Today is Holly's birthday. She is turning 49, not that she is completely pleased about it. I don't think her family celebrates birthdays as a big deal like we do in my family. I made her cinnamon sweet rolls to have for breakfast in bed and sang happy birthday (we do that too in our family). She opened her presents this morning too. I'd love to take her out to dinner tonight, but my counts are too low to eat out at a restaurant. Instead, she is going to pick up some food from our favorite Thai place.
I am sitting in my Duke blue recliner waiting for my labs to come back to see if I need any blood products today. I am really curious what my hemoglobin is after they gave me those 2 units of whole blood on Sunday (and a unit of platelets). I had such a good run yesterday morning and such a good row this morning that I suspect it will be close to 10.0 or higher. I feel much more energetic than I did last week when I was still quite affected by the chemo and the low hemoglobin level.
They are laying the grass sod for the house across the street from ours. We met the people who are moving in next week when they close on their new house, and they seem very nice. They are living in an apt right now while the builders finish their home. The husband works in Chapel Hill and the wife works in Raleigh. Raleigh, can you imagine driving all the way from Hillsborough to Raleigh everyday? That has got to be a 45 to 60 min drive depending on where she works. Better her than me!
I told Holly that now she has to think about what she wants to do for her 50th birthday. Where does she want to go to celebrate the big 5-0? We only have a year to plan it. I think that after all this chemo and the way it is aging me inside and out, I should get to celebrate 50 before she does. I am way more wrinkley than she is, especially with this most recent chemo which has dried me out all over. I have lots of new wrinkle lines on my face. Never thought I'd care, but I have learned that I am as vain as the next gal. Maybe I should invest in Oil of Olay stock. Warren Buffet says buy, buy, buy.
3 comments:
Give Holly an extra birthday hug from me! I should think the big 5-0should be special birthday involving travel to far away places. How about Ireland?
Eli's asleep on the couch. Had a scare Sun night with abd pain and billious vomiting(that ended the abd pain). Yesterday had an UGI that ruled out malrotation, but had some poop on the scout film. So today has been all about dulcolax and fleets. He obviously feels better, so whatever happened Sun night(?volvulus ?intermittent intussusception?) resolved. Our carpets are now dark green, however.
Glad you are feeling perkier! Let me know if they are going to turn you loose to come up the hill this weekend and I'll drop your belated gift off at your house!
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That boy is always scaring you. Despite his incredible boy energy, he can get sick, sick. Won't know until later in the week the likelihood of getting to Ashevill this w-e. But I'll let you know when we do.-taf
Happy birthday! Hope it was wonderful for you both.
-Angela
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