weekend treatment and long weekend

Anna had treatment back at the 5300 unit again on Saturday and Sunday. When we go over on the weekends, we have to go through admissions which always seems to take a bit of time. Once we actually get up to the 5300 unit, it's pretty quick. Saturday was a little tough as we were back in room 5316 which was one of the rooms she had for about a week straight. It was the room where her parents first saw her and that brought back some emotions. She remembered very distinctly seeing her mom that first night and her mom's reaction. She said she could picture her in the chair in the corner... That was also the room we were in until the first day of chemo... and then we went from that room to the ICU. Sunday wasn't as bad. They were ready for her, so we were in and out in less than 5 minutes and administered the chemo shot in the "playroom", rather than a room where she had stayed.

TJ is with her parents today, so we figured it was a good day to stop by the mall quickly. Our main purposes were to get re-checked for glasses and to pick up TJ's pictures. We both are due for new glasses... I think I need a different prescription and she apparently needs a new pair of Chanel glasses (we've had the needs vs wants discussion a few times, but now's probably not the time to get into these battles). Unfortunately, although there were about 6 people standing around willing to sell us frames, the actual Optometrist was booked and couldn't examine our eyes for a couple more hours. We didn't feel like sticking around, so we'll make an appointment and try again some other weekend. Earlier last week, Anna and my mom took TJ to take some X-mas pictures, so today we went and picked them up. We had to modify the order a little bit so they needed 20 minutes to print some stuff. While we were waiting for that, we ventured further into the mall and wound up going to just one store and got a couple things that were on the list, so it wasn't too bad. We then went back to pick up the pics, and then got out of there. Besides that, it was a pretty lazy day around here.

She's been dealing with a little bit of nausea for the last few days. On Friday and Saturday, it got worse than just the normal nausea feeling... it's all part of the chemo stuff, but we think this time it was not controlled as she had changed her eating schedule and thus her nausea medicine schedule. We're back on a normal schedule today, so we're hoping it stays under control.

She's back for treatment again tomorrow, then has a few days off. Hope everyone enjoyed a few extra days off and a little time with the family.