"But you look so good...."
If Jacqui had a dollar for every time she heard that she'd be paying for our
reno!!! Even her doctors say it to her. It seems to be the hardest
thing to understand - how can she look so happy and healthy when she has a “chest
full of trouble"?
Sometimes I feel like people think we’re nuts, that we’re exaggerating about
how sick she was or the serious nature of her condition, It just proves that what you see
doesn't necessarily reflect what is really going on.
That's a good thing for me to ponder - sometimes when I'm feeling down
about things, I wish my life could just be as perfect as everyone else's - haha
- and then I remind myself of the sentence above "But you look so
good...."
Anyways, the truth is she is looking and feeling really well these
days. Since she was in the hospital before Christmas, they have gotten
her on medication that controls the pain and she's had another round of
chemo. The chemo is not making her feel so ill and she seems to be
feeling more like herself.
Anyways, more chemo today and then a CT scan next Monday. The following Monday (26th) we’ll
go to find out the results of the scan – we’ll see if the chemo has started to
work, if the tumors are shrinking or at least remaining stable. We pretty much live from day to day.
At her appointment the other day, she brought up travel (it always seems to
come up!) and the doctor thought if things go well that maybe she can make a
little getaway – nothing too exotic, but easy flying distance for a quick
return if needed. So there is hope
again, raising it’s happy little head – it always keeps us going.
