As most of you know, I have moved back home to Spokane for the second half of treatment. My surgery went very well and my doctors and surgeon say i am moving along quite nicely for such a big operation. I have a full titanium leg pretty much, a metal rod goes through my bone all the way from my ankle to the prosthetic knee and then half my femur is replaced by a metal rod and the rest of the rod is drilled into my bone all the way up to my hip.
I'm very glad to be back in Spokane, and have probably been with shelley 85% of the time. We like to sit and watch tv, text, talk, and stalk people on facebook about the extent of my activities these days.
When im not in chemo, i try to get as much school done as i feel like, make as many plans as i can, and make it to youthgroup atleast once a month. Tj our new youth pastor has been great and we all love having him around!
I am in the middle of my 3rd week straight of Chemo and am a little worried that i will be feeling crappy over Christmas! please keep your prayers going. But after this weekend i will gave no more of this intense chemo! THANK GOD!
uhhhh! i have to admit being home hasn't solved all my problems and i still do get very lonely and sad. But thankfully i have an amazing support group. Everyone who is praying, selling shirts, buying shirts, thinking about me, Shelley,Andrew, Danny and all my other friends! i appreciate you all so much and love you tons.
T-shirts are going to be sold next week i think for 20 dollars in the mall at Mead Highschool!(:
oh and i should be having a kung surgery in the next 2 monthes or so just to test and see if some nodules they found are cancerous. We are going to Seattle for the surgery then coming back shortly after! anddd myyy chemoo is almost doneeMARCH!
well thanks again for your support and love and i will try to keep updating!
Friday, December 10, 2010
Monday, October 4, 2010
Spokane Trip(:
day 1: Thursday: My day with Nikki: and later Shelley,Sheldon,Chris,Danny,Andrew and even later Josh:
My dad and I were going to pick Nikki up at lunch so she could come over for the rest of the day but first i had to suprise Jessica at lunch and see Emilie and Shelley! But i only had 20 minutes......So we all met at the track so no one could see me and we sat and talked for awhile. And thanks to the support of my amazing friends I finally gathered enough courage to walk into the school and visit my breakthrough teacher who also had.. had cancer. My dad said "okay now Robin make sure to be back in 10 minutes ill be waiting" and i said "okay okay suree". So we went around the whole outside of the school avoiding any people and snuck around the backside into the school. My teacher came out and said hey and stuff and asked me if i would be comfortable sharing my story with the breakthrough class. WHich im pretty sure im gonna do eventually but im not sure. Then we went to visit my english teacher and my old soccer coach that took about 45 minutes. Then i got a call from my dad he was very uppset and worried my line was going to be blocked. SO nikki and i ran outside and jumped into the car. Thankfully my line wasnt plugged and Nikki and i had a great time(:
I love you so much girlyyy
At 7 Shelley, Sheldon, Chris , Danny, and Andrew all came over and we hung out and ate amazing tomato soup and grilled cheese made by my mother : D delicous. it was great at likeeee 9:15 Josh came and chilled with Chris and Sheldon and me! wohoooo fun stuff!
Day2 Touring Sacred Heart and then: Emilie and then Lauren's day:
My dad and i went to visit Sacred Heart the hospital i'll be finishing my treatment at after surgery.
Its a really great hospital with private rooms,fancy beds,my own refrigerator, and shower. yahooo!
Then at 2:30 we picked Em up from School! Me and emilie had an awesome time and even had a sour skittle race it was great heheheheh(: I LOVE YOUUU
and at 8 Lauren came over we created a religion and laughed alot and played zombies vs. Aliens forever. It was lots of fun and when her mom came to pick her up they brought me an amazing dessert of Creme brulee it was delicouss! love you laurenn!!!
Day 3: Mom and Robin day ; then at 5 Emilie comes over : at 6:30 youthgroup party and at 9:30 Shelley sleepover:
My mom and i finally got to spend some time together! She made me an amazing breakfast of scrambled eggs with cheese and tomatoes and hasbrowns : D it was tasty tastyy! Then we went up to greenbluff to get some apples! at Hansens! we picked our own and then treated oursleves to carmel apple apple sauce and a carmel apple! it was sooooo good!
when we got home she mad me a hot dog while i did spanish!
at 5 Emilie came over and we ate fundip on my bed(:
then at 7: we showed up at youthgroup it was really fun! and i really like the hopefully new youthpastor!
at 9:30 shelley came over and we had a sleepy over but i couldnt sleep. so it was bad but i found out you can sneeze in your sleeeep!!!
