Mary prepped dinner last night but then ran out of energy to finish it. She had made turkey meat balls, had the sauce ready and had the pasta in the boiling water and then she hit the wall. Fortunately, even I can prepare a spaghetti meal when that much of it is already done.
Today I fixed fried eggs & toast for breakfast and turkey sandwiches for lunch. Mary has been at low energy all day even though we slept until 10AM--a long rest! I had experienced a couple of short nights during the week so I was really tired. Mary said she was surprised when I woke her up just before 10AM, she thought it was closer to 8AM. Oh well, if the body wants rest, let the body rest.
I visited my doc yesterday. In the wee hours of Thursday morning, I woke with horrible chills--so violent the shaking woke Mary up too. Mary touched me and instead of finding me hot with a fever, she said I was ice cold. Anyway, Thursday night I noticed a good sized spot with swelling under the skin and the skin was a bright red color--but no pain. There was no broken skin to indicate a bite or a scratch. Friday morning I saw my doc and she put me on antibiotics (4 a day) for seven days to knock it down. This morning, after only two pills, it looked so very much better. I will definitely finish all 28 pills to make sure its gone.
Tonight, we are headed to Marge and Dave's for their annual Christmas party. Mary has been looking forward to this for some time, and was really excited about it when the Oncologist gave her a 3 month pass to live life! Heck, Mary even bought a new dress to wear because she has lost two dress sizes since this all began.
Please feel free to write, email or call (during reasonable daytime hours, say 9AM to 9PM, Pacific Time). I am seeing Mary is becoming more outward and hearing from friends would be a good thing.
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