We had the greatest time at Disneyland.  Kai has been watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, so he knew all the characters and was so excited to see all of them.  Disneyland is such a different experience through the eyes of a child.  We ended up getting annual passes so that we could go back all year long.  It was such an awesome blessing to have the hotel.  I was able to go lay down (before Kai) when I got worn out.  Then Kai had his naptime and was ready to go again.  We even watched the fireworks from the hotel room!   We spent some time in Downtown Disney – Kai was a big hit dancing up a storm in front of a live band.  He was busting out all sorts of moves I’ve never seen him do before – break dancing being one of them!   It was the cutest thing.  As we were getting in the car to come home from 2 days at Disneyland, he says, “I want to go to Shamu’s house.”  Is this kid spoiled or what?  😉

Check out these moves!

As for chemo, it keeps going.  I have been getting more and more tired with each one and spending time resting.  However, I have been able to enjoy my family and time with friends.  The eating has been taking center stage.  It has not been easy, but I feel better about what is going into my body.  Whenever I want to eat something I know I shouldn’t, it’s easier to resist because I know I’m not doing this to lose weight but to save my life.  When I put it that way, time with my family is way more important than that donut!

On Sunday, we went to the memorial service for Andy Caldera – 18 year-old who passed away from testicular cancer.  Our hearts break for his family.  It was a very difficult service to go to being in the midst of my own battle with recurrent cancer – a little too close to home.

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving with the Torres family.  Kai loved being around all the kids, and we had a great time hanging out with everyone – eating way too much, checking the sale adds, watching football and playing games.  My plate didn’t look much like Thanksgiving dinner.  I had a huge salad with some turkey on top.  It was actually quite tasty, but definitely not the traditional Thanksgiving flavor.  I tried to make cauliflower mashed potatoes, but they were the worst tasting thing I’ve ever made.  The texture was perfect (thanks to the vitamix), but we wanted to keep them raw – not the best idea.  Make sure you steam them first (loses nutrients, but surely tastes better!).  It was nasty!  🙂  We tossed them and went without!

On the way home, we bought Kai a new car seat today.  Whenever he falls asleep in the car, he wakes up complaining “My butt!” or “My legs!” – with good reason.  We didn’t realize how hard his chair was, and we think his legs hit the chair at a weird angle making them fall asleep, so they’re painful when he wakes up.  Now that he’s in pull-ups (yay for potty training!) there’s not as much padding on his bottom.  We splurged for the car seat with the luxury foam!  So cushy!  I’m jealous!  Hopefully, no more “My butt hurts!”

I am waiting for the results of my bone scan and x-rays.  I was kind of glad to not have them before the long weekend, but am anxious to find out what they showed/didn’t show.

Tomorrow we are going to look at more houses.  It is exciting, and I hope we find something that we really
love and can afford!  🙂

Next week, I don’t have chemo!  It’s my week “off”.  Yay!  I’ll be reading all about nutrition and maybe going to therapy for my arm.  It keeps swelling and going down and then swelling again.  In order to get a compression sleeve, I have to go through two weeks of therapy first.  We’ll see if that gets started this week or not.

Well, I’ve got to get to bed now.  I’m up past my bedtime again!

Take Care and I hope you had a very Happy Thanksgiving!

Monica

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