Day 4: last day :( : 7:45 wake up for churrch: 9 go to church: 11:40 breakfast date at rosaurs: 12:25 taylor picks us up with D: 2:45 we play sorry forever: 5:20: josh and andrew timee!: 7: Chris, sheldon , Danny, Shelley, Josh, Andrew timee!" 11: Sheldon Robin timee(:
at 7:45 shelley woke up to me playing scrabble which i played on the computer till 8:40 and ownedd! then i quickly got ready for church which started at 9 we ate chocolate chip pancakes there! and everyone at church made me a super legit quilt! 11:40 we were hungry so we left church early to have a shelley and robin date at rosaurs family restauraunt while my mom shopped. at 12:35 Taylor and D came and hung with us while my mom went back home. UNfortunatly Taylors super old dumb car died and we had to try and be jumped but it still didnt work so my mom had to drive back and get us! We all chilled at our house for awhile and we played sorry!! it was funn wohoodless!
at 5:20 Josh and andrew came and we took lots of pictures and chilled wohoo!! and ate hot dogss super fun!
at 7: everyone else came and we all talkedd(: super good
at 9: we all piled into sheldons car and tried to go to didiers but it was closed :( so we went and got icecream sandwhiches and ate them and goldfish at shelleys : D
Then we had a dance party in the car and tookm everyone home
Then sheldon and Robin had brother sister time and it was GRAND!
wohooo
special thanks to susie and duffy for all your help love and support(: and aunt Shirley and Tracey, Riley, and Sydnee
Then Day 5: i had to go home :( sad day i hate seattle for the time being
keep up the prayers and support i appreciate it more then anything
Tshirts should be going on salee sooon!!(:(:
My dad and I were going to pick Nikki up at lunch so she could come over for the rest of the day but first i had to suprise Jessica at lunch and see Emilie and Shelley! But i only had 20 minutes......So we all met at the track so no one could see me and we sat and talked for awhile. And thanks to the support of my amazing friends I finally gathered enough courage to walk into the school and visit my breakthrough teacher who also had.. had cancer. My dad said "okay now Robin make sure to be back in 10 minutes ill be waiting" and i said "okay okay suree". So we went around the whole outside of the school avoiding any people and snuck around the backside into the school. My teacher came out and said hey and stuff and asked me if i would be comfortable sharing my story with the breakthrough class. WHich im pretty sure im gonna do eventually but im not sure. Then we went to visit my english teacher and my old soccer coach that took about 45 minutes. Then i got a call from my dad he was very uppset and worried my line was going to be blocked. SO nikki and i ran outside and jumped into the car. Thankfully my line wasnt plugged and Nikki and i had a great time(:
I love you so much girlyyy
At 7 Shelley, Sheldon, Chris , Danny, and Andrew all came over and we hung out and ate amazing tomato soup and grilled cheese made by my mother : D delicous. it was great at likeeee 9:15 Josh came and chilled with Chris and Sheldon and me! wohoooo fun stuff!
Day2 Touring Sacred Heart and then: Emilie and then Lauren's day:
My dad and i went to visit Sacred Heart the hospital i'll be finishing my treatment at after surgery.
Its a really great hospital with private rooms,fancy beds,my own refrigerator, and shower. yahooo!
Then at 2:30 we picked Em up from School! Me and emilie had an awesome time and even had a sour skittle race it was great heheheheh(: I LOVE YOUUU
and at 8 Lauren came over we created a religion and laughed alot and played zombies vs. Aliens forever. It was lots of fun and when her mom came to pick her up they brought me an amazing dessert of Creme brulee it was delicouss! love you laurenn!!!
Day 3: Mom and Robin day ; then at 5 Emilie comes over : at 6:30 youthgroup party and at 9:30 Shelley sleepover:
My mom and i finally got to spend some time together! She made me an amazing breakfast of scrambled eggs with cheese and tomatoes and hasbrowns : D it was tasty tastyy! Then we went up to greenbluff to get some apples! at Hansens! we picked our own and then treated oursleves to carmel apple apple sauce and a carmel apple! it was sooooo good!
when we got home she mad me a hot dog while i did spanish!
at 5 Emilie came over and we ate fundip on my bed(:
then at 7: we showed up at youthgroup it was really fun! and i really like the hopefully new youthpastor!
at 9:30 shelley came over and we had a sleepy over but i couldnt sleep. so it was bad but i found out you can sneeze in your sleeeep!!!
