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We’re Off
By Margot | June 16, 2008
After a big Father’s Day Breakfast, homemade cards from Sam and Andy and an hour of basketball at the park, Neil hopped on a plane to Vermont yesterday for meetings today and tomorrow with Drs. Sholler, Durden, Brown, and Meryl Whitmer, Paul Brunskow and Pat Lacey. No need to comment on the different facets of fatherhood that Neil juggles, I’ll let his Father’s Day speak for itself. The boys and I miss him already. Hope all Dad’s had a happy day.
In Vermont they will be discussing lab results, treatment options and next steps and possible new drugs.  Neil will come back on Wednesay. Today is Sam’s last day of school.  I woke him up for his chemo early and then let him sleep a few hours.  I have funny thoughts when we do moring chemo I tell myself sarcastically, “Just giving my son his chemo and sending him off to school” inserting chemo where most mother’s might insert “healthy breakfast.” I do do healthy breakfast too (though not today because the boys ate a once in a lifetime, not at the hospital, bowl of Lucky Charms they talked me into buying – Andy said “This is a dream come true.” as he was eating them).Â
We leave for New Mexico tomorrow barring any nasty surprises at today’s after school blood check. Sam got to bring a board game to school and Colleen and Jennifer Sowers (the room moms) made t-shirts that say “Mrs. Gage’s 2nd Grade Class – We Rock!” and the kids get to decorate them today.  Andy is having a playdate with Beau at the moment -another dream come true for him and Charlie has been out to see the trash trucks all morning – it being Monday and all.  I’ve set up river rafting for my Dad, Sam, Andy and me for Wednesday of our trip. We’re going to shoot the Taos Box. Just kidding, that’s like class seven rapids for those of you who don’t know. We’re going to do a kid-friendly, maybe a rapid here and there, trip down the Rio Grande/Rio Chama. My Dad and Stevie have set up a bunch of great things for the kids to do - a wildlife refuge visit for the boys where they’ll get to hold some baby coyotes and racoons, horseback riding, an air show and a day at Bandalier where they can climb around all the Indian caves.  I hope Sam is up for all of it. If not, we’ll adjust. He finishes the irrino tomorrow morning. So far this week, he’s been great energy wise -a little cranky here and there but nothing to write home about. He’s been watching the basketball finals with great interest and is rooting for the Celtics – he was bummed they lost last night. In the scrimmage last Friday he made three baskets and Andy made one. They were both so excited. I get last week’s cats back this afternoon at the blood check and to say I’m apprehensive is a very big understatement. I’m crowding out all the aprehension with a crazy to do list before we leave.  I’ll try to update when I get the numbers so as not to leave you hanging before we go on vacation. I’m taking my laptop for work purposes, so maybe I’ll update mid-week.
Happy Birthday to Miss Erin Buenger this week! Hurray for us Geminis.
MargotÂ
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Topics: Progress Reports | 1 Comment »
June 16th, 2008 at 8:33 pm
If you would only update every single day, then I would really be able to anticipate what’s about to happen to Erin ;-0. Just as you write about Sam, Erin has not had near the fatigue and energy dissipation towards the end of the day as she did the first round. FYI, if it is ever necessary to do a round IV, the nausea is a little worse, but the GI issues practically non-existent (I guess that is logical if you are by-passing the digestive track).
Maybe some day we will overlap in New Mexico and hike and river raft together. I hope all the boys have fun and that you get some down time. I also hope Neil brings home loads of promising options for us all.
VB