1 Year Comparison

Since it is almost James's birthday, I decided it was time to post Becca's one year comparison picture.

Here she is at 1 month, 1 year and 6 months.

 

1 month

6 months

1 year

Karen

Valentine's Day

We got to spend another Valentine's Day in the hospital. With the colonoscopy and chemo several days afterward I got severely dehydrated and ended up going to the ER early Thursday morning. The nurses there didn't feel that they could provide the care I needed and sent me to Mountain View later that day. It was my first ever ambulance ride. I slept most of the way so I can't tell you much besides it was bumpy.

I was checked into the ICU but at a slightly less critical level. They ran a bunch of tests because I had a fever, but could find no infections. A very good thing. The next day I was moved to a regular room where I was on reverse isolation which meant that every one who came into my room had to wear a mask, but I could go mask free. The doctor was afraid I had sepsis and had me on a heavy duty antibiotic. After a myriad of tests they couldn't find any infection and stopped the antibiotics.

On Valentine's Day the doctor almost let me go home, but decided that I would do better with a transfusion. So I got to play vampire and received two units of blood. The transfusions stopped just in time for Braden, my sister, and brother in law to arrive with dinner. Take out from a local Indian restaurant. Delicious. We also got to watch Maleficent and it turned out to be a better movie than I thought it would be.

My mother in law said that we had a nice weekend get away. No kids, all of my meals catered, free movies... If so, it is one I don't want to repeat often. I really hope hospital stays don't become the new Valentine's day tradition.