Oregon Living
2020 – Blog #10 – Dog Sitting and the Start of Treatment Begins
Saturday, Feb 1st, 2020…… Nothing going on today. The
weather here was nice yesterday (no rain) but it rained last night and it’s
supposed to be 90% chance of rain today. Skies looked ok for now when I had
monster puppy out early this morning. We’ll
see what happens later…
No rains.
Huh! Oh well, now the lawn can dry out some more! Nothing on the agenda for
today. Lydia has had many calls from friends and is always glad to hear from
them. She’s doing well. The pain is minimal at times and flares up occasionally.
But she tries hard not to take any of the prescription pain meds unless it’s a
really bad session. I think she’s only taken one hydrocodone since we have been
back.
I fixed us
breakfast this morning. My sister came over alter with Quincy again. She will
be leaving tomorrow morning to go down to Rogue River (188 mi.) for the
celebration of life for one of her childhood friends. Janice is driving and
will visit her family while sis goes to see everyone. Later, I made dinner and
we had a quiet evening at home.
Sunday, Feb 2nd, 2020…… Another quiet day. I got up and got the pooches out
for their walk/run out back. The only other thing I did today was go out and
clean up around the new carport. The guys didn’t leave a mess but I wanted to
wipe down the painted parts that were on the ground and had some dirt on them
when they got installed. I moved the boat trailer under the carport and cleaned
up some old cardboard boxes that had been left in the rain last week. They were
dry enough to be cut up for recycle. That was the extent of my day. I came in
and watched the Super Bowl and after that we watched the first show for season
three of The Masked Singer. Out of the first six: As soon as I heard about the super bowls and
then saw the White Tiger, I had picked Rob Gronkowski. Tiger is still in so I have to wait on that.
Not a clue on The Turtle, or The Kangaroo among the others. I am trying to figure
out Miss Monster. I know it’s an older black female who can really sing. Maybe sounds
a little like Chaka Khan. I think The Llama is Danny Bonaduce – only because I
know he’s currently he’s a radio show host in Seattle and the clues mentioned
both of those. Didn’t guess Lil Wayne – but neither did any of the panel!
Monday, Feb 3rd, 2020…… We got up early and I got showered
and dressed and took the dogs out again for their morning ritual. Even though there
is no rain, Rylee still finds all of the wet spots to wallow and romp in! She
got her early morning cold water shower to get cleaned up before I could dry
them both off and then bring them in to feed them.
I fixed us
bacon and eggs this morning. At around 10:00 or so, we headed over to our
oncology meeting in Corvallis. We met with Dr. Ribeiro, who charted out her
next steps. She has the aggressive form of lymphoma, which, as he said, is the kind
we want – because it’s the easiest treatable. Lots of meds out there, he said,
that will work to clean it up quickly and easily. She will need both chemo
(three rounds on the chemo unless the pet scan is not favorable) and then
radiation will start. He said the bump on her heel is typical with lymphoma which
is definitely tied to her 21-year old comprised immune system. She has to try
to stay off of her feet as much as possible. She already has appointments for
the pet scan and the radiation consult. He has scheduled her for an EKG (to
make sure her heart is strong enough for the treatments), and for wound care.
When we got home, she heard from both of those offices and they are set for
next week. He added some more labs so she did those in-house before we left (so
she doesn’t need to go tomorrow). Her kidney transplant team in Portland has temporarily
taken her off of her anti-rejection drugs to prep for the treatment, which is
good. So, all in all, she got a lot done today with more to come this week and
next. She’s handling this pretty well but does have her moments of anxiety and
depression.
We stopped
by America’s Best so I could return my recently-acquired sunglasses. Turns out
they made a clerical error and the progression was set too high in the lenses.
But just for the sunglasses. My tv glasses (single vision for distance for
reclining to watch tv – think about that!) and my regular progressive glasses are
working well and I’m adjusting to them pretty quickly. They will call me when
the new ones are back. We stopped at Arby’s in Albany and got lunch and then
came back home. Lydia has to prep for the pet scan and is on a special diet 72
hours out so I fixed her spinach and cottage cheese for her lunch. Dinner
tonight will be chicken breast and cauliflower. My sister got back with Bill
and Debbie and Debbie’s little sister, Jan, and they came by to visit and pick
up the Q. Later, we ate and settled in for a quiet evening.
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