The first cycle of the new chemotherapy drug has completed and I have a doctor's appointment later this morning. I've got to say I'm tolerating the Alimta really well. A couple of days of fatigue but no body aches is a huge differece from cycle 4 of carboplaitin/taxol/avastin. My appetite decreased quite a bit during the first two weeks but it wasn't from nausea, it was just that I wasn't ever hungry. I made sure to eat three meals a day but didn't really want any of them.
We hosted a fantastic Thanksgiving celebration this year. We had about thirteen people over and it was really nice. We roasted a turkey, fried a turkey, made mashed potatoes and everyone else brought over side dishes. We also pulled off a big Thanksgiving surprise. Laela's twin brother Nick flew up from Jacksonville, FL for our Thanksgiving celebration. Only Laela, Miranda, Samantha, and me knew that he was coming up so it was a huge surprise for everyone and made an already good get together great.
With all of the friends, family, and coworkers who have come out of the woodwork to support us this year we have a TON of things to be thankful for and it was nice to take some time to reflect on that and acknowledge it. We couldn't be more thankful for everything that everyone has done for us. We're also really thankful for being able to do all of the travelling that we've done this year. It's been awesome being able to visit all of the places we've never been before.
On the bummer front, Miranda had started running a 100 degree fever the day after Thanksgiving. We took her to the doctor on the following Monday and it was decided that it was probably viral. By Wednesday her symptoms had still not broken so we took her to have an x-ray. Lo and behold she was diagnosed with pneumonia. She started feeling better on Friday but being the jerk that I am, I limited her activity all weekend and to day is her first day back to school since Thanksgiving break. Although the circumstances sucked, it was awesome for me to have a whole extra week to hang out with Miranda but I'm really glad things are getting back to normal.
My friends Tim, Kevin, Dan, and Isaac are going to New York December 16-19 to visit our friend Anthony. It's been quite a while since our last "Mancation" which was to Oregon in 2006. It's our first "Mancation" with Dan so we're sure to end up in prison at some point. Good times await.
