Wife of Kel'el

Well, let’s see…Keith is healing quite well from his hernia surgery. There was a bit of an odd situation when he went into surgery—his ring and pinky fingers started going numb when they laid him out before anesthesia. Since they had no idea why, they decided to do an epidural to numb the lower half, but to keep him loopy yet awake during the surgery. He once again told them that he is the Son of Jerel (Superman), but at least nobody asked him this time where his cape is (his gall bladder surgery). He’ll be dandy and able to lift more than a milk jug in no time.

I had my second chemo treatment last Friday, with a Neulasta shot on Saturday to help stimulate my bone marrow to increase my white blood cell count. I felt fine again on Saturday (went to farmer’s market, ran errands, and went out for a great hamburger at Front Street Brewery), but the aches from the shot sucks. I was very nauseous on Sunday. Working has been fine this week, but I have had waves of queasiness along with the general crappiness and fatigue. I am mostly annoyed by how difficult it can be to focus—I don’t like not having the answers to teachers’ questions when I know I should. The kids and people at work have been great though. Since they didn’t really know me before I had cancer, they are very thoughtful not to dwell on it, rather they ask questions respectfully. I cherish the outpouring of affections of all o f my dearest friends and old coworkers, but it is nice to not have people tear up when they see you—work would be difficult otherwise.