Day 4: last day :( : 7:45 wake up for churrch: 9 go to church: 11:40 breakfast date at rosaurs: 12:25 taylor picks us up with D: 2:45 we play sorry forever: 5:20: josh and andrew timee!: 7: Chris, sheldon , Danny, Shelley, Josh, Andrew timee!" 11: Sheldon Robin timee(:
at 7:45 shelley woke up to me playing scrabble which i played on the computer till 8:40 and ownedd! then i quickly got ready for church which started at 9 we ate chocolate chip pancakes there! and everyone at church made me a super legit quilt! 11:40 we were hungry so we left church early to have a shelley and robin date at rosaurs family restauraunt while my mom shopped. at 12:35 Taylor and D came and hung with us while my mom went back home. UNfortunatly Taylors super old dumb car died and we had to try and be jumped but it still didnt work so my mom had to drive back and get us! We all chilled at our house for awhile and we played sorry!! it was funn wohoodless!
at 5:20 Josh and andrew came and we took lots of pictures and chilled wohoo!! and ate hot dogss super fun!
at 7: everyone else came and we all talkedd(: super good
at 9: we all piled into sheldons car and tried to go to didiers but it was closed :( so we went and got icecream sandwhiches and ate them and goldfish at shelleys : D
Then we had a dance party in the car and tookm everyone home
Then sheldon and Robin had brother sister time and it was GRAND!
wohooo
special thanks to susie and duffy for all your help love and support(: and aunt Shirley and Tracey, Riley, and Sydnee
Then Day 5: i had to go home :( sad day i hate seattle for the time being
keep up the prayers and support i appreciate it more then anything
Tshirts should be going on salee sooon!!(:(:
Welllll i havent been on in forever..... but newest updateee!
Okayyy so... first off idk how many people know this already but i was supposedd to come home from Seattle on Monday but unfortunatly and i was SUPER pissed i got a blood infection and was rushed by my father and mother at 11:47 to the hosptial with a fever of 101. I sat in the ER for a while before taken to the Oncology unit and given a bed in a room with 2 other people one of which happened to be a crying baby and the other a little boy who like to watch tv at 4 am. greatttttttt...... soooo my dad left to go back to woodinville and my mom pulled out the bed next to me and we tried to fall asleep. with not much luck.
They make you stay in the hospital 48 hours after your fever to make sure u dont get another fever so i had to stay there for 2 days. On the 2nd day my mom had to leave and go home. Not more then 10 minutes after mmy mom left did my nurse come in with some bad news... I had a positive blood culture and that meant i had a blood infection. :(
My mom and i had been talking about blood infecctions the day before and her being the mom she is not thinking i would get one told me that blood infections were prettyy serious and could sometimes be deadly.
So after my nurse told me i began to cry thinking i was probably gonna die and that it would be really bad. So my dad walks back into the room to me crying and he has no idea whats going on. I try to explain about the blood cultures and he realizes this means no Spokane probably.. no birthday in Spokane.. and no seieng his dog. :( So he calls my mom and explains everything and we wait for the doctor to come visit and explain more.
Around 8PM the doctor comes in and tells us that a blood infection was found. This could mean 2 things
1. a small staff infection nothing big but i would be put on antibiotics and friends could still visit.
or
2. It could be a large staff infection and i would be but in containment or whattttt evr that one I word is that i cant remember.. with no visitors and alot of antibiotics
and both those meant probably no spokane!!
I was pretty dissapointed and sad... but my dad and i kept up hope.. really hoping that we could just learn to do IV antibiotics at home.
The next day a scientist from the disease and infection group came and told us all about my infection .
THANKFULLY it was just the small infection and strangely it was only in one of my lines. So after 3 positive blood cultures and a few more studies to find out the exact antibiotic to use we should be able to go home. maybe spokane or maybe woodinville.....
Ps. the scientist guy had a really cool last name and a really perfectly shaven face... it was really coool
I had my up and down sickness with some nights being able to sleep and others feeling really sick. I finally got my tube feeding to over 40 and i started slowly to take pills by mouth again and i had 3 positive bloodcultures
I was stuck at the hospital for almost a week and pretty restless. pluss im pretty sure all my doctors were getting annoyed with the crazy girl who inturupted them constantly during rounds to ask questions and tell them all about my cold and how i wanted to go back to spokane. Eventually my constant begging worked and my dad was taught IV antibiotics in hope of leaving later that wednesday.
My original plan was to drive back early and suprise everyone at youthgroup.. but as the day went on and 2 came around with still no news i quickly moved on to new plans.
