October 20, 2009

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Things are settling down around here. Carlee, of course, had experienced the H1N1 virus, and we were worried that she was going to spread it to the rest of us. Of course, Lynn is the one we worry about the most, so we were on pins and needles for a few days. Carlee got over the flu amazingly fast - she was up and around almost immediately. In fact, she even went to school today. Plus, no one in our house got a case either. I am amazed that I did not pick it up, but somehow we all dodged a bullet. From what I could tell, the way the disease spreads most readily through sneezing. Fortunately, that was one of the symptoms that Carlee didn't have. She had the sore throat, the temperature, and the coughing. Of course, she also did not have the loss of appetite either, but that goes without saying. Anyway, we are past the time that we would have been infected, so now we can start looking at the next step in the process - second round of chemotherapy.

That's starts again on Monday, October 26th. We want to get to the hospital as soon as possible that day. The sooner they start the chemo, the sooner they can get done, and the sooner she can go home on Thursday. For now, she will have the entire sequence while hospitalized. There was some talk about trying to do some of it out-patient, but her doctors want to monitor things closely this time, especially since she had such a dramatic response to the Ifex the last time around. They want to try to tweak the dosage, and get her protein levels up, so that she will be able to answer questions with something other than "Duh" next time.

Lynn's also eating better, and her stamina is better than it was before the chemo, She has been working steadily, and even complained that she did not have enough to do. Not back to pre-heart surgery levels, but definitely the first sign of improvement we have seen in months.

Everyone else is hanging in there too. Carlee, like I said, is all better (grumpy today, but that's probably due to the fact that she was feeling a bit of cabin fever.) Mac went to his first Cub Scout Pack meeting last night, and had a blast. He got to be a volunteer for a magic show, and was able to get his Bobcat badge. He is already starting on getting Bear squared away. Many thanks to everyone that has been asking about Lynn and who have helped out. It's good to hear that she has so many friends out there looking out for her and for us.