of emails at work thanking me for something I had done/said- vaguely remember doing things but not specifically. Funny enough, I sit there and think, wow, that was pretty good Jenn... nice work. HA!) <br />
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I truly believe we are just so focused on treatment and Oliver's care, that it's hard to sort out the minute details from the BIG STUFF. IE: Making sure Oliver is ok. Living in the minutes of: making sure his nausea and fever are under control. Making sure he eats. Making sure he has meds. Making sure we are generally ok...food, a little sleep. Making sure the kids are ok. Trying to stay on top of work. Paying bills enough so that you are sort of on top of things that you need in terms of making sure that the power still comes on.... Everything else is kind of peripheral. You sort of notice is, but it's almost like you don't have the brain space to deal with it, so it just doesn't register. It's really quite an odd phenomenon. <br />
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All of that to say: another crazy experience in this whole cancer/chemo process that I don't think any of us expected. We are hoping the fog lifts as we near the end of this treatment process. For Oliver, the impacts can last longer as a true side effect from chemo, but hoping because he is young, it won't be so bad. <br />
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Day 2, round 3. Oliver woke up feeling a 5, which is pretty good! The first couple of days of a cycle are generally ok-ish. We have all decided that TYPICALLY days 4-7 are the worst. Not sure why, really, but likely due to the build up of chemo. <br />
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There was a lot of trouble yesterday getting Oliver's IV in. It took 3 times and 2 different nurses. Sounded like his veins kept collapsing. Poor guy. Probably a result of being poked quite a bit as well as a bit of dehydration. Makes it seem like the PIC would have been a good idea when the IV doesn't go well, but at this point, kind of irrelevant. We are way past that! </div>
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After a little snooze, Oliver woke up to eat. Glad that he is still eating this round. We were a little worried about him keeping that up a few days ago. </div>
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Back at home, Justin had gone in to work in the morning and headed home around 9:30am. I was with the kids and we were debating our plans for the day. Without anyone to really watch the kids, it's kind of on us to juggle (I mean, obviously). And it's not like we can really take them down to Seattle for the duration of the treatment. That would be catastrophic. And loud. Like Justin worked yesterday morning, I also really needed to get some work done. While I'm staying on top of it, like I said, there is a slow avalanche coming my way and I want to get in front of that so I'm not totally pummeled (typical of this time of year, so not a result of being out for Oliver's treatment). I decided I would stay back to work today- while I can work in the hospital, it's just not as productive and in the first few days of the cycle where Oliver is mostly sleeping and comfortable, it made sense to not go there and to stick around here to help Justin juggle the littles, if needed. Justin was then going to take the kids to the hospital for a while, but then by that time it was early afternoon and they only had a few hours left at the hospital anyway, so he elected to just stay back as well. I think we both felt weird not being there, but also know we are doing the best we can to juggle everything. Too bad there is not a way to clone ourselves sometimes! </div>
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Justin is also building a new mailbox for our group of neighbors and to keep the kids out of the house so I could power through work, he enlisted the kids as help to stain the wood. Win and win! </div>
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He also hooked up a trailer to Owen's bike, which was another dual win! Bennett got to ride along with Owen, and Owen got some serious exercise. Literally they did this for AT LEAST four hours. Hilarious! </div>
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Back in Seattle, Oliver was eating again and winding down treatment. The crew was done at about 4pm which is SO much nicer than the day before time of 9pm. He mostly sleeps all day during infusions, except for one day last round when he was awake the whole day (day 5). I guess at one point he managed to log in to his phone, get to Instagram, and scroll through Instagram all with his eyes closed. Now that, my friends, is talent. </div>
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Back at home crashing on the couch after dinner #1 that he ate with all of us. He also had a spike in fever last night to just over 100 degrees. It started to come down gradually over an hour or so- crisis averted. </div>
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A shot of Owen right before bed talking to big brother Bailey and filling him in on how everything is going up here. Super cute. </div>
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With that, we wrap up day 2 of round 3. We got probably the most gorgeous #oliverstrong photos we have gotten to date- straight from some of my family who are on an Alaskan cruise (and are close to my Juneau friends!) </div>
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<br />Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11293936211082182544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4345706449010006452.post-10595703332489555852019-07-23T07:56:00.004-07:002019-07-23T07:56:57.029-07:00Day 46: July 22, 2019Round 3. Here we are. Almost two months ago we got the call that sinks your heart and no one ever wants to get: please come in to the doctor immediately to discuss your recent routine scans. And, no, you can't wait until your appointment two days from now- it needs to happen today. Scans that showed growths and rapidly spreading cancer, an aggressive spread that shocked even the doctor who specifies in TC (testicular cancer). It stopped our life and started a new life all at once. Screeching breaking halting of everything we were doing at that time in mid to late May- planning vacations for the summer, making plans. ABRUPT HALT. Work: abrupt halt, shift. I remember in mid-June seeing things that showed that I hadn't thought about them since May because of that distinct sharp left turn. <br />
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It cued immediate calls to Seattle Cancer Care- the best in the area to do chemo treatments, and more specific doctors in TC. And it prompted the start of chemo just a mere couple of weeks later. The balls didn't just roll, they avalanched and it set off the whirlwind to get us to where we are now. <br />
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The start of round 3. Round 3 was pretty unfathomable 46 days ago. Even just the end of the first week of round 1 was not something easily processed. We took each day minute by minute, not knowing what to expect (there's that expectations word again). The days were long. We had no idea that by "aggressive chemo" that meant just that- 10-12 hour days in the hospital for infusions. That's pretty aggressive. We had no idea what bleo fever is, that it was EVEN A THING. We had no idea what neutropenic fever was and that it was EVEN A THING. We had no idea that Oliver would respond so poorly to certain meds making him essentially non-verbal and largely unresponsive for almost all of round 1, except to be dizzy enough to land in the ER a couple of times. <br />
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I'm fairly sure that all of us would be ok if we hadn't had to have learned all of this. <br />
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Round 3 feels... honestly? Exhausting. We are tired. We want to be done. It's 21 days, and we know generally what to expect. But it's hard to see your kid feel so bad, and to now have the knowledge that it's likely going to get worse. But, the saving grace that we have to focus on is that it IS hopefully the last round. We have to focus on that. It's kind of like when I told Oliver in the bleo fever that the Tylenol would start to work in ten minutes, and he could do anything for ten minutes. We can do anything for 21 days. It's long and short, all at the same time, but we can do it. Where it gets dangerous is when we start to focus on the "what ifs" of the AFTER. That is a path we can't quite allow ourselves to go down yet. <br />
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The crew is off to SCCA- 7am start time, which is generally good. When you have 8 hours of infusions, the earlier the better, otherwise you don't get home until 11pm. <br />
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Waiting for the doctor after blood work. At the beginning of each round (day 1), and on days 8 and 15, they always do blood work and meet with the doctor to assess that the current plan is on track (IE: make sure his vitals are ok and he is not adversely responding to the treatment-- minus the "common" negative reactions. Meaning, if his vital organs were not handling it, we would be reassessing). <br />
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The good news is that his numbers look great, even better than last week. The doctor was impressed, actually, which is great news. His weight, however, was only 132, so down about ten from two weeks prior when he was at 142, which was a pound over his starting weight. It's been a battle the past week to get him to eat, and to find anything that sounds good to eat. But, he's holding steady in the 130s, and everything else looks pretty good. The doctor said everything he's feeling is pretty normal- nausea, fatigue- but to keep eating and keep moving. So we're bound and determined to try to do that, although we know that during the 5 day block, it probably won't happen.</div>
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The bad news of an early appointment: when scheduling sucks and they don't start infusions until 11am so you have to wait 3 hours in the infusion waiting room. Dumb. Makes for a looooong day. Yay for them for getting him back TEN WHOLE MINUTES early. (eye roll).</div>