We finally were able to leave at 6:30 PM my dad was stressed outta his mind cause that meant we would have to stop at Squami pass and do my IV antibiotics at a gas station. Pretty tricky ocnsidering this was supposed to be a clean procedure. We managed to do it with little bickering. And soon had a fun drive home suprising my mom at 12:30 am with her two favorite people!
It was great to be home and my bed felt amazing and my dog slept on my bed and it was just great(:(:
They make you stay in the hospital 48 hours after your fever to make sure u dont get another fever so i had to stay there for 2 days. On the 2nd day my mom had to leave and go home. Not more then 10 minutes after mmy mom left did my nurse come in with some bad news... I had a positive blood culture and that meant i had a blood infection. :(
My mom and i had been talking about blood infecctions the day before and her being the mom she is not thinking i would get one told me that blood infections were prettyy serious and could sometimes be deadly.
So after my nurse told me i began to cry thinking i was probably gonna die and that it would be really bad. So my dad walks back into the room to me crying and he has no idea whats going on. I try to explain about the blood cultures and he realizes this means no Spokane probably.. no birthday in Spokane.. and no seieng his dog. :( So he calls my mom and explains everything and we wait for the doctor to come visit and explain more.
Around 8PM the doctor comes in and tells us that a blood infection was found. This could mean 2 things
1. a small staff infection nothing big but i would be put on antibiotics and friends could still visit.
or
2. It could be a large staff infection and i would be but in containment or whattttt evr that one I word is that i cant remember.. with no visitors and alot of antibiotics
and both those meant probably no spokane!!
I was pretty dissapointed and sad... but my dad and i kept up hope.. really hoping that we could just learn to do IV antibiotics at home.
The next day a scientist from the disease and infection group came and told us all about my infection .
THANKFULLY it was just the small infection and strangely it was only in one of my lines. So after 3 positive blood cultures and a few more studies to find out the exact antibiotic to use we should be able to go home. maybe spokane or maybe woodinville.....
Ps. the scientist guy had a really cool last name and a really perfectly shaven face... it was really coool
I had my up and down sickness with some nights being able to sleep and others feeling really sick. I finally got my tube feeding to over 40 and i started slowly to take pills by mouth again and i had 3 positive bloodcultures
I was stuck at the hospital for almost a week and pretty restless. pluss im pretty sure all my doctors were getting annoyed with the crazy girl who inturupted them constantly during rounds to ask questions and tell them all about my cold and how i wanted to go back to spokane. Eventually my constant begging worked and my dad was taught IV antibiotics in hope of leaving later that wednesday.
My original plan was to drive back early and suprise everyone at youthgroup.. but as the day went on and 2 came around with still no news i quickly moved on to new plans.
We finally were able to leave at 6:30 PM my dad was stressed outta his mind cause that meant we would have to stop at Squami pass and do my IV antibiotics at a gas station. Pretty tricky ocnsidering this was supposed to be a clean procedure. We managed to do it with little bickering. And soon had a fun drive home suprising my mom at 12:30 am with her two favorite people!
It was great to be home and my bed felt amazing and my dog slept on my bed and it was just great(:(:
Thursday, September 23, 2010
just so everyone knows
i dont know how to comment back on this blog otherwise all the comments ive been sent would have been replied to so yah just for the heads up!
Monday, September 13, 2010
Sorry im not blogging much!
This chemo was a little hard on me and i didnt eat much for the 5 days i was in tthe hospital.
Also the chemo didnt leave my body as fast as usual so i was stuck in the hospital till sunday night,
I was pretty sick and had an aweful headache also i was throwing up whenever i moved. So coming home sunday night i couldnt move without throwing up so i went to bed at 7. My dad had to wake me up at 11 and 5 am to give me a pill that would make sure the chemo left my body. also at 11 i got a bloody nose that lasted for 4 hours. Making it so that today my usual 15 minute monday lab draws turned into a 5 hour day of checking to see if i needed a blood transfussion, 2 houirs of sitting in the waiting room, and another coupke hours of IV fluids. I also willl be going back in again tomorrow for my tuesday chemo meetings and wednesday for chemo! can i not just get away from the hospital for one day? well anyway after tomorrows hospital visit i shall be going to abercrombie to buy a pair of jeans with my $50 gift certificate given to me by my social worker. hmmm i just ate for the first time in almost a week an amazing shrip scampy made by our neighbors here in seattle. i lost 5 pounds tooo!!
well tonight im watching post grad with my dad waiting for my auntie and unvle to get back form their trip!
Im coming home to spokane in 2 weeks to visit for a weeek, and i hope to visit as many friends as i can and also go to mead for lunches and a few hours in the libraryy.... yup
well thats it for now
thanls for your support and prayers love you guys.
