BUMMED? Not me!!!

This week has been a little bit of a “bum”mer! My hemorrhoids came back, so the first part of the week was miserable. Scott got out the documentation on things to watch for and one of them when the white blood cell count gets low is…you guessed it…sore bum AND my white blood cell count was a little low this week, so there you go! My oncologist gave me a few more suggestions, so hopefully we can keep them in control. Today, I’m feeling great and my energy is back and I’m looking forward to this weekend. Baby K is coming to spend the weekend while Mom and Dad get a little together time! YIPPEE! This will be her first overnight here without them, so it will be an adventure!

Last weekend one of our favorite Irish entertainers, Eddie Delahunt, who we’ve seen multiple times at the Kansas City Irish Fest and who plays every Wednesday and Sunday night at O’Dowd’s Little Dublin pub on the Plaza in KC, was playing at the Great Plains Theatre in Abilene. Kellen happened to see the flyer in Angela’s pharmacy a couple of weeks ago, remembered who he was, and got us two tables right in front of the stage. Oh, what fun we had!!! Emma and Killian came along, but Baby K stayed with a sitter. Emma danced like crazy all night and they both went on stage (along with a little help from Aunt Caitlin) and did actions to one of the songs. Well…Emma and Caitlin did actions. Poor Killian and his baby blue eyes were blinded by the stage lights and I think he was also bitten by the shy bug, but he stayed up there for the whole song! When Eddie heard his name, he said, “My God! This boy’s more Irish than I am!” It was such a fun time!

I am surviving the ups and downs and treasuring my good days. I’m anxious to get started (and get finished) with the next round, which will start next Tuesday. Hopefully I will get along as good with the next chemo as I did with the last. One very special thing I found out today was that my primary care physician recently took a trip to Israel. She posted several names on the Prayer Wall and mine was one of them. It still gets me a little every time I think of it! I am blessed with so many prayer warriors, it’s humbling and more than a little overwhelming. What a treasure you all are and what a Great God we serve! Love you all!