Herceptin treatment was Friday and I am finding that since I have no other treatments overlapping that this one is not as hard. I have a slight headache and body aches but it is so much more manageable. Although I need prayers for the next time because the nurses struggled horribly to get the IV in! They tried 4 times on the left hand and arm. Then they got permission to try the right side and was able to get one in. I am a bruised mess and many of the sites hurt. I cried at one point because I was so horrified that I was such a burden! The head nurse, Maria, was so worried about me she got my doctor to come back and check in with me. There was no one to be mad at because these veins of mine are so small and collapse so easily! They are my burden and always have been! Maria wants to make sure I only have her try so that no one else takes a site that she would have been able to get. This will help but prayers could only make it less stressful on all of us! Even with all that trauma I am so excited because I was able to go on with life yesterday without much trouble!! I actually should have been exhausted but the day was my best medicine...
Mom and I put on a wedding shower for my cousin Maggie! It has been so wonderful for me to get closer to her over these past few years! A pretty terrible thing brought us closer but I am so thankful to have such a wonderful relationship with her now. In our family there are 17 cousins and I am the 2nd oldest while Maggie is around the 5th youngest... we have a pretty big age difference so we were not close as kids. The shower went well and it was a blast to have all the aunts and cousins together although so many of us have had children so the adults were almost out numbered by the little ladies of the family. It was so much fun to be surrounded by so many I love! Plus I got to have quality baby time with two of the little ones that were at the party! And the best part was that was not the last of my baby time for the day....
Then we went to our soccer family party at the Wheelers. Erin was in town with her husband and her brand new baby girl, Reagan. I was tired from the shower and was not sure how I would survive the evening event.... but the loving atmosphere and the joy of seeing everyone gave me the boost I needed! Plus there is nothing like enjoying the time of catching up with loved ones you have not seen in a while and holding a new life that is so full of life!!! Our soccer family is an amazing group of people who I am so blessed to have in my life! We have all grown up together and have shared so many wonderful times in our lives as well as supported each other through tough times! We always have such a wonderful time together and each gathering seems like we have never been apart! Colorado will be home for Jim and Sherri soon and we are going to miss having them here in Illinois but we know that our visits will be that much more special! Plus the Klunders have a perfect vacation destination when we start to travel again! Love crosses all state lines and lasts forever!
I woke up today rather exhausted and soar but so happy for the blessings I have been given this weekend!
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