We’re just waiting for Jenny’s skin color on her left side to return to normal.
Today was pretty simple. The only drama was with the ultrasound of the infected area.
Jenny’s white blood cell count is back within normal range. And she felt pretty good for the bulk of the day.
But the redness on her skin has grown, which is a ‘clinical sign’ of infection. (The quotes around ‘clinical sign’ come from Katie, Dr. Kronowitz’s PA.)
Today is a little better than the day before. That’s pretty much the goal with these stays in the hospital. We found that out when we were here in 2012.
Jenny has had more energy today. She even got up and showered. And she got out her computer and did some Christmas shopping.
But she’s also felt worn out and nauseous at other times. They are pumping her with lots of medicine. She’s not taking Hydrocodone, though. She hates that stuff, so they’re giving her Ibuprofin to manage the pain that she still has.
Jenny’s Facebook post from the early morning hours this morning pretty much tells the story of this update:
She started feeling more sore than she should have yesterday morning while doing last-minute shopping for Hayden’s birthday party at the house. By the afternoon, after the family festivities ended, she rested and began to run a fever.
Jenny is back for another surgery. She detailed the plan in a post on Tuesday, where she talks about the continued reconstruction phase of this process.
We know we are near the end — Jenny wants a finish line — but she also knows the cancer that she found in 2012 will always be a part of her life. But she has said out loud that this is the final surgery for awhile:
“I have declared this my last surgery for two years.”
I’d say that my lack of posting is a good thing because it means that my life has returned back to the normalcy of craziness with family, friends and work. The craziness is definitely present — I feel like I have been running 500 mph for the past several months. But, I think the last few weeks of me talking through my feelings leading up to tomorrow’s scheduled surgery is probably more of the reason — I just want to be done.
So, documenting the things that make me not done is hard.
That said, let me catch you up:
Here we are – two years from the date our whole world shifted.
The good news – life is feeling more and more normal every day.
I’ve made it through some of the roughest times in my life — physically, mentally and emotionally. I’m still standing.