Chemotherapy Is Starting To Take It's Toll

Karlee doesn't seem to have been able to shake off this last round of chemotherapy as well as the first 2 rounds. She is in more discomfort and tires very easily.  She is also getting pretty bloated from the steroids.

Saturday Dad and Ryley headed to Calaway Park to use the last 2 passes we bought earlier in the year.  Ryley had a great time and managed to hit all the grownup rides that he was tall enough to go on.  We even did the log ride twice (once with an hour wait in line).  As always Ryley loved playing the games - and giving away Dad's money.  On the way home we stopped at Fabricland to pick up some buttons for Karlee's new sweater that Mom was knitting her.  Once we got home we walked over to Tom's House of Pizza for a late supper.


Karlee had a pretty uneventful day on Saturday.  They went for a short walk and that seemed to tire her out for the rest of the day.  She was in a fair bit of discomfort Saturday afternoon and evening.  It seems like her stomach and bones ache most of the time now.  Codeine is her new drug of choice, but even it doesn't seem to bring much relief.  She still loves her Tylenol, but it masks her fever so we try and not give it to her often (on the doctor's orders).  She helped Mom finish Buddy Bear and Princess Bear's beds.  We finished cutting and screwing Princess Bear's bed on Friday so Saturday was staining them both.

Sunday morning we went to church as a family.  Karlee has been talking about going to church so she was missing it.  Dad was a little concerned about putting her in preschool with all the other kids.  One cold bug will send her back to the hospital for a visit.  Karlee had a really good time with the other kids and it was nice to be back in the church community again.  The church has been wonderful helping us with meals and offers of anything else we could want.  A few people asked if we still needed meals.  With Karlee not feeling as good and with Jennifer starting back to work again frozen meals would still be appreciated.  Tanya Chisholm is arranging these for us.  If you would like to arrange something please contact her at 403 226-1875  or tanya.chisholm@blueworld.ca.  Our lifegroup has been doing a great job with getting us fresh meals on clinic days - Thank you everyone.


Sunday afternoon was a pretty lazy day for Karlee.  She didn't have much energy and was in a little discomfort.  She spent most of the afternoon laying on the couch and asking Mom to rub her back or her belly.  One new thing we have noticed is Karlee is now struggling to find words. She will repeat one work over and over which looking for the next word in the sentence.  This is a new behavior and could be a side effect of the chemo or could just be a result of always being tired.  Hopefully this corrects itself over time.  Having said that we are going to ask Dr. Singh what his thought are on this and if the medications should be altered in any way. 


Sunday evening Mom, Ryley and Karlee headed to Grandma's for Sunday dinner and Dad headed to Beaver registration and a group committee meeting.  Monday Mom has to do a dry run with her bus and Tuesday is another clinic day.  This one is just the CBC (complete blood count) and chemotherapy so hopefully they will be out of there is 3 hours or so.