Also the chemo didnt leave my body as fast as usual so i was stuck in the hospital till sunday night,
I was pretty sick and had an aweful headache also i was throwing up whenever i moved. So coming home sunday night i couldnt move without throwing up so i went to bed at 7. My dad had to wake me up at 11 and 5 am to give me a pill that would make sure the chemo left my body. also at 11 i got a bloody nose that lasted for 4 hours. Making it so that today my usual 15 minute monday lab draws turned into a 5 hour day of checking to see if i needed a blood transfussion, 2 houirs of sitting in the waiting room, and another coupke hours of IV fluids. I also willl be going back in again tomorrow for my tuesday chemo meetings and wednesday for chemo! can i not just get away from the hospital for one day? well anyway after tomorrows hospital visit i shall be going to abercrombie to buy a pair of jeans with my $50 gift certificate given to me by my social worker. hmmm i just ate for the first time in almost a week an amazing shrip scampy made by our neighbors here in seattle. i lost 5 pounds tooo!!
well tonight im watching post grad with my dad waiting for my auntie and unvle to get back form their trip!
Im coming home to spokane in 2 weeks to visit for a weeek, and i hope to visit as many friends as i can and also go to mead for lunches and a few hours in the libraryy.... yup
well thats it for now
thanls for your support and prayers love you guys.
Monday, August 30, 2010
Suprise two days!
I was supposed to go sailing with my uncle, cousins, and dad little did i know Shelley, Emilie, Lauren, Andrew, Josh, Chris, Sheldon, and Danny were planning to suprise me and were all hiding in the boat. So my dad and I went down to the boat and first Emilie and Lauren popped up then everyone started coming up from below. I was so suprised and i started crying and it was amazing! We all went sailing and it was awesome! And then ate lunch at Red Robin! it was delicous!!(: And Sheldon, Emilie, and i went into the hurrican machine! Then Emilie, Lauren, Shelley, and i bought matching bestfriend panties!!! Then we went to a park and played. Then we all.went back to the hotel and had pizza for dinner and stuff and it was just really awesome!
The next day, i came back at 8 in the morning and hung out with everyone again. We wanted to go to the beach so we went down this long trail that ended up being like a mile long to get to this pretty beach where we went looking for shells and took pictures and just had fun. it was a really good day! and i love all of them so much!! and i appreciate all there support and love and they are such awesome friends!
The next day, i came back at 8 in the morning and hung out with everyone again. We wanted to go to the beach so we went down this long trail that ended up being like a mile long to get to this pretty beach where we went looking for shells and took pictures and just had fun. it was a really good day! and i love all of them so much!! and i appreciate all there support and love and they are such awesome friends!
My dad and I's Adventures before my next dose of chemo!!
First:
I went to the mall with my dad the first day i felt better and my counts were high again. Unfortunatly this was also the first day of my hair falling out and i was pretty emotional. I was pretty overwhelmed by all the people and clothes! So i just decided to go to Victoria Secrets and treat myself to some new panties and a bra! but i wanted to make sure my mom was fine with that so my dad sat outside the store and i went into Victoria Secret with my dads VISA and gave my mom a call. She just wanted me happy so she said it was fine and that i could also get a few shirts. So i picked out my panties and my bra and my 2 shirts and made my 89 dollar purchase!(: They checkout lady was asking me one to many questions and i started to cry but she gave me a hug and reassured me that she had a good feeling that i would be okay. Well after Victoria Secrets we headed home and Taylor came over to watch Friday the 13th with me! We also went to Dairy Queen it was fun!
Second day and third day:
I began to start loosing my hair more and so i got sort of depressed and never really wanted to leave the house. I started watching 3 hours of desperate house wives a morning and project runway too. But my dad made me leave the house so we took a trip to get makeup at the store! and to read magazines in Borders Books. It was a great outing.
fourth day: I began feeling better so my dad let me spend the day at my friend paigeys! We went to the mall and shopped a bit that was a little hard for me to do. but i had fun! then we went back to paigey's and ate our traditional meal all growing up of mac and cheese and chicken fingers and grapes and canned pears! it was great! i had alot of fun with her(:
fifth day:
My dad and i decided to go to the beach instead of the space needle because we were getting kind of a late start and we didnt want to get stuck in seattle traffic! So we went to the beach and looked for crabs! they are really cute and they have eyes!!!
sixth day:
Space Needle dayy! It was really cool but a little too much on your leg time and by the time we finally got to the top i was pretty tired! But its an awesome view and ive always wanted to go up there so it was alot of fun!
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