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Meanwhile, back at home, I was juggling the two little boys. All of our options this week for childcare were/are traveling, and so we are just juggling. Not ideal, but not that big of a deal either. Justin went in so that he could be there to meet with the doctor so I had little kid duty. I just figure work is going to look weird this week. I'll work early and late and help out with kids and chemo during the days. It is what it is at this point. I was able to buy a couple of hours of work with the kids by the TV babysitter. Sometimes, you just do what you have to do. </div>
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After getting back, we hung out for a few more minutes before the kids hit their limit and craziness erupted in a tiny hospital room. They do pretty good if we run them around, but their limit is still pretty much just few hours over there. </div>
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Oliver was TOTALLY out of it yesterday. Completely zonked. Even during changes of drugs/hydration on the IV, he didn't budge. He crashed hard, which was probably a good thing. He was pretty non-verbal, as well, responding only by shaking or nodding his head. Scary as it reminded us of round 1 but he perked up and started to chat later in the day once he got home. </div>
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He was still completely wiped, however, which is understandable. Sitting at the table after dinner, just bushed. If there was a photo collage of the faces of cancer, this would make the page. </div>
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And, with that, we are 20% done with the 5 day block. That is something. The 5 day block is BRUTAL, and takes a tremendous amount of focus and strength for all of us to make it through. It's not so much hard but it's just long days of sitting in the hospital, and each day seeing Oliver weaker and feeling like more crap. But, he's a trooper, a fighter, and he's resilient. If anything else, his numbers from his bloodwork tell us that even when he can't speak it, his body is handling this like a BOSS. Check out the photo from our insurance agent today- love it! #oliverstrong</div>
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We expect certain basic things in life, because we live in a time and place where those expectations are continually met, so we have no reason to expect otherwise: <br />
-We expect to not be shot at in our homes and to remain safe from harm<br />
-We expect clean running water to drink, and to clean with<br />
-We expect to not be hungry and have our food needs met<br />
-We expect to be warm and comfortable in our lives, and for the power to turn on when we wake up in the morning<br />
-We expect to have a job in which we make money that affords us a home, food, water, and our basic needs.<br />
-We generally have expectations of our health and that the people we love in our life will be there day in and day out. <br />
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I have been thinking about this and so I looked up the definition of expectations online. Expectations are defined as: 1) A strong belief that something will happen or be the case in the future 2) A belief that someone will or should achieve something.<br />
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I think there is a fine line in having expectations. If you have too many, you might be disappointed. Meaning, you expect certain things out of people who either promise you something or say they will do something, and you'll be disappointed if whatever they say doesn't happen. Or if you expect too much out of yourself, and then you are let down when you don't quite get there. But, again, they are sort of an inherent part of our life and even if we say we don't have any, we DO. The most basic ones being the prime example. <br />
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The reason this word has been weighing on me is that we have built up expectations in this whole process. And doing so has had both benefits and detriments. First example: in the round 1 recovery period, Oliver felt like a 2 across the board for that whole week. Basically almost 100%. We had visitors almost every day, he walked the loop around our neighborhood, and he generally felt like normal. This round's recovery? He didn't really ever feel better than a 5, we had no visitors because he just didn't feel up to it, and he barely made it down the street a couple of times when we basically made him go walk. His expectation was set, after last time, that he would recover and feel like a 2. When that expectation wasn't met, what we saw was a bit of feeling WORSE because his expectation was he should feel like a 2. What if we had set the expectation of, hey, you might only feel like a 7 in the recovery. Then feeling like a 5 would be awesome! But since the bar was set so high last time, mentally I think he struggled this recovery period, which made the 5 feel even worse. <br />
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Similarly, I think we all have expectations going in to round 3. We expect it to follow the patterns of round 1 and 2. However, that said, I think we are all a little bit more apprehensive. Round 1 we were nervous because we had no clue what to expect. Round 2 we felt, we've got this! And then after round 2 and the difficulties/generally feeling like crap-ness we experienced via Oliver, our expectation for round 3 is: UGH. Here we go again. Almost a feeling of dread.<br />
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Again, like I said, expectations are kind of a funny thing, and sometimes can be dangerous. If our expectation is UGH, we probably won't be disappointed. It could be about as bad as we are anticipating. But what if it's worse? Then our expectation is going to harm us. But, that said, try NOT having them. <br />
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We are all human so we set up these expectations in our head every day, whether we intend to or not. Even if we try to tame them and set the bar at different points, we still have them at some level. In the cancer/chemo world, it is even harder to deal with these because you just NEVER KNOW at what level or where you will end on the expectation spectrum. In general, the expectation of having basic needs every day is always met. However, expectations in the chemo/cancer world? Despite our best efforts they are generally never quite where you think they will be. We all try to get to a "general" expectation, but you just never know what you are going to be handed. <br />
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As we go in to round 3, we are trying to prepare Oliver the best we can, to set expectations, so that mentally he stays sound, but this is hard. And again, it can be dangerous. If we say, hey Oliver you should feel a 5.... and then he's an 8-- it's tough mentally. We have found that much of this process, IS mental. I think the only thing we can try to convey is that despite how bad he feels physically, it's a mind over matter type of thing. Short lived. Your mind is stronger than your body. This will be short lived. And you can combat anything. Easier than it sounds. <br />
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With that.... day 45. Last day of recovery before Round 3.<br />
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Pretty lazy (hot) Sunday. Owen had a friend over for a play date, so Justin and I were tag teaming chasing crazy kids around. <br />
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The kids went swimming twice yesterday at the neighbors. It was about 90 degrees here yesterday so we were loving it! That said, how many weeks until school starts? Ha.</div>
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Oliver had his spot staked out for the day. Pretty low key day of relaxing for him. Felt pretty crappy for most of it, which sucks for him, and us. It is hard when you can take the edge off, but you can't totally take it away.</div>
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With that, we are off to ROUND THREE. Thank you to everyone who continues to help us out- to send us tangible things, to bring food, to send us well wishes of love and support. To go back to that expectation word: we had ZERO expectation about any of that, and it has been nothing short of humbling. It is incredible to continue to feel so loved and supported even after 45 days of this. Onward and upward. #oliverstrong</div>
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<br />Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11293936211082182544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4345706449010006452.post-10443715920332501332019-07-21T08:16:00.002-07:002019-07-21T08:16:59.670-07:00Day 44: July 20, 2019I am not sure about anyone else, but 44 days seems like a long time to me. It's a considerable effort in this whole process, and we are (hopefully) now closer to the "end" than to the beginning. I say "end" because I'm not sure the end can really be defined. The end will be...never. The end will mean scans forever. Constant assessment of blood. Ever freaking out about the most minor change in body. Lifestyle revisions that probably shouldn't ever reverse to the way in the "before." All of this said, the end may not be as we think it will be. But, we have to hope that the end means day 70ish, and clean scans. That it means some sort of re-entry in to the world. That the side effects of chemo will be short and minimal. That is means hair will start to grow back. That is means some semblance of normalcy will return, and the nausea will fade. <br />
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That said, we really don't know how the "end" will look. What does that mean? How often will there be scans? How anxious will be at every scan? What will the side effects of chemo be and how long will they last? How is going to life going to look in the POST? <br /><br />
There are still so many unknowns, which seems to be the case in this whole battle. The one constant, as I eluded to a few days ago is change, and the constant acceptance of that to allow us to survive, and not only to survive but to thrive. We just aren't quite sure how that's going to look or play out. <br />
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Which is totally unnerving if you think about it too long. <br />
