While Garrett was finishing up his chemo last week I took a little walk around the medical park and their super green retention pond. The weather here has been keeping up with summer and we deserve it after such a cold and rainy spring!
Monday, July 26, 2010
Chemo #13 + Echocardiogram
Last week Garrett had another great blood count result, gained weight (!), got a dose of adria and zometta (bone strengthener) and scheduled the echocardiogram. The echo is also called cardiac ultrasound. It will check on the strength of Garrett's heart to be sure he is healthy enough for another dose or two of adria. I am looking forward to the echo because I get to sit off to the side watching the images and hear the swoosh of Garrett's heart pumping blood, very cool stuff to me!
While Garrett was finishing up his chemo last week I took a little walk around the medical park and their super green retention pond. The weather here has been keeping up with summer and we deserve it after such a cold and rainy spring!
While Garrett was finishing up his chemo last week I took a little walk around the medical park and their super green retention pond. The weather here has been keeping up with summer and we deserve it after such a cold and rainy spring!
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Friday, July 9, 2010
Delicious date at Hearthfire!
Last Friday we made it out to my favorite local fare, Anthony’s Hearthfire Grill. At the last peninsula, on the very southern point of the puget sound, between East Bay and West Bay in Olympia, Hearthfire has a nice twist on Anthony’s well known northwest cuisine and it’s a place Garrett and I can reliably enjoy! It is a bit fancy, but the view and food are worth it to me. We had great seafood and good company as you can see, Garrett didn't let one bite of crab dip go to waste :)
Chemo #12 and concluding hyperbaric for now
This past Wednesday Garrett had impressive blood counts, hemoglobin up at 9.0 and shockingly high white blood cells, which is a continued sign of chemo affecting the bone marrow cancer and a boost from his blood transfusion a few weeks ago. Since the numbers were so strong he went ahead with another chemo dose marking the third to last appointment where adriamycin will be used to fight his cancer. Our usual oncologist was out of the office this week, but we hope next time we will start talking about the next drug up. Garrett has been eating often the last week or so, but was only mildly rewarded for his efforts by maintaining weight this time. We hope for gain in upcoming weeks.
After two weeks of making the daily commute to Tacoma for hyperbaric oxygen therapy Garrett decided he was at his limit. We’ve put further sessions on hold until he feels mentally and physically ready to tolerate more. The daily routine was wearing him down day by day, but since deciding to suspend he has had much energy to work on eating multiple times a day and adding activity as he is comfortable to do like our recumbent bicycle with full back support. Putting more effort into these behaviors will no doubt help him feel well and tolerate continued chemotherapy! He has already been feeling better making these changes to his routine.
We’re finally feeling summer time heat here in the pacific northwest, but Garrett is lucky to have air conditioning at home and in the new travel van! His body doesn’t regulate temperature well so having a/c available at all times makes the change in weather bearable. Olive on the other hand is basking in the sun, loving every minute! We drove the van down to Centralia on Thursday, taking all the pretty country back roads to get there, for the grand opening of the Centralia Deli & BBQ a new sister to the Chehalis Deli!!! We had a great dinner with Garrett’s parents and hope the Deli family and staff had a good practice run for their public opening night tomorrow! Good luck!
After two weeks of making the daily commute to Tacoma for hyperbaric oxygen therapy Garrett decided he was at his limit. We’ve put further sessions on hold until he feels mentally and physically ready to tolerate more. The daily routine was wearing him down day by day, but since deciding to suspend he has had much energy to work on eating multiple times a day and adding activity as he is comfortable to do like our recumbent bicycle with full back support. Putting more effort into these behaviors will no doubt help him feel well and tolerate continued chemotherapy! He has already been feeling better making these changes to his routine.
We’re finally feeling summer time heat here in the pacific northwest, but Garrett is lucky to have air conditioning at home and in the new travel van! His body doesn’t regulate temperature well so having a/c available at all times makes the change in weather bearable. Olive on the other hand is basking in the sun, loving every minute! We drove the van down to Centralia on Thursday, taking all the pretty country back roads to get there, for the grand opening of the Centralia Deli & BBQ a new sister to the Chehalis Deli!!! We had a great dinner with Garrett’s parents and hope the Deli family and staff had a good practice run for their public opening night tomorrow! Good luck!
Monday, July 5, 2010
Patriot
Just in time for the 4th, Olive's US jersey arrived in the mail! We don't usually dress her up, but Garrett said this custom jersey was just too perfect to pass up!
We had a great steak dinner grilled by Garrett's dad last night and watched Seattle's 4th show on tv while our neighborhood was booming late into the night despite a local ban on fireworks. After the first hour or so of darkness the dogs calmed down and tolerated the remainder of the explosions. Hope everyone out there had a great independence day!
We had a great steak dinner grilled by Garrett's dad last night and watched Seattle's 4th show on tv while our neighborhood was booming late into the night despite a local ban on fireworks. After the first hour or so of darkness the dogs calmed down and tolerated the remainder of the explosions. Hope everyone out there had a great independence day!
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