I know it's been like 3 weeks since my last post. Things here have been so busy and I just haven't had the extra time. I'll give you an update on a few things and then at the beginning of next week I promise to post some recent pics.
Mom had her first chemo treatment last Monday (May 11). For the first week she was mainly just weak and not feeling all that great, she never got sick or anything like that. But this week the poor thing has been throwing up some, stomach issues, blisters/sores in her mouth and just feeling like total poop. It's 4:22AM as I write this post and I'm up way earlier than normal because she called me at 3AM to let me know she wouldn't be able to watch Makenna today because she's been so sick since last night. So here's my delimma: I've already put in for a sub for tomorrow because I have family visiting from out of town this weekend. Plus with senior sponsor responsibilities I will be out 2 1/2 days over the next 10 that remain. So, I'm going to brave the waters and take Makenna to work with me ALL DAY! She's been to work with me before but only for 1/2 the day and she didn't have to get up so early. So, I'm hoping she's a happy camper for me today. EEEEK!
A few weeks ago I had my mother-n-law take Makenna to the doctor because I had noticed something in her ear and wanted to get it checked out to make sure it wasn't something other than ear wax. Thank goodness that's all it was but the procedure that they had to do to get it out, well, let's just say left a not so good lasting impression on Makenna. According to my mother-n-law, she had to hold Makenna down so they could spray something in her ear and put a cotton ball in it. They waited for about 5 minutes to let it soak and then she had to hold her down again while they pulled out the wax. I'm sure she sounded as if someone was trying to kill her. Bath time up to that point had been her most favorite thing to do. Well, for the next 2 weeks bath time was horrendous!!! She would scream and cry and try to keep me from taking her clothes off. And if I was lucky enough to get her in the bath, she would sob so hard and was totally freaked of me trying to pour water on her head or near her ears. Needless-to-say, I was a little concerned with this new behavior. I dealt with it for as long as I could and then last week Chuck and I finally found a fix: we told her she could give her Dora bath toy a bath too and Chuck showed her how to suck water into this little ball and squirt it out. Since then, bath time is back to normal. Thank goodness too...I din't know what I was going to do!!!
I promise to post pics next week. I should have some cute ones because my cousin is visiting from Georgia and Makenna and her 10mo cousin Kyndall will get to see each other again. I hope everyone is doing well in blog world!!!