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I've been reading a ton of cancer books and doing a ton of research on cancer for the last few months, and what seems to be the constant them is that cancer is not some sort of one-off that people just GET, by pure luck of the draw or bad luck as it is. Essentially we ALL have cancer cells. They are part of each and every one of us, and when they get out of control to form tumors, it's really more of a breakdown of the body and immune system's ability to deal with the cells. The message I keep seeing over and over and over again is that cancer is a condition that the body is able to heal ITSELF if it is given the right tools. <br />
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I truly believe this and know it's probably a controversial topic. Meaning, if Oliver had elected to not do chemo and go a more natural route, I'm sure we would not have been short on any amount of backlash. It's ridiculous to digress and dissect if chemo was the right move for him. At this point, it is what it is, and we felt that it was the right choice when it was made, and it's the route we chose. There's no point in the "what if's" now. All western doctors would have said, the result would have been fatal if he did not go that route, so we did the best we could with the information we had. <br />
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Based on the research I've done, I'm not convinced that chemo is always the right route, and I'm equally not convinced by how such a harmful "treatment" heals, especially given ALL of the side effects, but again, that is neither here nor there in this case. <br />
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What I CAN use this knowledge for is: post treatment. Let's not be ignorant about the things that can help a body heal. Let's introduce the right foods, the right exercise, sunlight, and on and on. Let's do the best we can to set Oliver (and ourselves) up for success and a long and happy life. We are hopeful Oliver will latch on and use some of this to help combat any future detrimental diseases, but we have to be able to convey and then to use the knowledge we have gleaned. And sometimes, that is not always easy. But, WHAT IF, for all of us, it WERE that easy? Just by the power of our choices, we could change the trajectory of our future and make ourselves, as well as everyone around us healthier? <br />
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I digress. But it's something I've been pondering pretty extensively the last few days. Likely more to come on exactly what steps seem to be most impactful to help the human body heal and combat illness. I'm probably a nerd, but it's completely fascinating. <br />
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Day 44 started off with some chill time on the couch for Oliver. He's still at about a 5-6 this recovery round.<br />
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Day 44 was also the day of the birthday parties. Justin, the boys, and I set off at 9:30am for a day of craziness. We had THREE (3!) birthday parties to attend for 5 kiddos. We were pretty non-committal to all of them until about the day prior, as we just didn't know how Oliver would be doing and if we would make it. On Friday we decided it was looking good so Saturday we took deep breaths and buckled up for the day of fun. </div>
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Party #1 in Issaquah for a family friend who turned a big one! Bennett did not let one arm slow him down on the playground.</div>
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We stayed at party #1 for a little over an hour, and then made our way to Redmond for party #2, a 2 and 5 year old girl. The boys had no clue who these girls are (parents are friends of ours), so couldn't figure out what the heck we were doing there. Ha! Funny as they were both SUPER shy. <br />
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It was a quick stop at party #2 before heading to party #3, back at Lake Sammamish, for a buddy of Owen's from school (and his twin sister). First up: a swim with friends. Yes! Bennett didn't last long in the water as he dove in and didn't realize how shallow it was and hit his nose. Ha. </div>
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The kids LOVED the piñata. Even B smacked the crap out of it one-handed. I am now being requested to get them one for their birthdays. Yay. (Their birthdays of which I am now scrambling as they are in 3 weeks... and we were going to have a party at the jumpy house. Annnnd, broken collarbone.....on to plan B and I have NO CLUE what plan B is!) </div>
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We spent a couple of hours at party #3 before heading back home. We were wiped, but the kids had a blast. Once we got home, Owen went straight to work (I KNOW?!) Our neighbor hired him to water for her, and we pulled in and said, "mom, I have a job to do!" Cool!</div>
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Oliver's day at home was much less exciting than ours. A lot of rest. Staying on meds. A lot of trying to push liquids in. And food. He has MUCH less of an appetite right now, even with the THC. We are thinking some of the issue this round could be mental as well. Just anxiety building up to round 3, and worrying he will feel even worse. It's hard to really say and to get a read, because he is so quiet about it. We are doing the best we can, and know he appreciates the effort, but it's hard. He feels like crap and there's not a whole lot we can do to make it better. At least not WAY better. We just have the tools to take the edge off, but he's just not going to be 100% right now, unfortunately. </div>
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Colleen did manage to make him sit out in the sun for a few minutes today, which is great (of course, he did not think so!) But, I said, look at those healing vibes coming! </div>
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And looked who popped up on Colleen's facebook feed today. This is the Oliver I remember from when I met him. What a little stud he was (still is!) </div>
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Instead of #oliverstrong bracelets today, we got some shots of decals that some friends had bought- how cool is this! </div>
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We have one more day of recovery, and then chemo round 3 starts again all over on Monday, with the looong stretch of 5 days of 10 hour days. It is nothing short of brutal, and I think that may be kind of where Oliver's head is right now, if I had to speculate. But, we are ever hopeful that this is likely the LAST round, so there is that redeeming factor. We have to choose to focus on that to get us through these next few weeks. #oliverstrong. </div>
Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11293936211082182544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4345706449010006452.post-74601996275710110322019-07-20T07:27:00.005-07:002019-07-20T07:45:25.566-07:00Day 43: July 19, 2019Speaking about change yesterday: I took a baby step. I recognized when I needed to just slow down. <br />
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This might not sound like a big deal to anyone. It is a HUGE deal to me. I'm used to going 60000 miles per hour. I don't even know the last time I sat down to watch TV. I know there's supposedly cool movies, series, shows out there, but if you asked me about any, I'd look at you like I had just resurfaced from time spent for 40 years in a hut in the woods. I haven't seen a movie in...I don't know, years? <br />
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That is partly due to the fact that my "chill" time (as Owen calls it) is pretty limited (IE: the going 60000 miles per hour thing) and usually is carved out only for some form of exercise: lifting, biking, hiking, whatever the case. It's where I find my peace and my sanity, and have never really found it in front of a screen. But that's maybe an hour a day. <br />
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Lately, if I'm not in a hospital, I'm running the kids around or running around with them. Two little boys that are happiest when THEY are moving 100 miles per hour is like trying to wear out a puppy that doesn't tire (they are OUR kids...) Or, if I'm not in the hospital or with kids, I'm working. And work... I love my job, but it takes a lot. I love it, and I get a lot of satisfaction out of it, but it does take a lot of my time. I carve this blog time in to the wee hours of the morning, and late hours of the night, which has honestly not been a small feat, but I'm happy to do it. We have no less than 500 house projects going on at the moment with the renovation that NEVER ENDS, and so if I am not trying to work on one of those, I have no less than 5000000 weeds and pine needles that are my NEMSIS that probably need my effort, or about 30 bags of mulch right now that won't spread themselves. <br />
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Like I said, the working out time of one hour a day is my escape from all of the rest of the craze. We had several vacations planned this summer, but for obvious reasons they didn't happen this year. My days off have been really mostly spent in the hospital or here at home on days where recovery from chemo is not low key, to say the least. <br />
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I don't say all of this to complain, by any stretch. It's my life, and I love it. I choose it. That said, in the CHANGE vein, after I posted all of that mumbo, I realized today... ok. I need a day. A day to do things that are what I want to do, just for me. <br />
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The day started off pretty normally, and not in this mindset. I was up early working, and checked in with our friends east of the mountains. Oliver had a pretty uneventful night. He told his mom he wanted to get back to home today so that he could settle in for the weekend. We were expecting to not see them until Saturday, so this was good news! The house was oddly...quiet... without them here. We didn't even tell the boys at first because we knew we would get about 600 questions per hour of when Colleen and Oliver would be home. Ha! <br />
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After I worked for a few hours, we set out to take Owen to Grace's (hello video games), which he felt the better alternative than going to the doctor with us for follow up on Bennett's collarbone because as Owen said, "doctors are weird." Bennett was NOT excited to go, either.... in the below picture "I don't want to go to the doctor." </div>
