Another addition

Our house has been very crazy lately as we added another puppy into the mix. I know it sounds crazy but Jackson wanted to play with our older dogs so badly and they want nothing to do with him, he needed a playmate. Cole has totally filled that void for Jackson and he helps me a great deal in the potty training department too. Needless to say, two puppies and two adult dogs equals a chaotic household. I'm finding that God is using this whole puppy training process to teach me a few things too, patience is one of those things. I dislike the learning process, I want to be patient and have all the Godly characteristics that I'm supposed to have right now. It seems the whole learning process is painful or uncomfortable at the least but I suppose I'll appreciate my lessons all the more when this is over. Everything important in life costs something.

My fifth chemo cycle went pretty well overall, it's somewhat of a blur to me as I was trying to make it through the day with Jackson alone as Mark has returned back to school. I've been slowly getting peripheral neuropathy which for me means some pins and needle type of feeling to my hands and feet but mostly, I'm experiencing a burning sensation in my hands and feet. This is not unusual as chemo tends to irritate nerve cells too, sometimes the neuropathy is temporary and sometimes it's permanent. I let Dr P's office know that this is progressively getting worse and they are thinking about switching one of my chemo drugs next time. The down side to this is that I would have to take a steroid for three days either prior to or after chemo ( I can't remember which) to offset swelling among other side effects from this new chemo drug. I'm not all that excited to take a new chemo and go through a whole new set of unknowns at this point but I don't want permanent neuropathy either. For now, I'm doubling my L-glutamine and praying that the neuropathy either improves or at the very least doesn't continue to progress at this point. I'll talk with Dr P more next week about my chemo options at this point and praying we both have the wisdom needed to make the best decision. I can't wait to be done with all of this!