September 26, 2022

Hi……It has been a while since I posted, so I am here with an update and what’s going on in our life.

Dave has continued with outpatient Chemo; he goes every 3 weeks. The day after Chemo he goes back, and they do the Chemo in his spine, and they give him a shot that starts his system rebuilding white blood cells. In between Chemo Appts we have to be there for labs. His red blood cell count and his platelet count are always extremely low, so low that it usually requires him to get a blood transfusion and a platelet infusion. Last week at his appointment they gave him the flu shot, the covid booster and the covid antibodies…. then they did the chemo which they have added a new drug to. Needless to say, he didn’t feel good at all this weekend. But he is going to work (when he can) and he is back home with me. It was a little bit of a challenge when he came back home. Our house is up and down…tons of stairs, and Dave’s legs were not working after that last stint in the hospital, and him rejecting the methotrexate Chemo. We are hoping that the damage to his knee’s is temporary and not permanent, but we will have to wait and see. Next week they are going to do a full body CT scan to see how the cancer is doing. Both Dave and I are excited for that, I want to know that everything we have been going through is worth it …….it has to be working.

So that is how Dave is doing, he is doing really well considering everything he has been through. How am I doing???? Well ultimately it doesn’t matter how I am doing; I will do whatever I can to make this all work. Getting Dave healthy is all that matters in life right now. I am working, taking care of my cats, and I now have to start getting my babies to their respective houses. I sell cats all over the United States, that also requires me to travel all over the United States and deliver these babies. Of course, this has all been on the back burner because of everything that has happened, but now I need to be making money so I’m extremely busy at all my businesses. The one thing cancer doesn’t do is give you advance notice. All of a sudden you are just thrown into the unknown. Your still in shock because you did not see this coming, there was no warning signs. I think Dave and I are still in shock and trying to absorb everything, the unknown is the worst. Then there is the financial side of cancer, no one tells you about that…and you haven’t had time to plan….to look into everything, you just have to go with it. We have amazing insurance; I don’t know how anyone does this without insurance. Even with amazing insurance you have the maximum out of pocket. Most people don’t have that money just sitting around, so you have to continue to work, you have to have an income, life doesn’t stop. The bills are still there, the house still needs to be paid for. So that’s my responsibility, I need to make enough money to cover everything. It has been hard to do everything, I have taken over taking care of our house, yard, farm, animals etc., I will be glad when he is all better.