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The appointment went well. They did not take another x-ray. The doctor basically said that they really only will do surgery on this type of break on adults who are cyclists. In about 3 weeks, he should be feeling much better and will want to take the sling off (and probably run wild as ever...) and we have to try to keep him tame for about 6 weeks. We have a follow up in about 3 weeks for another x-ray to make sure it's all healing ok, but it should be just fine. TBD if he is ever going to not wear the hospital gown.... ! <br />
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Bennett was distraught that Owen would get more time at Grace's, so we took him over there to join Owen after his appointment, with the intent that Justin was going to work around the house and I would cram some more of my own work in. </div>
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Which is when I decided I needed a day. For me. No kids, no work, no house projects, no hospitals (well, minus the one we spent the morning at- ha!) Like I said: HUGE for me. </div>
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Instead of working, I basically said, you know what.... I need some time. Which I might regret later because the work is still there. The mulch is still there. The kids are always kind of a mess after playing video games today. But whatever! We'll all live. And, gosh, it was nice. I quite literally put on some shorts, sunglasses, and READ A BOOK IN THE SUN. This was amazing! And after that, I said, goodness that was nice, you know what, I'm just going to take the afternoon...FOR ME. So, then I went on a bike ride. It's hard for me to just say, ok, me time. But in the effort of change myself, recognizing when and doing it without guilt- for not working, for not being with the kids, whatever- I am trying. It was nice. I should probably do that more often. </div>
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Meanwhile, Justin did do some house stuff as in lumber jack style: massive wood splitting. The deal is: he splits, and I move it. So guess what I am doing this weekend. Ha! </div>
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After we got them fed, and sugar levels appropriately handled (meaning, the kids returned from being crazed) we took out for a family stroll. OH yes, this is Bennett in a bike helmet. The one that probably saved his life. He wanted to ride. We said no. We have 5 more weeks of saying no. Send help. </div>
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Oliver made it a good chunk of the way, which was great. He is definitely feeling much worse this round in the recovery week than in the first round. A consistent 5, is about what we've been at. But, he got out and did it, which was awesome. </div>
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Oliver settling in for the evening. Feeling pretty good last night, thanks to Zofran and a little weed. We also game planned for round 3 that starts next week, and how we can do better to help him and keep him comfortable. Mostly just staying on top of the Zofran and pot and using the Ativan as needed. I think Oliver is a little anxious going in to round 3, as we all are. It was a low key day, and nothing too exciting or anything that required huge amounts of adrenaline to handle, which was a very good thing. I think we are all going to take the next few days just to ease in to what the next week holds in round 3.</div>
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<br />Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11293936211082182544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4345706449010006452.post-68800986029868995612019-07-19T07:33:00.001-07:002019-07-19T07:47:11.872-07:00Day 42: July 18, 2019There is one word that seems to be a constant in this whole 42 day experience: change. How it is defined, however, across the board to people as well as day by day is what seems to vary. But it is the one word that we have held as a benchmark against everything. <br />
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Oliver's health has changed. <br />
Our summer has changed. <br />
Our perspectives have changed. <br />
Our priorities have changed. <br />
Our day to day lives have changed. <br />
Our futures have changed. <br />
The rest of our lives' course has changed.<br />
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There is nothing that has been untouched by this constant force of a word. Even when we didn't want it or expect it. Even when we still resist. Meaning, things that NEED to change going forward.<br />
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Better care for ourselves to change, so that we operate at optimum health. <br />
Aligning our lives and our goals to change to reflect what we have learned really matters.<br />
Allowing the course of our lives to shift directions. <br />
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These are the hard ones. It takes no small amount of courage. It's easy to get stuck in just falling back to things as they "used to be." And forgetting all the valuable lessons learned along the way. Almost as if: you catch a glimpse of how life COULD be, how it could change for the better, and you gain all of these new perspectives in an experience like this, but then you allow your life just to fall back and continue on when the experience is not so raw and real. Because it is SCARY to change. <br />
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The courage part is the hard part. <br />
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I heard this song today and it resonated with me because I have been thinking a lot about this word, and how not to let this shift we are experiencing just dwindle once we are not in the throes of all of this: <br />
<em>I'm walking uphill both ways, it hurts</em><br />
<em>I bury my heart here in this dirt</em><br />
<em>I hope it's a seed, I hope it works</em><br />
<em>I need to grow, here I could be</em><br />
<em>Closer to light, closer to me</em><br />
<em>I don't have to do this perfectly</em><br />
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<em>See, I let the light in the darkest places</em><br />
<em>Let the sun shine, pain goes away</em><br />
<em>Nothing is permanent for me</em><br />
<em>Flowers they bloom and fade away</em><br />
<em>The beauty, it happened inside of me</em><br />
<em>Even if it's a memory</em><br />
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<em>Rain it pours, rain it pours</em><br />
<em>It's pouring on me</em><br />
<em>The rain it falls, rain it falls</em><br />
<em>Sowing the seeds of love and hope, love and hope</em><br />
<em>We don't have to stay, stuck in the way</em><br />
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<em>Have I the courage of change? <br />Have I the courage of change?<br />Have I the courage of change today? </em><br />
-Pink, Courage<br />
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I truly believe that experiences like this can be, and typically are, life changing. And while it utterly sucks to live through it, not everyone is blessed to get this chance to take it for the good and the opportunity to change the course of their lives. I believe there are a myriad of lessons in it that any one of us can grab on to and learn from and CHANGE from. Purely just the health standpoint: eliminating toxins so that, hopefully, we also eliminate our chances for cancer, and our loved ones' chances of cancer. This also includes: toxic lifestyles, toxic relationships, toxic food, etc. It expands to perspectives in our lives as a whole. <br />
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Maybe, just maybe, what we've gotten so used to on the daily is not where we should be- jobs, relationships, where we live, whatever the case. Like the wake up call of LIFE IS SHORT. Grab it by the balls and spend the days in ways in which are meaningful to YOU. Have a job that ignites passion, even if it might not pay you accordingly- then change your lifestyle or where you live! Have a relationship partner that does the same, and who fulfills you and encourages you to reach your goals. Eat foods that heal you. Move your body. Surround yourself by as big or as small of tribe as you need, but make damn sure those people are your warriors and love you for you, even the most flawed parts of you. You don't have time for the imposters. Eliminate anything and everything in your life that doesn't bring you joy. Speak your truth, loudly and boldly, without being an asshole. Live in a place that makes your heart happy. Don't just do something you've always done because it's easy. Grab it by the balls and manually SHIFT THE HELL OUT OF IT. <br />
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It's scary as shit. I am currently looking at my life and going...whoa. I have some work to do. And, after all of this, we don't end up the same people as we once were. And when we do get to the other side, we realize that is ok. That it is actually BETTER. And we wonder all along why we were so scared to take the jump to begin with, and why it took such a big deal THING (like cancer) to open our eyes. We can't make everyone change, and the hope is that all of those directly impacted by this WILL change. I mean, what better chance than an eye opening experience? But some around us may not change. Again, it's easier to do the same old. The cool thing about this is this: all you can control is yourself. And what a great opportunity for those of us that grasp that, and refuse to go back to the same old way things were in the before.<br />
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Day 42: started off with a few texts between Colleen and I to see how our guy did during the night. Sounds like he woke up just feeling like total crap. One new symptom that he has started to notice (which is actually quite common) is a change in his taste buds. Nothing really sounds good to eat, and even water tastes gross. So, he's been drinking a lot of tea, as that is more tolerable. His temperature is at least great and steady, but he just feels super nauseous, and way more so than in the round 1 recovery week. It is likely just the build up of chemo in his body, but he has expressed concern for round 3 which is understandable. We may have made a small comment regarding changes to be made (in line with the above) so that he never has to go through this again. At this point the focus is just to get through chemo, but we know long term we'll get to that conversation. <br />
