Let me just take a nap

It's Cyber Monday and we're just a week away from our next chemo treatment. After this second one, we'll be 1 whole Cycle done with chemo and have 5 more to go. Thanksgiving has come and gone and one major bump in the road was our lovely cancer patient FORGETTING HER MEDS at home after she had left for her parent's house on Turkey Day. Way to stress a husband out at work honey!!!!!

Nothing much to report so this will be a relatively short post. For the most part, with only one session down Patti's side effects have been very small. They are cumulative so we know it probably won't last but besides some small mouth sores her only real side effect so far has been fatigue. Don't worry, she's still her perky and cheery self, but at times, just like Aiden, our little cancer superstar needs nap time. She has yet to take up a blankie and stuffed animal like our son, but she does get tired more easily.

I think, as an outsider looking at her, you can tell it in her eyes first. It's almost a stressed out look when it is actually a look of her energy being drained more quickly. From there her body slows down and you can certainly tell she's ready to sit down and vege for awhile. The hardest part through all of this is for someone who is active and energetic is to recognize when she does need to stop and take a breather. She's done a great job recognizing this but it is still hard. During Thanksgiving there were several times where the kids were being kids and Patti had to be told (namely by her husband) that it wasn't her job to watch them this year. The night ended up with Patti taking a nap away from the  festivities with Aiden playing quietly near her in the room.

Adults: Time for a group photo
Kids: NO!

She loves her family and any other year she'd be in the thick of it, wrangling children, chatting up relatives and eating her fair share of the turkey. This year, though, found her needing to escape the lively atmosphere and wanting quiet. Thankfully after a few hours of sleep, she was good as new, while her husband was starting to doze on the couch.

Yesterday found her going to the Mall of America for Aiden's photo shoot with Santa. If not for her Mother, she probably wouldn't have been able to do it (I was sleeping due to working over nights). I woke up to both Aiden and Patti sleeping in the living room chair. Unfortunately that has led to both of them sleeping right now, because Aiden woke up early in the morning.

I, personally, would love if the side effects stayed this way. The fatigue is short lived, and the mouth sores a minor nuisance. If the next 5-6 months are like this, Patti will get along just fine. Now to go downstairs and see if Patti is going to work today, I should know, but I easily do forget things mundane as work haha.

Aiden: Could I have another season of 'Paw Patrol' so my parents don't go insane?