Snow Day!

As Regan said yesterday.."why do we get all this snow on a weekend. We will never get a snow day!" She is so right if this would have happened on Thursday they surely would have had Friday off! Oh well it is certainly beautiful out there this morning. Noah spent most of yesterday afternoon outside playing in the snow. It wasn't too cold and he even got his sister to join him outside. Well I did end up having chemo on Friday, but I had to fight the Dr. to make it happen. I can't believe I fought for chemo! My absolute neutrophil count was only .7 and I have the beginnings of cellulitis, an infection in the skin. Dr. Rabe wanted to send me home and wait a week. I guess I threw a little fit. She and I had a discussion about this and I made it clear I had a life to live and waiting until next Friday would disrupt what little I have been able to plan and it was unacceptable. She agreed to give me the chemo but I have to come in next week to get a shot of a drug called neulasta. This is supposed to boost my white blood cell count. We had discussed this during my last chemo treatment because my counts were low then so I was a little upset that we didn't do it then. It turns out this one shot costs $6,400.00! That is why we did not do it last week. Can you believe that! This is so obscene I think I will write my congressman about the need for health care reform in this country. What do people without insurance do when presented with the need for this shot! What is this liquid gold??? Anyway I think I threw such a fit because everything has been out of my control for so long I just wanted one thing my way! Well I got my wish and feel like *@#$! Serves me right I guess. I am very shaky and already have mouth sores. I didn't eat much yesterday but I haven't gotten sick yet so that is a plus. The kids are doing great. Alex is enjoying soccer and Regan is gearing up for state. She has had a pinched nerve in her back but has been seeing a chiropractor for it. Noah was supposed to have his first soccer game yesterday but it was snowed out. His first track meet is next weekend and he is very excited! Have a wonderful week everyone!