I'm actually a week behind! I finished my last Herceptin treatment last Wednesday. I brought in Ferrero Rocher chocolates for my oncology nurses, in particular Liam and Melissa who took care of me when Marybeth left. I also gave a gift box and a thank you note to Lakisha, my wonderful phlebotomist who has stuck me almost every time that I went in for chemo or Herceptin. Because of her, I didn't need to get a port, which would have stuck out from under my skin and left another scar. She's really great! The chemo went to where it was suppose to go and didn't leak out causing unnecessary damage. "Old Faithful" held out well.
Lakisha even asked about my dad, who went for his physical and speech evaluation this week. Basically, he passed all the tests and doesn't need to return to see them. Perhaps through repetition, some words he's having difficulty remembering will be easily recalled. Just the executive function test tomorrow with the occupational therapist, and then no more therapists!
Today was Linda's due date. Dylan's coming any moment now! When I talked to her tonight, Linda was having mild contractions every 9 min or so. She was walking around with Jae so she's doing very well!
Sam and I will be participating in the Komen walk this year. I still have to sign up, but it's decided. I should be able to go this time without any issues.
I scheduled my 6-month follow-up mammogram for Oct 8th. Everything looks OK so hopefully, there won't be any problems.
The pictures are from the hike this past Sat at The Great Falls in VA. Sam and I went with the Newlyweds Couples group from our church. Some of the guys couldn't make it because they were working. Sam actually carried a stroller as "practice" because the couple on the left had their hands full with Eli. Shannon is also 7-months pregnant with their second child,but still did the walk really well! It was spectacular there. You can see little kayakers at the bottom of the falls. That's how big the gorge area is. We went for soondooboo at Light House in Rockville afterwards.
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