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Things were pretty quiet on this side of the mountains today. I opted to work from home because Justin was taking the kids, and I figured it was a good opportunity to just crank through some stuff. I wanted to go in just to see people but my to-do list begged for the pure crank. So, that is what I did. Luckily, it turned in to somewhat of a sunny day- so conference calls in the sun, for the win!</div>
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Later in the afternoon, the kids got home with Justin. Owen showing me he sported his sock gloves the entire shopping trip.</div>
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And Bennett with his now tribe of beanie babies (I got him the tie die one as a get well gift) + hospital gown + sling. By the way- I may have to raid a hospital to get more gowns because he refuses to take this one off.... I basically force him to wash it. He only looks slightly ridiculous (most cute, and it mostly makes me crack up). </div>
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And then there were THREE! Our neighbor, Carol (hi Carol!) was so incredibly nice to give him yet another purple beanie baby (Owen also got one from her). So adorbs.</div>
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This evening, I was working a bit more while the kids went outside to play with Justin. I was witnessing Bennett's pure stubbornness as he attempted to put his socks and shoes on by himself with out any help, and with one dinosaur type of arm (stuck to his side). Kid is SO stubborn (and also how he ended up with a broken collarbone....) </div>
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Bennett in his full attire: is this not the cutest guy/outfit ever? HA! I love it. And, he got his shoes on. Broken bones aren't no thing for this guy. </div>
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Look at this #oliverstrong support all the way from Missouri. Love it! </div>
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I also ran in to this yesterday, which made me pause when I saw it. It totally corresponds to everything that I said about change above. And so, we continue to march onward, knowing this and trying to embrace everything that this means. #oliverstrong.</div>
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<em><br /></em>Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11293936211082182544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4345706449010006452.post-75329405684670687392019-07-18T09:28:00.000-07:002019-07-18T09:28:32.010-07:00Day 41: July 17, 2019One thing we have noticed lately is the processing that is taking place in the little kids, or more specifically in Owen in terms of cancer and trying to determine what exactly cancer is and what it means.<br />
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The observation in the little kids is that Bennett is mostly still too young, or possibly just doesn't really care (not because he is a jerk, but he just doesn't get it). Owen, however, is a different story. From the get go, he was concerned because we told him Oliver was really sick. He initially didn't want Oliver to come live with us because he was worried he would also get sick, or all of us would get sick from Oliver. That morphed in to discussions about how it was something none of us could get FROM Oliver, and just something wrong with his cells. It seems almost like he has spent the past 41 days processing all of this. I'm not sure that he's QUITE there, but he has started to drop words like chemo, cancer, and cancer cells in to everyday conversations so I think that in some part of his brain he is wrapping his head around it. <br />
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I don't think that he understands the full scope of what this is, other than we treat it with chemo, he likes to go to the hospital (even if only for the apple juice), Oliver will be better after chemo, and Oliver has lost his hair (and a ball- which, to the little kids, is "so cool.") It is one of those things- heartbreaking a bit- that when all of this began we didn't quite prepare for. All of us grown ups know what cancer is and can educate ourselves on this whole process (even though we are all clearly learning as well). But no one teaches you how to handle it with the little guys! When initially we said, hey guys, Oliver has cancer and some things are going to change for a little bit....they looked at us blankly like, oh hey, you speak Japanese? <br />
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Their world has been totally flipped as well, and they don't even get WHY, really. It is going to be interesting to talk to them as adults to see retroactively how this whole experience was in their heads. We think we are doing things right and handling it correctly. And, honestly, it FEELS healthy the ways in which we are seeing them process it all. In addition, we think the good parts of this experience are enhancing anything that is not so good in terms of: we are all around more for them, they have even more people in their lives (in terms of Colleen, seeing Oliver more, seeing Bailey more). <br />
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But goodness, to add to the list of Things In Which We Did Not Expect. How to handle cancer with children when their brother gets sick.... Not in any of the parenting guides we read when the kids were babies! <br />
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Day 41. Another pretty uneventful day in the recovery period before starting round 3. Oliver was at a pretty consistent 5-6. Not as good as last round during this time period when he was at about a 2, but better than a 7 or 8. I actually went in to work this morning, which was so nice! Felt good to get back in to the office and out at client's for a change. I've obviously been working but a large percent of that has been remote. It's been so nice to have that flexibility to be around for my family in an obvious time where that is needed, but being in the office and at clients was so nice for a change. While I was there I got these pictures from back home: <br />
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Hand socks courtesy of Colleen. Kids thought they were so cool! </div>
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We also had some visitors from some friends who brought the boys (Oliver and Bennett) some toys for the family to build (legos!) Below are pictures of Bennett showing them his helmet from his wreck. </div>
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And then the lego-building party began! </div>
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Around 3pm, Colleen and Oliver actually took off to head back to Wenatchee for a couple of days. While Oliver is in this "recovery" period, it seemed like a good idea for a change of scenery and to go see some people from the other side of the mountains. So, it was just the four of us at home, which felt... weird, and strangely quiet (also weird since it's not like Colleen or Oliver are the loud ones!) </div>
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Colleen sent me the following pictures from Wenatchee last night. They made it safe and sound, and had a brief couple of hours where Oliver felt like holy hell. But after some marijuana and meds, he turned a corner! </div>
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Colleen also sent me a poem she found at her house that was by a local artist, that she had forgotten about. Given what's been happening with Oliver this summer, it seemed totally crazy to me that she had saved this poem/liked it even before all of this. Because the picture won't likely show up well in this blog, I am going to just write it here: <br />
<u><em>Author: Raymond Carver, Title: What the Doctor Said</em></u><br />
<em>He said it doesn't look good</em><br />
<em>he said it looks bad in fact real bad</em><br />
<em>he said I counted thirty-two of them on one lung before</em><br />
<em>I quit counting them</em><br />
<em>I said I'm glad I wouldn't want to know</em><br />
<em>about any more being there than that</em><br />
<em>he said are you a religious man do you kneel down</em><br />
<em>in forest groves and let yourself ask for help</em><br />
<em>when you come to a waterfall</em><br />
<em>mist blowing against your face and arms</em><br />
<em>do you stop and ask for understanding at those moments</em><br />
<em>I said not yet but I intend to start today</em><br />
<em>he said I'm real sorry he said</em><br />
<em>I wish I had some other kind of news to give you</em><br />
<em>I said Amen and he said something else</em><br />
<em>I didn't catch and not knowing what else to do</em><br />
<em>and not wanting him to have to repeat it</em><br />
<em>and me to have to fully digest it</em><br />
<em>I just looked at him</em><br />
<em>for a minute and he looked back it was then</em><br />
<em>I jumped up and shook hands with this man who'd just given me</em><br />
<em>something no one else on earth has ever given me</em><br />
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#oliverstrongJennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11293936211082182544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4345706449010006452.post-89866951525629460112019-07-17T15:20:00.003-07:002019-07-17T15:38:05.456-07:00Day 40: July 16, 2019July 16, 2010. NINE years ago. <br />
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This doesn't have much to do with Oliver, other than the whole of how I came to be his stop mom. So, bear with me on the tangent.<br />
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I am currently one year older than Justin was 9 years ago at this time. It's sort of mind numbing and a bit bewildering to think about 9 years ago today and what I was doing: pretty mundane day of work with nothing notable, but then I remember a trek to the store after work wherein I bought copious amounts of wine of which I knew nothing about to try to impress a cute guy who was coming over to play tennis with me. I was going through a little bit (downplaying) of a divorce from a sort of (downplaying) rash decision about marriage #2, of which lasted about 1.5 years. Whoopsie. I don't regret anything about either of my first two marriages, but I can just say that I was young. Also: I tell anyone I know now to not consider marriage until after you are 30....<br />
