November 22, 2012 - Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving

Even though today is Thanksgiving, people were still receiving radiation at Blount Memorial Hospital. That's highly unusual, but the machine was down most of last week, so they are working through the weekend to get caught up. 
Dad had his first treatment of radiation yesterday afternoon, then his second round of targeted therapy last night, then another round of radiation this morning ... As in ... Before 7:00 this morning!
We went out for lunch today. As we got back to the house, I opened the door and the phone was ringing. I rushed in to answer it. The caller ID showed Blount Memorial. It was dad's nurse calling for dad. He wanted to know where we were ... We were late! I told her we'd be coming over in just a few minutes.
Dad seemed to feel okay, but he said he was depressed. I think he was glad to have another treatment behind him, but he still has 33 to go. 33 to go ... Seven weeks ... 5 days per week. Seven weeks ago was the first week of October ... Seven weeks from from now is January 10th. I have to admit its difficult to fathom having a treatment that often for that long! Depressed? I can see why!
We don't know what the next few days will bring, but daddy has been accepted at Asbury, so he will be going out there for a while for rehabilitation. They say for each day a patient stays in bed, three days of therapy are required for recovery. If that's the case, dad is pushing on three months of therapy. I'm thinking he might be ready to join us for a 5K in the spring ...
I am keeping my hopes up, my thoughts positive, my faith strong, and my prayers frequent.
I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving day! We all have so much to be thankful for!