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d'ohNow Playing: Day 2779-Next GP Chapter... Turning Lemons Into Lemonade :)
Well...Gosh Darn BLESSIT!
Today just wasn't my day.
Today I ended up all sorts of FOOBAR! Grrrrrr...
Thankfully, my oncologist was able to work me into their schedule after feeling all over the place. Infusion, treatments are suppose to slowly get me somewhat, back on track. What my brain can no longer supply, thanks to tumor complications, is suppose to slowly help me feel a bit better. More like myself. But instead...I woke up with once again, low body temperature, cold sweats, brain fog and my blood sugar levels far too high. Mind you, I haven't been able to consume much. What I have consumed has barely any sugar, not even close enough to spike my levels as soon as I woke up this morning.
Talking about feeling not-quite-right!
Instead of dressing for the hot, humid, summer weather. I went to my appointment this morning as if there was a blizzard outside. HA! This isn't complaining. This is what happens when you think Gastroparesis is bad enough. Trust me, there is always something far bigger and far more scarier! I thought being underneath the six-arm radiation cancer machine bandit was scary. HA! When your brain becomes affected by progression of far scarier things to come. THAT is SCARY! Radiation is also scary. So is chemotherapy and any other experimental oncology treatment. But when your brain starts to become affected. That is when you need to start to worry.
I was scheduled for testing this week. Followed by surgery so a special pump from good ole London, England could be placed to replenish what my brain can no longer do normally for me. But...After far too low body temperature and far too high blood sugar levels. My team of specialists have decided to postpone everything. At least for a week. This way my body can rest. Along with more medication.
Bring on the comfy winter clothes! Time to catch up on the ole DVR!
Yep, you know how the rest of this story goes...
This TOO shall pass.
bright
Tis going to be a very busy weekend! We have a lot on our already full plate and final touches to catch up on with 1 of 3 bedrooms. I started painting the living room. But had to take a bit of a break. Hopefully I can regain some energy in order to kick start this project already in the making! It's been one very interesting year for us. Yet, I am so beyond relieved that things are finally coming together for our little family. They say, when you rid the negative out of your life. Things are bound to get better! 
happy
LOVE
country! I have always had a huge passion for all of God's creatures. Both big and small. I also hold beyond respect for God's land. I doubt that I will be seeing those craze-minded hunters in heaven.
We are finally able this year to enjoy a much more normal of a summer with much more normal temperatures. Compared to over the past few years and then some! I'm not sure with no longer living in the city suburbs makes a difference? However living in our new little, lazy, river town most definitely brings with it a very nice consistent breeze~ 
For now...we continue moving forward with one project after another and another and another. Mr. Snoreo doesn't seem to mind a bit! He still enjoys time at our local dog park with other playful new friends that have been keeping him company. We were anticipating to welcome a new member to our family. But health-wise, we aren't sure what the future may or may not hold. We live for today. Not yesterday and most definitely...not tomorrow. Like I always say, "SEIZE THE MOMENT!" 
far too many hospital visits to count. As anticipated, my labs once again did not come back with flying colors. Once again, my lab work came back way too far off the charts from anything close to normal. My brain...failed the tests. I dreaded hearing the words from my team of specialists, one in particular today on the phone that is leading this latest progressive discovery, "We have you scheduled Monday with the hospital and oncology infusion team. Your labs are still coming back extremely low. We will need you to proceed forward with everything that has been discussed." 
BRING ON THE CANDY & WINE!
lovelies!
I am finally realizing mine as we traded our ceiling fans that did not match the current theme through out our home. Don't you just love the new décor apps that allow you to buy or switch out with those who may need what you no longer need when flipping your home! It took us less than 15 minutes to download our photos onto the app, plugged in our local area zip code and within 24 hours we found my chandelier! The other party found their ceiling fans that we no longer need, which were actually just sitting around in our basement. I can't wait to share photos, before and after, of our big bedroom repair, repaint and redecorating project! YAYYYYY! 
We have a very tight schedule to stick by this week. Which includes keeping a very close eye on our Cuddles kitty. Grandma Cuddles who is now 19 years and 6 months young. It's so hard to know what to do when fur children start to become ill. Cuddles has more than defied the odds! She is a true feline fighter! We have continued with around the clock home care and IV fluids for her kidneys and heart. It hasn't been easy, but being a responsible fur parent is not an option. It is a MUST! Same as with human children. I have said it before and I will say it again. If you can not be a responsible parent of your fur children or human children. Then PLEASE allow someone else to provide the love and lifetime care that every fur child and human child so much deserves! 