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I got married the first time because it was what you did back then in the Midwest: go to college, meet boyfriend, get married. And that turns in to the rest of your life: move across country with the guy, build a house with the guy (all check), and then the contemplation of the REST of your life comes. The NOW WHAT part. The building a house was exciting, we did what we were "supposed" to do by getting married, but now what? You want to have kids and live like this forever? He was a great friend, but there was no passion. No zest for our life or our relationship. So turns out marriage in that scenario is pretty dumb when you have no connection, other than a friendship, to that person. I am fairly sure that WAYYY back when I blogged about that whole thing. Very hard to lose so many people and such a large part of your life in your formative years at the ripe old age of 24, only because you know that if you don't walk away, your soul will be completely void for the rest of your life. You will have everything you ever WANTED in terms of material stuff, good life, etc., but you will have no connection to your partner. And even at 24, you know innately: that is no kind of life to live. The scariest thing was to walk away from the comfort, but somehow (and I still am baffled by how), I had the balls to do so. I was wise enough at 24 to call it, but not without a LOT of heartache surrounding loss of life as I knew it back then, and many people turning their back on me (why would you dump the "perfect" husband and leave the "perfect" relationship? Maybe because friendships don't make marriages? And there's no such thing as "perfect?")? <br />
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And the 2nd marriage was more or less a way to get out of Phoenix and away from the first situation....hello Seattle! It was a very confusing time in my life, and at an opportunity that was presented in a slightly romantic way (remember: passing out in Seattle and then dating my paramedic? Yeah, that guy), I bolted from Phoenix, which is what I needed at the time. I was stuck in Phoenix under the roof of my ex-husband because we still had a massive mortgage from the house we built, smart kids that we were! Both were good guys in their own way- just not right for me, and both were experiences to learn and grow from. There are no regrets. And thank god no kids, either! <br />
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9 years ago (ISH) as I was going through realizing that the 2nd marriage might not be long lasting, I was looking to move back to California or Arizona, since I really had no reason to stay in Seattle. I applied for jobs down south, and was telling my trainer about this one day. The trainer: a new thing I was trying for the past several months in an overall revamp to try to get healthier. I was 105 pounds of skinny fat, and my life was a mess, so it seemed a good idea. <br />
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This trainer and I were both going through some pretty gnarly relationship stuff and so had shared some of that together the past few months, and had become friends during our sessions. Friends enough that we were trying to set each other up with our friends. When I told him that I was thinking of moving, I was sitting on a leg extension machine and he said two words that likely changed the course of our lives: "Don't go." Followed by: "I'm just getting to know you." <br />
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A few weeks later, we decided to go play tennis. Enter: July 16. It was totally platonic. I SWEAR. Just a game of tennis between two buds. Except for when he came over, the first thing he did was say: "we need to do something first." And leaned over to kiss me. <br />
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And it was TERRIBLE. Seriously god awful, hands down the WORST kiss I have ever experienced. <br />
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We both figured we had screwed up our friendship, and I had the fleeting thought of ok, I am DEFINITELY moving now because WOW, how embarrassing.... until he said, "let's try that again." And the second one ignited a whole world of possibilities. Leading to: the next 9 years of being in a relationship, marriage, ingraining me in to life with two teenage boys, two little boys of our own, countless trips, and laughs and memories, and now facing some of the hardest stuff that we have ever faced--alone AND together. <br />
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It's hard to believe that such a brilliant, miraculous and exuberant 9 years exploded out of that one little kiss. <br />
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It's a true love story, and it's ours. While our circumstances are less than ideal right now, this has served to bring us closer together. Which is, I suppose, how these things go. They either bring you together or tear you apart. Based on the last 9 years, I cannot even comprehend how the next 9 will go, only to say that I am glad I get to spend them with that cute trainer. Together, as evidenced this past 40 days, and the past 9 years, we can conquer anything. <br />
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Now go barf. That was enough mushy stuff for a year. <br />
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Day 40. FORTY! 4-0! This seems significant. Even better, is that there is really nothing notable on the cancer front to report. Only one spike in temp today to 100.6 and then it came right back down. Other than that, he was feeling a consistent 5, which is great! <br />
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Below: Bennett saying his collarbone hurt a little bit (showing us how much with his fingers).<br />
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After lunch the crew headed to Seattle to goodwill. Justin LOVES bargain shopping and now the kids do too. Colleen also tagged along so Oliver and I were at home- him resting, me working. I was only a TEENY bit apprehensive after what happened the day prior, but he was feeling much better yesterday so it was pretty non-eventful. </div>
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Don't worry, Bennett fit right in with downtown Seattle in his current attire. Looking like we picked him up on the side of the road or came straight from the hospital. (I say that in love and think he's adorable). </div>
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Bennett got some super cool train at goodwill. He was SO excited about setting this up. So cute. Perhaps a consolation for injury. I just roll my eyes at what they bring home from their goodwill excursions.... </div>
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Shot of Oliver G and his comfy spot for the day! </div>
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Crazy little man was feeling better today. This morning was a little rough going with some collarbone pain. </div>
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Hanging out with these guys this evening. So nice to have these times where Oliver is feeling better. On the down slide of round 2. Thank GOODNESS.</div>
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Seems to be our motto right now... REST LATER. Seems to be the one thing we are not getting a whole lot of right now. But then again, with our personalities, we kind of are ok with that. </div>
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Little evening walk with Oliver. Good to see him up and moving again. </div>
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He also had a little weed and so was munchie but couldn't decide on what sounded good. So, off to the store they went for a 9pm run of munchies. Again, love this week where we can just relax for a minute.</div>
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Another #oliverstrong shot. Loving these coming through. Loving the memories of today. Loving that in 9 years from now, we are going to look back again and think. Damn. Look at what we've overcome. Look at where we are. And look at where we are going. </div>
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Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11293936211082182544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4345706449010006452.post-28359972133399575202019-07-16T08:36:00.001-07:002019-07-16T08:49:34.303-07:00Day 39: June 15, 2019Believe it or not, despite the daily regurgitation on this blog, I am generally not a very open person. I think that most people who know me well would agree with that. I have a small tribe of people who I am really close to. These encompass the childhood/high school/college and some friends who I met in our adult years who have known me for years- the kind of people who you can pick up the phone with and talk like you just spoke yesterday, even if it's been 6 years. In this vein of getting close to people, I suppose I have always had either a chip on my shoulder or some sort of fear of letting people get too close. What I've learned as I've grown up (and am probably still growing up), is this fear is likely an irrational one driven by the fact that I'm adopted (I was as a baby) and always feel like everyone in my life is going to leave me....I mean, I think it's a deep seeded thought of if my birth mom left me, why wouldn't any one else? Back to the being good enough thing. And that's not to say I didn't have a good and happy and all things butterflies and roses childhood and wasn't better off by being adopted- I totally did, and all true. It's just one of those things, that despite all rational, it's there. It's funny the things that shape you as an adult that were "seeded" as a kid. <br />
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HI THIS GOT DEEP QUICK. My name is Jenn, nice to meet you. Also, oh my GAWD.<br />
