My sister, Laurie, along with her friends Angela and Sheri, will be walking 60 miles in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day starting tomorrow. They worked so hard (including setting up a fundraising booth at the Kingston ferrry dock) to raise more than $7,000 between the three of them.
They have also trained like crazy to get ready for what I am sure will be an inspiring and life-changing experience for each of them. I am so excited for them and I know they are more than ready to conquer the challenge of walking 20 miles a day for three consecutive days.
Thanks to a very cool phone app, I will be able to track where Laur and team are at throughout each day and I plan on bringing Nick to one of the spectator cheering sections to root them on. BTW...their team name is "Cougs for Boobs" as they are all WAZZU graduates just like me.:)
While Laur is walking tomorrow, I will be getting my 9th infusion of Taxol with only 3 more to go. Yahoo!! I am so ready to be done, but I also have to admit that I've come to enjoy my Fridays at SCCA.
I even look forward to having my port accessed (yes...with a needle!) and having my blood drawn. About 10 chemos ago, I met Thea (the blood draw nurse of my dreams:) ), and she has been accessing my port every chemo day since. She is an angel who I like to believe was sent to me by my mom herself.
She treats me like a princess! Upon my arrival, Thea reclines my chair, and carefully places a warm blanket on my lap and rolled-up warm blanket behind my neck. She usually brings me something to drink too! And then we just chat away while she gets everything ready prior to the needle poke, which only lasts a second and only hurts a little. And then we chat some more until it's time for me to head upstairs for chemo.
And then there's all of the amazing chemo nurses. My favorite nurse is Barb. She has a special place in my heart because she took care of my mom when she had her stem cell transplant and just before she died. In a strange way, having her as my nurse makes me feel closer to my mom.
So my last chemo day (Oct. 4) will definitely be a bittersweet one!
