Phew! Another day in the books, we are so darn close, yet it feels so far. One more day of chemo and then two more nights here in the hospital. We can do it. As we get further into the week, he tends to get more fatigued and tired, and that continues to be the case this week. I would anticipate tomorrow he will sleep quite a bit as he gets his last treatment, but so far this treatment we’ve been very lucky with the nausea. Perhaps we have gotten the mix of anti-nausea medicines figured out for him! So tonight, for your reading pleasure, we came up with a list of things that happen when you spend a full week at the hospital:
1. I get a little crazy in the gift shop. I’ll be honest, this is a really good hospital gift shop, they’ve got some awesome home décor stuff, and it feels like everything is on sale (and not the kind of sale stuff that is so ugly and you totally understand why it’s on sale). As much as I was tempted by the hospital sweatshirt – because much like a college sweatshirt I will have paid this place enough to wear it with pride – I got some cute décor, and a sentimental piece we will hang up in the house when we get home to always remind us of this experience, and how lucky we are.
2. We get cynical about commercials. More specifically, this is an issue for Tom. As you can imagine, he’s been pretty limited it what he is able to do, so he has watched a more than average amount of TV. The following commercials bother him specifically:
4. Crazy Conversations. Imagine being with your spouse holed up in a room for seven days. Minus our scare earlier in the week, we try to make treatment week as fun as possible. It’s kind of cool that we’ve had some of the most random conversations and learned stuff about each other that we never knew despite being together for 9 years. For example, he never knew that as a child I once made the poor decision to swallow a penny (for the record, I thought it was chocolate).
5. Not All Late Night Boredom Activities Are Encouraged. Let’s just say drawing funny faces on the masks seems to be frowned upon.
Thank you all for the prayers, good energy and great vibes. We truly feel it all and know we’ve got so many people rooting for us. THANK YOU! More to come tomorrow…
1. I get a little crazy in the gift shop. I’ll be honest, this is a really good hospital gift shop, they’ve got some awesome home décor stuff, and it feels like everything is on sale (and not the kind of sale stuff that is so ugly and you totally understand why it’s on sale). As much as I was tempted by the hospital sweatshirt – because much like a college sweatshirt I will have paid this place enough to wear it with pride – I got some cute décor, and a sentimental piece we will hang up in the house when we get home to always remind us of this experience, and how lucky we are.
2. We get cynical about commercials. More specifically, this is an issue for Tom. As you can imagine, he’s been pretty limited it what he is able to do, so he has watched a more than average amount of TV. The following commercials bother him specifically:
- Chevy Commercial with Wi-Fi In the Car: He’s irritated that they don’t tell you there is a data plan required AND that almost everyone has internet on their phone. He thinks it’s the silliest campaign ever and yells at the TV people when they act so excited – never mind that they are actors.
- Domino’s Pizza: He feels that the pizza emoticon campaign is misleading because you obviously have to do some setup work before you text Dominos for your order. I’m not sure why this one bothers him so much, but it’s at the point where I literally laugh out loud when it comes on because of his reaction.
4. Crazy Conversations. Imagine being with your spouse holed up in a room for seven days. Minus our scare earlier in the week, we try to make treatment week as fun as possible. It’s kind of cool that we’ve had some of the most random conversations and learned stuff about each other that we never knew despite being together for 9 years. For example, he never knew that as a child I once made the poor decision to swallow a penny (for the record, I thought it was chocolate).
5. Not All Late Night Boredom Activities Are Encouraged. Let’s just say drawing funny faces on the masks seems to be frowned upon.
Thank you all for the prayers, good energy and great vibes. We truly feel it all and know we’ve got so many people rooting for us. THANK YOU! More to come tomorrow…