Blog-Blah.....

I was looking at my blog as I was ready to post and thought...how BLAH is this page!! Oh well, I just don't have the hours to put into it to make it pretty like so many others I've seen. Can't have it all, can I now!

I sent my baby off to school today after being out for three days (sick for 5). She is still not well. She has no fever, but the cough, phlegm, and gagging is still rampant! The saliva is so thick too. I wonder if somehow radiation or chemo has not affected her saliva glands? My husbands father had throat cancer and once he went through treatment, he has difficulty producing saliva. I know Ivee's was to the back of the head, but chemo does affect the entire body (some areas more than others). I wonder if she has been affected in this way. I also believe that chronic sinusitis is a big monster for her!

Well, I sent her off to school wearing a medical mask, like they have to do when getting chemo and roaming the halls of the hospital. She doesn't like it, but didn't give me one fit about wearing it. With the way she sounds right now, I am still unsure if they will want to sedate her on Tuesday for her MRI. I have to keep her on the road to recovery, and we all know how sanitary elementary school kids are! Right! She was dying to go back to school, so I told her yesterday she could go if she wore the mask to keep her healthy. She agreed! I texted her aid to ask how she was. Said she isn't talking but she says she's okay. She maybe a bit embarrassed by it, I know is annoyed by the mask, but she is such a trooper. She is the strongest, bravest person I know. She is the sweetest baby too. She knew I felt kinda lousy this week too, but nothing compared to her. We were laying in bed yesterday, and she had a coughing/gagging spell. After it was over, she turned to me, put her hand on my face and said, "You okay momma? You feel better?" She can melt and break my heart all at one time!

Keep praying my friends! She still needs to get well and we have 4 days for that to happen! And at the same time, continue those prayers for her cancer to be gone and her MRI to be clean and clear! God bless you all!