Sunday, August 11, 2007

We go tomorrow for another try to get in round 5 of Hannah's chemo. I have been giving her the daily Neupogen shots since last Thursday, so hopefully her counts are up. She is already protesting being accessed tomorrow. She did admit tonight that it doesn't hurt to access the port, but she can feel the needle going into the port. It's just an unpleasant and stressful situation for her still. She is getting so much better with the daily shots I give her at home. We have a routine, and she goes through the process each time, but no more screaming and thrashing.

We were all busy this weekend, and the weather was beautiful. On Friday, we went to the movies with Mary Kate and Charley. After setting everything up, the thought occured to me that this was one of the worse places for someone who is neutropenic, since it is an enclosed place with many people-GERMS! I agreed to let her go if she would wear a mask into and out of the theatre. To share in the fun (ha) I wore one too. Wonder why there were so many people staring at us?

Hannah and Colby both had horseback riding on Saturday. Hannah was persistant in telling me and the instructor that she wanted to cantor (go much faster) on her horse, but they decided to save that for another day. Instead, they were walking and trotting over poles on the ground-enough to give a mother heart failure, that's for sure. She looked very good, and stronger than the last time she rode. We headed out to a local beach for a bit of afternoon relaxation, and Hannah fun in the water and a quick nap on the beach.



Today we made the trek over to the ocean (Westhampton Beach). We saw several other friends from the North Fork over there. The water was fairly calm and the day was beautiful. The highlight for me was watching Hannah chasing seagulls. She was running! At that moment, you would never have known everything she's going through.

xoxo Kim