Today was going to be a pretty low key day. I had my Grandma Nick and Auntie Donna coming down to visit and help me with the kids. I was feeling good, and finally started to have more of an appetite. Although I'm far from eating the portion sizes that I used to eat. After breakfast I decided I would shower and get ready for the day. I noticed that I had some more nipple discharge and was wondering what in the world that meant. So on the phone with the doctor I am again. Here I had called earlier in the week for a sore toe that started to get infected. I was planning on just using home remedies by putting on anti-bacterial ointment and soaking it. Talking with my mom she told me I better call my doctor. So I gave them a call on Monday and they put me on antibiotics right away. This made me realize that any little thing, might lead to something bigger and they don't take those chances. (Glad to say my toe looks great now).
So now that I'm on my second call to my doctor in 3 days, I told them I didn't want to be one of those nagging patients but I wasn't sure what the nipple discharge meant. They assured me to keep calling with anything, anything at all to call. Although they probably wouldn't want to hear from me 5 times in one day I'm sure. I'll try and keep it down to only 5 times in a week maybe. Anyway, they did want me to come in so they could examine me to see if I had any signs of infection. They took my vitals and drew blood right away to see my count levels. When the nurse practitioner examined me she thought everything looked great and the discharge could be a sign of the chemo breaking down the cells. She did say my blood pressure was low and wanted to give me some fluids intravenously. I told them it wasn't a problem, so we were there another 2 hours getting some extra boosters for the rest of the week.
It actually worked out quite well. Why I was there I was able to talk to one of my friends that had also gone through this same treatment a year ago. She was in for one of her Herceptin treatments. We were able to talk face-to-face versus just through text/emails. Larry, one of the counselors was also there, so we were able to talk about a couple things and how things could be affecting our kids. Andy had ran out to get me a Mint Oreo blizzard and just got back in time to watch a couple Friends episodes on TV before we headed back home.
I felt bad because we had left Grandma and Donna at home with the kids, thinking it was only going to be an hour. Which clearly turned into 3. The roof was still standing when we got back, Donna trimmed my flowers and watered them for me. The kids were drawing pictures with sidewalk chalk. They said everything went fine. (THANK YOU!)
Now you're probably wondering why in the world I titled this "Special Delivery". Well, when I got back from the doctor there was a package on my counter addressed to me. When I opened it up there was a card from Aaron Rogers and the Green Bay Packers. How cool was this? Aaron Rogers and the Packers sending me something.
It's hard to read but it does say:
Please know that we are thinking
of you at this time
and wish you the very best.
Aaron Rodgers and The Green Bay Packers
What an awesome surprise! So most people are probably wondering how in the world I would get something like this. I'll just say Thank You Aaron Rogers and my close friend Jessie Micke:)
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