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The Luck O’ The Irish
By Margot | March 11, 2009
Andrew is home now and is showing slight improvement. Much slower than we’d hoped. It’s taking a while. This morning he’s sitting up and playing some video games with his brothers. The amount of television all three have watched in the last week is embarrassing. I got so desperate last night that I made them play charades with me while they were lying on the couch guessing what I was doing.  Charlie really got into it and decided we should guess what he was doing when he put his hands on top of his head and spun around. Turns out he was a spinning carrot.
Sam still has a bad stomach and I can hear all the same gurgling sounds I heard in Andrew’s stomach. You know it’s not good if you can hear it from accross the room. He is eating a little, though his stomach hurts right afterwards. The sucky thing is this is supposed to be the week he eats like a horse because he is off chemo and puts a little weight back on. That’s not happening however. His counts from his blood check were pretty good, everything normal to above normal so this chemo is not hitting him too hard blood/platelet/ANC-wise. So if we can keep the VMA/HVA dropping we’ll be in good shape. Just a small “if” there. And of course we need to get him over this new bug and back on his feet.
I was going to write that we need a little of the Luck O’ the Irish for St. Pat’s next week (maybe that and some green beer will help) and then I started thinking that the Irish really had crap luck with the potato famine and all, so I looked on Wikipedia to find out how the term originated and here is the answer: “The saying refers to the fact that the Irish people have come through such overwhelming adversity and have come out on top and kicking! It must be luck… or true perseverance.” So, actually it pertains very well.
So, from a family with lots of Irish blood running through our veins, here’s to all NB kids and families having the The Luck O’ The Irish- and anyone else who needs it.
Margot
Topics: Progress Reports | 9 Comments »
March 11th, 2009 at 7:47 pm
Seriously!!! Irish Luck, Hope, Faith and Windfall… were sending them all your way. They are SOOO overdue in your life! Get better soon you guys – your mommy and I need to go on a walk or two.. to decompress and all.. Miss ya! xoxo rebecca
March 11th, 2009 at 9:22 pm
cheers! I’ll drink green beers to that one –
March 11th, 2009 at 10:08 pm
Please dont forget Red’s alma mater..The Fighting Irish..sometimes luck needs a little fight..
Thinking of you.
March 12th, 2009 at 1:07 am
Thanks, Margot! We’ll take any luck we can get. We’ll be wishing for an appetite turn around so maybe Sam can put on a pound or two. Praying for a cure for our boys.
March 12th, 2009 at 2:45 am
Margot,
Tons of luck being sent your way….Stomach sounds from across the room is never a good thing :).Happy to hear things are looking up a bit for Andrew and maybe, just maybe it’s sympathy sounds from Sam.
With Hope,
Abra McKean
March 12th, 2009 at 9:07 am
Margot,
I look forward to your posts, and this was a great one! The only thing missing was great CAT numbers…maybe tomorrow…
As an aside, we find that bananas are the way to go for stomach ailments such as those “running”
(-: rampant in your home!
March 13th, 2009 at 3:33 am
let the luck of the Irish rain on you all !!!!!
and may you find rainbows at the end of the day…
get better soon, boys !!!!
much love, the Kuhn’s
March 14th, 2009 at 4:23 am
We are having a lemonade stand at PB United Methodist church on Ingram at 10:30 and 11:45 if you want to stop by. All the proceeds will benefit Magic Water. We will be selling greeting cards, cookies, candy and our famous strawberry lemonade. Angela (Madison’s Mom)
March 15th, 2009 at 8:19 pm
Neil – Kay Koch said to give you her best. She’s praying for your family. Apparently you were friends with her daughter in high school.