Daily Grind

Yesterday and today's blood work both look good. Still making some minor adjustments on some of the meds. It can be most frustrating with the daily routine (grind) of meds. and appts. Somedays it's really hard to not let it get you down. Here's a brief rundown;

-four bags of IV antibiotics daily for bacterial infection in lungs
-daily meds for high blood pressure (due to the chemo)
-blood thinner/daily
-steroid/daily
-chemo once a week
-pain killers as needed
-"Now, Mrs Huseman watch that incision, (nearly 12") and make sure it doesn't get infected"

Ray was questioning today as to whether or not he made the right decision to let the surgeon do the lung biopsy three weeks ago. The recovery is taking its toll. It's hard not to look back and keep pressing forward.

He only has 12 more days of the IV therapy left. It'll be good to get that behind him, since that takes about 4 hours each day. I make sure to get him out of the house each day at least for a little while. The weather was perfect today--he and Mary took a walk after she got home from school today. I think they both enjoyed that.

Katie and Veronica are driving in tonight. Their stay will be way too short, but it'll be great to have them here. Veronica is a dear lady, about my age and was Katie's adoptive mother during Katie's freshman year at A&M. At St. Mary's in College Station they do an "Adopt an Aggie" ministry for the new students, and Veronica adopted Katie. Now four years later, they're still great friends and Veronica has always been so good to Katie. I've said before, "It's nice when somebody else like your kids, because there are times, when I don't even like 'em."

Love you all,
Kim