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I am sharing this because it is becoming harder to write these as we check down the days. I could just post pictures, say Oliver is doing X, Y, or Z and call it good, but that feels fraudulent too. I mean, the sheer magnitude of emotions we experience on any given day is only even briefly touched in this forum, but even just that-- it just feels SO PERSONAL. I am letting whoever reads this in to part of my life (and part of our lives)-- a part of our lives that I would struggle to express adequately if I were talking to some people face to face. And each day, there seems to be some element of personal growth that occurs in this process. That frankly is the only way we can justify the why of all this happening. Somehow it was meant to make us grow. Perhaps it is allowing me to be more open and vulnerable and that is one of the lessons. Another obvious is bringing our family closer together. <br />
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I have also had to tell people who I am not close to what is going on personally, which is not something that I am used to. But when you are largely MIA, because you have to be, it seems only logical that you offer the full disclosure of what's going on. It's been awkward and again, a growth opportunity for me. I am not used to telling people who barely know me such intimate details of my personal life, even if it is just the basics: dealing with a kid with cancer. One such person yesterday said something to the affect of "I just don't understand why this doesn't ever seem to happen to evil people." I don't think we are ever going to understand the WHY. Ever. I mean we could beg, barter and plead with all gods of the world, buddha, the universe, whatever, and it STILL might not make logical sense. <br />
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We have to let go of that and realize with a sort of peace that we won't ever understand. It will always seem unfair if we get to the root of it. But we HAVE to focus on the positives. It's allowing me to be more open. More vulnerable. It's allowed us all to slow down and refocus on what's important. It's brought our family closer than before. It brought Colleen in to our lives, and whether she likes it or not, she's now got 4 more people that are not going to let her out of it. It's allowed us perspectives across the board that are infinite in nature and couldn't have been learned otherwise. And on and on. <br />
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Day 39 started off with round 2, day 15 of chemo at SCCA. Early morning appointment at 7am, so the crew left at 6:15am for blood work, etc. <br />
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After bloodwork, the track is to head up to floor 3 to meet with the doctor. Apparently everything looked great again today. Vitals were good, blood work was awesome, counts were exactly where they should be. They do not look at tumor markers yet, but they may do that before the start of round 3. And weight was on par again, too. Yes! He was feeling pretty yucky this morning, and ended up taking some THC before heading in to try to take the edge off the nausea.</div>
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I didn't go to chemo, as I had previously scheduled my own round of fun. I have been breaking out in hives daily for about two years. While I've seen my primary care doctor for this, I figured it was time to see an allergist. We'd done a food intolerance blood test with my primary care doctor, but even with eliminating the "sensitive" foods, still no improvement. So, a while back I scheduled out this appointment with an allergy doctor. Yay. Doctor fun for everyone lately! </div>
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I visited with the doctor, and even found out I grew two inches in height somehow (told you I was still growing up?!), and then they did a skin allergy test for mostly all nuts and sunflower seeds (which were thought to be pretty big allergens in the food intolerance test, especially sunflower seeds). I literally tested at ZERO for everything, and even had a minimal reaction to the test histamine spot, in terms of how big it got. What the hell?! GOOD NEWS! YAY FOR PEANUT BUTTER IN MY LIFE AGAIN! I used to LIVE on this stuff, as well as all other nuts, and so this was amazing to find out. Bad news: we don't know why my body is pissed off. So, they sent me off to get some blood work done. Likely some sort of autoimmune thing- possible thyroid issue, even though I don't appear to have any other symptoms of a thyroid problem. But, I've definitely seemed to have a hormone imbalance the last couple of years, which could all be interconnected to this. We'll see what we find out. </div>
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But, in the meantime: PEANUT BUTTER! Also, he gave me an allegra to take. I haven't ever taken anything for the hives... I'm stubborn and I hate meds. I KNOW. I even heard him saying to the nurse: "Believe it or not, she's never taken anything for this." Ha. Anyway, I took an allegra and had NO HIVES. I know this sounds silly, and like DUH, but again, I hate meds. I'm also annoyed that this "fixes" it... it feels like a band aid and I just want to get to the root of the problem. </div>
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Little did we know, it was about to get a LOT worse. A couple of hours later, he was freezing and shaking, and just said his stomach felt like ass. I gave him a Zofran, and he said he was ok. Justin/Colleen and Bennett all left to pick up Owen from a friends. On the way out, Justin said to me "just watch him." Ok, if Justin is saying that, all of a sudden my adrenaline is rushing. Something is not good, that he sees and I don't. I kept working away, and about 5 minutes later I hear "Jenn?" "Yeah?" "Can you get me a bowl?" </div>
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I run in and grab two bowls. And right as I handed him one "I am totally going to hurl." And hurl he did. The poor guy. GAHHHH. I grabbed gloves and a mask, as you have to be super cautious with any sort of bodily fluids with chemo patients, and as another learning experience, handled puke like a boss. He said he felt a lot better afterwards, but I felt so terrible that he felt so bad so as to throw up in the first place. </div>
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Apparently there is a thing called a bleo fever, which is a total spike in fever after this particular chemo infusion. His fever, quite literally, spiked in less than an hour from 98 to 103.8. And he puked somewhere in the middle of that. We called the center right away and were lucky we connected directly with his nurse and doctor who said, oh yeah, Oliver has not experienced that yet, but actually this is a pretty normal response. WOW. We were given a regimen of giant doses of Tylenol and advil to follow. If the fever didn't continue to go down and get under the "threshold" of 100.9, then we would know it was an infection which means- ER trip right away. If it continued to go down, then we knew it was the "bleo fever" and to just stay the course. It was AWFUL to see him in the throes of this fever. He was freezing and shaking profusely and then a few minutes later, sweating unlike anything we have ever seen. At one point, I just remember saying, ok Oliver, ten minutes and I promise the Tylenol will kick in. You can do anything for ten minutes. Chemo sucks. Cancer sucks. So hard core. I'm not kidding in that this period of time was Scary. With a capital S. </div>
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We were able to get him changed and finally resting. His fever continued to come down gradually so we were doing high fives for avoiding the trip to the ER. After it started to come down, his tummy just felt terrible. So, we started the normal cocktail of THC, Zofran, and Ativan. At around 7-8pm, we felt like we had hit the crest and turned the corner uphill. Fingers crossed. </div>
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With a bit of a volatile day 15, we are on to the last week of round 2, which should hopefully be a successful recovery week. We are hopeful that it will be like round 1 in that by the end, Oliver starts to feel more like his old self. It should technically be downhill from here (until we start round 3), but as we know, seems like anything can happen at anytime. We have our fingers and toes crossed that the next week is low key. #oliverstrong.</div>
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Special shout out to Colleen's friend Sherrie, and granddaughter Bella. Her daughter, Amanda survived cancer and went through treatment at SCCA too (stories we LOVE to hear!) </div>
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One of daughter Amanda, too. Thank you, Sherrie for sharing and fighting with us (and sharing your words of encouragement after your own fight!)</div>
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<br />Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11293936211082182544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4345706449010006452.post-48181800374105101712019-07-15T07:12:00.000-07:002019-07-15T07:12:02.893-07:00Day 38: July 14, 2019When I was a little kid, I remember watching shows or movies as TV entertainment... you know, power rangers, full house, sesame street, Disney movies....shows that actually HAD A PLOT. And commercials. I'm not sure if it's just my kids, but they watch these god awful you tube "series" that are basically just families recording their daily lives. No plots, no point really that I can see other than just monetizing their lives.... and the strangest part is.... PEOPLE ACTUALLY WATCH THEM? It is so bizarre. And also: slightly horrifying. Like a train wreck that you can quite peel your eyes away from because it's so terrible. <br />
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Well, I decided today that we are 100% doing something wrong, because our lives are WAY more crazy than any of these you tube families, who make thousands of dollars because people actually give two shits if they eat scrambled eggs or waffles for breakfast. I mean, shoot maybe we should set up a camera and call it good with the amount of crap we have going on over here. Not like I am inferring we should be making money off of this life, AT ALL, but I'm just saying at this point, it's comical to us, might be entertaining to the masses. <br />
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Enter day 38: THE DAY OF THE BROKEN CLAVICLE. <br />
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Because why not? Might be fun to have another injured comrade in the mix and another surgeon in the mix. We don't have much else going on anyway. Whatevs.<br />
