A very fine line, if I do say so myself. What an incredible weekend! First Anchorage broke the all time record for snow. I hit the "refresh" button on the NOAA website continually for 2 solid hours, I think, even though it stated clearly in black and white that the next update would be at 4pm. However, there was another note which added "unless the record is broken before." Well, the record was broken long before, but there was no update until 4:00. No matter what, it was, and is, exciting and thankfully over. Now for the snow to melt and be gone. This in-between stuff drives me bananas. Sam and I worked on my bike, too, getting some "stuff" to make it better on top of the gear I picked up at REI with one of my team members, Violet, on Friday. We are going to look good, if nothing else!Sunday was beautiful and you will never guess what we did! Our vacuum decided to take a break, so we ended up devoting a large portion of the day competing with each other in our attempts to make the darn thing work again. Finally, we managed to combine our efforts and get it up and running, much to the chagrin of Rocky & Sweet Pea who run the second the closet door is opened because they are just certain the big green monster that lives in there is going to come out and get them!
In addition to all that fun and excitement, Sam took the opportunity on Sunday to inform me of another interesting thing which is happening to him. He told me that he experiences a pain "of sorts" in his left pelvic/thigh region. Not quite sure what "of sorts" means, but it must be annoying enough for him to bring my attention to it. He did call his doctor this morning and told his office about the nausea and everything else. They have put him on an anti-nausea pill for now. Next week is his Xgeva treatment for the bone mets and an appointment with Dr. Rabinowitz, so we will know more at that time.
It has been several months since any change in Sam's cancer has occurred, so these new issues do not come as a surprise. We just hoped it would be later rather than sooner before anything else changed. Sam seems to think it is possible the doctor will suggest another Alimta (chemo) treatment. Sam did 6 treatments last fall, 1x every 3 weeks for 6 treatments. It wore him out and I do not know if Sam is really interested in doing that again. We shall see.
Thank you again to all who have contributed to the Clean Air Challenge. I am really started to look forward to it.
Ciao!
