Tomorrow Jesse would have gone to the Nutcracker. She was really excited to go because Chris went last year. I haven’t reminded her because I don’t want to make her upset.
The last two days have been pretty boring, luckily. And we are both suffering some major homesickness. You’d think that having spent almost 8 months out of 2014 in another state from Virginia, we’d be used to it.
Yesterday, Jesse got sick once, but was awake until 9pm. The night before even with Ativan on board she was awake until 10. She slept through the marathon runners from upstairs (who were up at 4:45am).
Today she got sick once before the blind repairman came. Not sure if I am a fan of cordless blinds. The repairman was really nice. He was uncomfortable in that “I feel really sorry for you kind of way.” Right now we have temporary blinds. I think I like those better because they will let more of the morning light in. I need light! Plus it was snowing outside today and that was pretty to watch from under Jesse’s guitar I placed to hold the blinds up.
She did eat dinner tonight. Then a little girl she met while here last time arrived. The little girl did ask about Jesse’s mask. I make her wear it because the chemo is lowering her counts. Better safe than sorry.
Jesse really perked up when this girl arrived. She misses having kids her age to play with. Her sister’s arrival tomorrow will probably perk her up. I think the Ativan helped her from noticing that the girl’s parents would not allow her to come back in the playroom. (Update: got a chance to talk with the mom tonight and apologized if Jesse was causing trouble. More about that in next post.) And I was able to get her back to the room before it started to dawn on her.
Right now she has taken the paper from a present someone made and cut it up… I need to vacuum anyway. Today she has complained about her hands tingling (a side effect of the oxaliplatin), but no mention of her side hurting.