Thursday, August 2, 2012

Diagnosis: Leukemia; August 1, 1988

I woke up at eight thirty had a shower and got dressed. Alex woke up shortly afterwards, I told him he should have a shower or a bath. Alex said he was too hungry and that he would just fall down. Then Alex went into his WOO dance and fell on the floor. Alex finally got into the shower and I got him dried and dressed. I made Alex his breakfast and got changed to cut the grass.

Before I could start, Mom and Dad arrived. They had brought the van as well as their car. They want to leave the van here so they don’t have to bring it over when they move. They then went down to their house to do some stuff and to put a few things in.

I cut the grass, it sure was strange for me, I hadn’t cut any grass since I was a teenager! Mom and Dad came back in the middle of me cutting the grass. Dad said he would do it but I wouldn’t think of letting him do it. They left and said they might be back but not to wait for them.

I finished cutting the grass in the front and we went to the backyard. Alex played in his sandbox while I cut the backyard. The front yard is easy in comparison to the backyard it’s really back breaking with all the trees and the slope. We came in when I finished and had lunch.

We went to the mall after lunch, I had seen on the billboard that they had the scream machine. When we got there it was the scream dream, it was a ride you could go one and it looks like a sky train car. Alex wanted to go on it but I didn’t think it was a very good idea in case Alex didn’t like the ride. I figured we wouldn’t be able to get off, since you can’t see in.

We got Dad his birthday present and Alex got Dinosaur flashcards. We were on our way home and I thought I would go by Mom and Dad’s new house to see if they were there and they were! Alex had a great time checking out the house. We all came back to our house, I invited them in for a drink. Mom looked to be pretty hot. They stayed until four o’clock and left.

Alex and I went to Mom and Dad’s new house to move the sprinkler for them. Then we came home and I started to cook dinner, I also made us an apple pie for dessert.

Charlie phoned at five o’clock, Alex talked to him first and Alex was nice to him this time. I talked to Charlie and he said he had bad news. He said that his mother passed away eight hours ago. I told him how sorry I was and then asked him what had happened. He said at midnight Ma broke out in a sweat and then she started to foam at the mouth. Pa wanted to take her to emergency so Charlie and the other brother as well as Pa took Ma to the hospital. He said they came home and half an hour later they were told that she had passed away. I was so shocked I knew that she was sick but I didn’t realize she was that bad. I felt so bad for Charlie it’s terrible to loose someone and even harder when it’s your parents. It seemed hard for Charlie to talk so he said that’s all for now and hung up.

After I got off the phone I explained to Alex that Grandma had died. Alex said what? I said it again and he asked home come. I told Alex that Grandma had been very sick this past year and he seemed to accept that and he didn’t ask anymore about it.

I finished cooking dinner, we ate at six o’clock. Alex could hardly wait to have dessert. After dinner we went back to Mom and Dad’s and turned off the water and put the hose by the front door.

When we got home we took Kelly for a walk, Alex wanted to go in the stroller as he said he couldn’t walk. We watered the grass when we got home, Alex played in the sandbox for a little while and came in. He looks pretty tired. We watched TV and then I got Alex ready for bed at eight o’clock. I tided up the house and did the dishes and the laundry. By that time it was nine o’clock, I typed in the journal and it is now eleven o’clock. I’m going to go to bed now, good night.

No Tests

Medication

Bactrim 9:00 a.m. ------ 6:00 p.m.
Mercaptopurine ----- ------ 6:00 p.m.

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