home is where the heart is..... poop and other stories

I'm HOME! So exciting! Holly and I came home Wednesday night but I was still pretty wiped out from the flu, Mrs. P was here cleaning our apartment making it sparkly, since our kitchen/dining room area had recently gotten out of control!! Plus there were probably flu germs everywhere so it needed a good scrub down! Now our apartment is pretty clean... I just need to fold and put away the 17 loads of laundry my mom and sister so wonderfully washed for us while I was staying with them...
Wil's doing pretty well, he was super constipated (for 7 DAYS!!) he didn't want to call the doctor but we convinced him to call the answering service (since it was 9 at night) and tell them to have the doctor call back. He didn't want to bother the doctor over something so 'stupid' but we told him having stomach pains so bad he can't stand isn't stupid, it's a problem! He called they suggested milk of magnesia, which my mom took him out to get... and get Wendy's .... which Wil ate with his stomach hurting! I will NEVER understand guys.... he still had to wait until the next day (yesterday) to have a bowel movement, and then finally last night got it alllllllllllllllllllll out (yay!) The radiologist we had a consult with yesterday said it's due to the chemo, anti-nausea medicine and the percocets he was taking, he suggested magnesium sulfate(?) if Wil didn't pass anything. Dr. Rate said it's like rocket fuel and will TOTALLY clean you out... so we have a back up weapon if this happens again!
In other news we got our kitten, she's a little..... crazy. She hisses at everyone, it was so not pleasant yesterday, Holly got so excited about the little fluffball she CLIMBED into the tiny little cage with Mira who started freaking out.... I think she was tramatized! We'll see what happens, keep your homes open in case you need to make a spot for a calico kitten... :)

flu to you

I have the flu, I can't even express how angry I am!! It's vitally important Wil doesn't get sick at this point since he started chemo! I'm worried I might have infected him, I'm upset because I had to stay at my parents home from Sunday until hopefully tomorrow (longer if I don't get well FAST!) to reduce the risk of giving it to him. Please keep him in your prayers to keep his immune system strong so he doesn't get sick!
Meanwhile back at the ranch... or apartment... Wil lost his wallet on Satuday, he still can't find it (send some prayers to St. Anthony to find it!) I hope it's in my car or in the apartment :\ Also his mouth has been hurting him, he finally called his oncologists' office and the nurse got him a script for a mouthwash that numbs up your mouth so you can eat! He said it was so bad he couldn't eat and didn't WANT to eat... poor thing. He's okay now, still in pain from the port, so still on perocets and his incision from the surgical biopsy is still hurting -- the surgeon said it would be hurting for months since he cut through muscle ---- which makes me think of the dissections we did in high school -- cutting through the muscles and tissues to look at the organs... ugh.. ew... what a thought!
Leave some love!

Ahhhhh!

It's nice to be able to sit back and relax finally!! Wil's been through so much in the past month... longer.. but it's been really crazy to keep up with everything. We had to make some tough decisions, after all who even thinks about the possibility of freezing your boyfriend's -- or your own -- sperm at age 23?! Not many people. We were really back and forth on the issue. Because it's not even a definately we'd use it, but we finally decided we want the insurance. We're still waiting, biting our nails about the counts and all the important stuff. Did you know many males with Hodgkin's have low sperm counts to begin with, even BEFORE being diagnosed. Crazy isn't it? Oh the things you learn.
So Wil did one chemo treatment so far on Thursday and yesterday got a shot to boost his white blood cell count. I didn't even know they made those! And last night I couldn't sleep because I have a persistant cough, I'm paranoid about being sick and getting him sick. Again another thing we never used to have to worry about, because Wil rarely got sick, usually it was just me.
Please keep praying for him, and send him love, it keeps his spirits up... I'm making him shirts this week to wear on appointments to make it a little better. The most important thing we've found is humor, so stay tuned for pics of his new shirts :)