4-12-16, R4 D8, Pinching Ourselves

I have been trying to get my thoughts together to write a post about the benefit in Seneca last Sunday. Was that for real? 2 days later and I'm still trying to wrap my head around the generosity that we have been shown. It was so great to see so many friends, family, acquaintances, and strangers come out to the dinner and auction. It felt so surreal to me. It still does. Heck, I still have days where I think, "This can't really be happening to us, right?" People say, "I don't know how you do it." But you know what? Everyone goes through something that seems impossible to everyone else, but when you are doing it, you're just doing it. What choice do we have? Support systems come into place to hold us up and help us do what we have to do. The Atchison and Seneca communities have formed the greatest support system in the world for us. We couldn't be more grateful. With that being said, let me also say, for the 1000th, but not the last time,

THANK YOU. Your hearts are made of pure gold. We are lucky. I didn't realize that when we would be faced with such a difficult time in our life that we would be thinking about how lucky we are. But we are. SO lucky, in so many ways.

So, let me catch you up real quick on how things are going for Mike. Sunday, while I was spinning in circles trying to hug everyone I knew, Mike was home resting. He was glad to be home, and glad to have a day to relax before he got the Neulasta shot on Monday.

Monday we went down to the clinic and got his shot. He said it burns so bad, and that he deserved a hot fudge sundae after that. I treated him to Dairy Queen so that made his day a little better. He took it easy the rest of the day, expecting the dreaded "icky" feelings to take over towards the end of the day.

When he woke up this morning, I was expecting to hear about how bad he was feeling, but much to our surprise, he said he was feeling ok. As the day went on, he said his bones definitely ached, but the really bad feelings he usually has weren't there. WHAT A RELIEF! I sure hope it stays like that this week, and maybe he will bounce back a little quicker this week. Who knows. As much as we see patterns in all of this, there are always things that surprise us. He even asked to go out for a drive today. I didn't mind driving the country roads listening to the kids laugh and chatter. I hope this is something that repeats itself throughout the summer. (The country cruising, not the neulasta shots!)

I guess we just wait and see now. He will have more bloodwork done on Friday, and then the big appointment (PET Scan) on Wednesday, the 20th. I'll be holding my breath over that one, but I'm trying not to think about it yet. *Trying*

Thanks Again, to everyone, for everything. Our hearts are full.

XoXo

Robin