Still Recovering

Thursday night, after my drive home from Reno, I was still feeling a little sick from the chemo the week before. I went to a lot of effort to get extra calories that day, but I lost them that evening with lingering sickness. So it was a good call not to have another chemo that day since I was still sick from the first one. I think it's safe to say that now I am over the chemo sickness.

Friday my parents came to Fallon for a visit. Logan helped me get ready and we enjoyed having them here. I felt pretty good most of the time, but I was weak and had to lay down a lot, so we had to do some of our visiting in my room while I was laying down. They stayed over night and this morning my mom worked in my flower beds and my dad sat with me on the porch. We took a little drive into town. It felt nice just to be out. I have not had any more throwing up, but I have no energy. I'm not sleepy like I was and I don't have the aching in my stomach like I was having, so I take that as a sign of improvement.

Today our family celebrates David's birthday. Of course I don't have anything big planned, but I would like him to know how much we love him and what an anchor he is in our family. There have been many prayers offered on my behalf, but I couldn't get through this without David being with me every step of the way. We love his strength (not just his physical strength, but we appreciate that too!), his wisdom, and his optimistic, upbeat disposition. To celebrate, some friends came to town and they went to get pizza and we'll have cake later tonight. It's not our typical birthday celebration, but I didn't want the day to pass without acknowledging how wonderful he is and how thankful we are for him.