I challenge anyone who has free time on their hands. Because in all actuality, we ALL have free time on our hands. How we choose to use our free time is up to YOU! There are plenty of organizations that need volunteers. Not just oncology, hospice or animal shelters. But many, many other amazing organizations around the world that serve for the better of our citizens, fur children, and every living, breathing form of life. Answering to the call of help.
rushed
We have a lot going on this week. Today was no exception while needing to set our cell phone alarms through out the day. I couldn't get enough sleep in between needing to quickly get up, get dressed and once again, head back out the door! I have no idea how in the world this happens. But some weeks there is just way too much crammed into our crazy schedule! 
The second bedroom which holds the key to what I hope will be a quite unique texturized ceiling. Still has a bit of work ahead of us. The hand texturized ceiling, literally, hasn't been as easy as one would had liked to imagine. In fact, it has taken more than a few extra days to finish. On my good days, I do my best to max out assisting with this huge project of a bedroom! Then there are days, like today, where my body has absolutely no further energy to lend a hand. This morning it was all up to Eric in hopes of finally finishing the ceiling so we can proceed ahead with any final touch-ups. So far, the texturized look on the ceiling is most definitely fitting the overall country coastal theme. Eric can't believe that he actually likes the overall appearance that it gives to the room. HA! We are hoping to finally have the bedroom finished by the end of this week. Then...It's onto the living room~
heehee!
special
Our beloved Littleblue's cremains have yet to be united with her siblings. The little velvet pouch that holds Littleblue's cremains have remained next to the beautiful sky blue marble urn here at our home. The same urn which will unite her with our other beloved fur children's cremains. Over the past few months, since her passing. I had yet to feel that time...an appropriate time. I have been hoping and praying for the right time, through signs. 
This evening we gathered the small box that held a pretty silver heart charm. Along with the beautiful sky blue marble urn. We also decided that today, was okay to finally open up the huge box that contains a new urn. A much larger urn. A beautiful Angel urn with sparkling wings that will one day hold the cremains of our entire little family...Together. 
LOVE
Life
Yep, I most definitely felt the side effects this morning from over the past few days. My body was beat! My body needed all of that sleep and then some!
After we both caught up, more on my end, of some much needed sleep. I woke up to Eric getting a jump start on hand texturizing the ceiling of our second bedroom. Another huge project in the making! This is a first, most likely a first of anyone ever hearing or seeing hand texturizing a ceiling while literally using your hand! Hahahahaha! Call it...whatever you will...but this was my idea in the making! We just aren't sure how this hand idea in the making will end up turning out, but creative and artistic is what we are aiming for! Eric...He most likely won't be able to feel his hands or his neck come tomorrow morning. Heeheeheehee! I did assist, but it only lasted for around 10 minutes. I don't have the precise, constant, arm pressure needed, so I opted for the paint brush on the last and final sections of the bedroom walls. 
texturing...
chillin'
Feathers certainly got ruffled after yesterday's failed event of the pharmacist at Ohio's hospital cancer center not checking to make sure that all medication was delivered. Instead they figured it out, after I was already there, waiting for the procedure and everything else to begin. I believe in signs. Possibly, that was one VERY big sign! This after we were placed into a separate room to learn all about the one, single missing injection. Or...As the infusion nurse so carefully explained while telling us, "Please don't let it scare you, but we do need you to read the pamphlet regarding the medication." 
Lucky!
This morning was rather nerve racking for Eric. Nerve racking might be putting it nicely or lightly. I never took Eric back in the oncology treatment areas when first starting treatments. Instead, I would have him wait in the main area due to fear of possibly scaring him or maybe just...protecting him. But this morning was very different. This time Eric was front and center of everything. I mean...E-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g! After the cancer center infusion nurse took me back into the big open treatment room. Then got my huge recliner chair ready and comfy with a new white sheet and warm blankets. She then called for Eric who happened to be sitting in the main waiting area. This time he would be right by my side. Literally. What I forgot was how new this would all be for him. Eric has never truly seen, up front, close and personal what it is like back in the chemo-infusion-treatment room. 