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Today was supposed to be another low key day. A sunday. Kids were going to go play at the neighbor's with her grands, Justin was going to work on house projects, I was going to tinker around, as were Colleen and Oliver. <br />
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It started off as planned, if anything every really goes as planned. Justin went out to chop some wood, we made coffee and breakfast, and I went out to the gym for a ride. <br />
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A crazy long climbing ride with a big hill where I sought some serious #oliverstrong motivation.</div>
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The kids started playing with one of our neighbors' grandkids but the other had started puking at 4am so he was out of commission. First thing that did not quite go as planned. I came in from the gym and had just gotten out of the shower when I heard the scream. I can't quite describe it but it was a scream unlike just a scrapped knee or minor wreck. It was a gut wrenching scream, the kind that you do NOT want to hear from your kid.... like, ever. Bike wreck: Bennett Bo. The kids both wreck on their bikes pretty frequently, so initially it wasn't a HUGE cause for concern. We both held him and he kept saying his neck hurt. </div>
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We found out MUCH later in the day (after he had hidden the truth because he knew he would be in trouble), that he had taken a "jump" off the wall. We had told him not to ride his new bike up there because he was still getting used to it. Of course, in the 1.5 seconds we weren't looking, guess what the little dare devil did? Which resulted in losing control, and plunge off the wall. And CRAAAACK. But, what he told us was that he was just trying to do the normal jump (not up top) and he crashed. Which didn't quite make sense based on where the bike landed. Once the truth came out later, made much more sense. OF COURSE HE DID THAT. This kid has no fear. Ever. </div>
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Took a good enough chunk out of his helmet that we will probably have to replace it. Thank GOD he was wearing a helmet (always required, but still). We can replace a helmet, but could have been so much worse if he hadn't had one on. He likely broke his clavicle (collarbone) upon impact.</div>
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Owen was happy to have a few minutes of downtime. He didn't see the divebomb off the wall, either that or he was protecting his brother....</div>
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Meanwhile, in the other room, Oliver actually was feeling pretty good yesterday. About 5 out of 10, which is decent. All cuddled up for the day. </div>
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When Bennett was crying still even though the advil had time to set in, we knew it was probably not just a kink in the neck. He is our tough guy, and rarely cries even if he has a bad wreck. So, we knew it was time to take him in. Back to the ER we go.... frequent fliers there! We joked with Oliver he should go just for kicks. </div>
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While Bennett and Justin were at the hospital, I took Owen golfing. It ended up being totally open on the course, so since we had time and it was a beautiful day, we decided to play. And I was smoked by a 6 year old. Ha. <br />
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Meanwhile, we were all stunned to see Oliver...he had real clothes on and looked all fancied up! He had a date with Lexi later in the evening. Was good to see him looking back to normal in terms of clothes on. The bald head looked even like he planned it that way- not like the result of cancer.</div>
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All in all... again... things don't go as planned. You just never know. It's like we keep thinking, ok, things are going to go x,y,z… this way... only to be reminded, maybe not so gently, sorry dudes, doesn't work like that! Here's another bit of a wrench in your plans. Also: stop trying to have plans. A reminder to roll with it. And perhaps embrace the fact that for some reasons we can't have a week go by without a trip to the ER. </div>
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The good news of today on the Oliver front is that it WAS a low key for him. Feeling pretty good, and happy about his date with Lexi. So, happy for that, and much needed before another day of chemo starts tomorrow. #oliverstrong.</div>
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<br />Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11293936211082182544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4345706449010006452.post-6176645090344237442019-07-14T08:57:00.004-07:002019-07-14T08:57:51.104-07:00Day 37: July 13, 2019I've always had some weird superstition about the number 7 and 13 and so always get a little bit weirded out on Friday the 13th's OR especially on July 13 (7/13). I don't know why or how this started- maybe I'm weird (probably), or maybe I just live in a numbers world and get a little bit fanatical about numbers (likely). To add on to the 6 million things that we have learned in this journey, I've learned that superstition is actually kind of a crock. Because WHAT DO YOU KNOW, bad things don't always happen just because it is the 7th or 13th or July 13th... or any other sort of rendition of those numbers. THEY JUST HAPPEN. It's like you kind of always know it is sort of futile to be superstitious about that kind of stuff, but you still get a little weirded out by it. After all this, again, you get slapped back in to reality quickly and realize that wasted effort on being weirded out by certain things your mind tells you should be "bad" was really a waste of time. Bad stuff happens and good stuff happens and without regard to any sort of number or non-number, or whatever the case. <br />
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So I suppose what follows that is that July 13 was really a non-issue. Despite the 7 AND 13. Weird, I know. <br />
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That said, it's an interesting place to be right now. This gray, in-between area. We are starting to see Oliver recover and "come back to life" as we say. He clearly feels it too, as he's feeling better- enough so that he is reading texts, talking on the phone some, playing video games, and not just wanting to stay completely still so as not to puke. He's started to pull back on meds. Get out a bit. Go for walks. It is expected at this point as we have a week break between the last chemo and the next one, and it's a longer period of recovery days for the last 2 weeks of the cycle versus the first brutal week of 40 hours straight of chemo. But, all of that said, it's a weird place to be. For us as his caregivers, and for him. <br />
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He wants to get back to life. Get back to what he was doing prior to chemo. Get on with it. Probably ditch his parents for a day at least (ha!) We are still stuck in hyper vigilant caring for him phase, knowing that at any moment, things are still fragile enough for a switch to flip and him to land flat on his back in the hospital. So, he probably feels like we are still hovering a bit. But on the contrast, we also see him starting to feel better, so we start to feel a pull to push him as parents. Get your own drinks. Email school. Figure out fall quarter. Go for walks. Figure out how your diet is going to change after this, and you should probably think about exercise too. Think about your career- you're about to graduate- what job are you going to get? Mail in your medical info. And on and on. To the point where he probably wants to punch us. <br />
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IT'S SO WEIRD. Because he's still sick. He has no hair. His body is by all accounts, completely wrecked. He still has one full cycle left and about 10 days of round 2. We are still mostly around him for the just in case, and helping each other tag team. But, we are in this coddle/caregiving phase contrasted by seeing maybe some semblance of some light so let's move on to the REST OF YOUR LIFE phase. It's hard to maintain a balance in this gray area. It's been a glimpse of the LIFE AFTER CHEMO and it is intriguing to think about how that is all going to work. And I think at some point, we all have to remind each other, that we are still fighting right now. Until we get those clear scans after round three (FINGERS CROSSED), we really are in a flux of we don't really KNOW. I think as humans, it's hard to stay in the present and not think about what comes next. We are trying, but I think all of us have a tough time with that on these days where things seem by all accounts, moderately normal. <br />
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Starting off day 37 (!!) with cards with the boys, and Oliver felt well enough to work on his watches. <br />
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I had a few errands to run yesterday, and Oliver/Colleen went to lunch (no photos!), and Justin and the boys also ran a few errands. We kind of went our separate ways there for a bit. We reconvened late afternoon for THE SHOT. The last one of this round. Back to the right side of Oliver's tummy, and for some reason he flinches on that side (maybe because he's a lefty?) </div>
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Justin has a bunch of wood he picked up yesterday- sort of living the lumberjack life and getting ready for winter (?) and so decided to sharpen his ax. Photos courtesy of Oliver himself, and he was able to capture my face pretty pricelessly. </div>
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Summer nights and bike riding. Bennett decided he wanted to try to ride Owen's old big boy bike yesterday (complete with gears!) He is SUCH a stubborn kid. Totally rode it and started jumping with it too, despite it being slightly too big. We are in trouble with that kid!</div>
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Again, pretty low key day, which are good days. Much better than the high adrenaline WHAT IS GOING ON type of days where we land in the hospital. Or the chemo days where everyone is exhausted and Oliver feels like total crap. </div>
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Including one from my childhood friend in Minnesota who rocked #oliverstrong during tough mudder. Love it!</div>
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