Spring Break & #Six Done!

I forgot to take a picture last treatment but Matt snapped this one while I was sleeping.  The Taxol that I receive in these treatments is notorious for causing allergic reactions so they give you an infusion on Benadryl before the other meds... it knocks me out!  As I said before though, I'll take sleepiness over nausea any day!

One of the other side effects I mentioned in my last post was numbness in my extremities.  I got quite a few blisters on my feet from (I assume) going on a long walk while my feet still felt tingly.  I worried that it would affect how I did walking around during the vacay but a lot of moleskin and blister bandages saved the day!

Four days after my treatment we flew to California for Spring Break.  We were only there for 4 full days (we didn't want to push me too hard) but it was the greatest medication for my mood.  My cute home teacher/dentist brought by some masks for me to wear to filter out germs.  I wore them on the airplane along with my compression arm sleeve that helps alleviate/control lymphedema in the arm that my lymph nodes were removed from.

We spent day 1 at Legoland, a day 2 at the beach, the boys went to California Adventure on day 3 (I stayed home with poor Lauren who was throwing up) and we ended our trip with a day at the happiest place on earth.  I smothered on the hand sanitizer all day, every day during the trip and luckily I kept all the germs at bay - hooray!!  It was so wonderful to get away for some fun and feel normal for a while. 

Today was my 6th treatment... the end is in sight!!!  I slept the day away but otherwise I'm feeling fine.  Thank you all for your continued prayers, service and love.  I'm so grateful for such amazing support!!