Monday, July 16, 2012

Diagnosis: Leukemia; July 15, 1988

I woke up at nine o’clock. Alex came into my room just as I was getting out of bed. He said is Dinosaucers on? I told him that it was over as he had slept in. Alex was so mad that he had missed his show, he asked why I hadn’t taped his show or woken him up? I told him that I was awake when it was on, but I didn’t realize it was on. Meanwhile Mom phoned, I was trying to have a conversation with Mom and Alex was still complaining about missing his show. After I got off the phone I told Alex that we could make Dinosaur cookies this morning. That made Alex feel better, if I hadn’t had something for us to do Alex would have been miserable.

So I got dressed and made Alex his breakfast then I started to do the dough for the sugar cookies. Alex thought that once the dough was made we could start to roll the dough to make the Dinosaur cookies. I told him that the dough had to go into the fridge for about an hour. Alex was annoyed about that, but I told him that Sesame Street was on now and that when it was over it would be time to do the cookies.

While Alex was watching TV, I made Spritz cookies, I wanted to give Allison and Davis some cookies for getting us the sand. After I had finished baking the cookies it was time for us to do the Dinosaur cookies. Alex rolled his own dough with his rolling pin, we had quite the mess when we had finished!

When the Spritz cookies had cooled down, I dipped them in melted chocolate. After I had finished the cookies I cleaned up the kitchen and by that time it one o’clock. I got changed into shorts and phoned Allison to see if it was okay to drop by. She said there were a whole bunch of kids there but they should be leaving soon, so she would phone me back.

I was able to relax for a little while before Allison phoned back. We went over there after two o’clock and Allison asked us to come in for awhile. Not long afterwards Kurt Andrews came to the door to ask if he could come in but Allison said no. I think she had enough for one day.

Alex played in the sandbox with Kurt and Erin for an hour or so before we went home. Alex put his foot in the swimming pool and he still had his socks and running shoes on. I asked him why he did that and he said he didn’t know there was water in the pool!

We came at three thirty, Alex went to watch his shows on tv and I typed in the journal.

We went to Sek Kee for dinner, afterward we went to the mall to buy Robert his birthday present and then we went to Marla’s to get Charlie’s passport.

We got home around nine o’clock and I got Alex ready for bed. I finished typing in the journal after I got Alex to bed, I went to bed at eleven o’clock.

No Tests

Medication

Bactrim 9:30 a.m. ------ 9:10 p.m.
Mercaptopurine ------ ------ 9:10 p.m.

Temperature 36.61 9:30 a.m. 35.69 9:10 p.m.

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