Of all the drugs she has taken, this one takes the cake for the drug I hate the most. All the horrible side effects...over and over and over again. It steals her ability to sleep (and have sleep-overs!). It steals my silly little girl and makes her go into a bit of haze for a week out of every month. It makes her crave weird foods and makes my kitchen open for business non-stop 24 hours a day. It makes her head hurt. It makes her belly hurt. It makes her cheeks look like a chipmunk.
NO LONGER.
Jerad was walking the pill container over and getting ready to throw it in the trash can. I said "WAIT!!! I want to run over it with my car" Really. I do. The love-hate relationship that I have with a silly material item like a drug. It saved my daughter. I will never forget Dr B telling me that he could put half his kids into remission just with the steroid. It did save her. Thus you can see the love hate.....
And we now have 12 more days of waking her up at night to give her the chemo. After that....she will get to sleep. The whole night. Without disturbance. 12 more days.
All of these things seems little. But they all add up. I just finished telling her teacher and some of the administrators at her school: I am hoping for a very normal school year. I just want her to be a typical 4th grader. But I know....I know normal will never exist exactly like it used to. But I would like to give it a shot!
That also means there are 12 days left before the first annual Curesearch Walk for Childhood Cancer. We will spend the last day of chemo walking for her and all of the other little ones battling a disease that is bigger than all of them. Thanks to all who have signed up. Here are the details:
Registration at 8:30 (hopefully all of you will preregister at link below!)
Walk and opening ceremony at 9:30
Eastwood Park
1385 Harshman Road
Dayton OH 45431
And I am now begging...begging...if you haven't signed up yet, and plan to walk, please do so here. It is not too late! (A lot of people told me they were walking, but are not showing up on our list)
Thank you all, as always, for getting us this far and getting us through this last little bit.
Ally's Army will continue to do good things.
My mind can't quite get around it all yet. I am still pretending it is very far off in the distance.
It is:
Huge. Amazing. Monumental. Scary.
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It is huge, amazing and scary. I can't believe you're at the end. It seemed so far into the future, and I know the time hasn't 'flown' for you, but you did it. Not only did you do it, but you've managed to effect and change the lives of so many around you in a profound way.
ReplyDeleteI hope that pill bottle is flatter than a pancake and that the next 11 days go smoothly.
I'm all for running that pill bottle over too. Hey, I'll set it on fire for ya!
ReplyDeleteI completely understand the love / hate and hope you beat the crap out of that bottle and then let Melissa have a go at it, too. It will feel great, I am sure. :)
ReplyDeleteI am most happy that Ally will be able to sleep. Sure makes a person stop and think about the little things we often take for granted.
I am mailing in registrations and money for 13-15 walkers this Friday. Not sure when they'll show on the CureSearch list though! Looking forward to walking with the army.
Laurie
Did you squish the bottle? Lighting it on fire sounds good too . . .
ReplyDelete12 days. Amazing, Janel. How is that possible. To think that when we "met" You were at the beginning of all of this with so much ahead of you. Now you are at the end and are full of wisdom, questions (still, I assume) and thankfulness. Such a wide range of emotions.
As always, you are in my thoughts and prayers DAILY. 12 to go, Mama.
Hugs to you all.
Amanda
PRaising God that this day is finally on the horizon and not far off. Ally, as well as you all, have been courageous and brave, drawing light to what it means to live with cancer. More importantly, you have learned to depend more upon the Lord for your daily "sustenance". It's all so awesome, and I'm prouder than ever to be a part of Ally's Army!
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