Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Diagnosis: Leukemia; October 16, 1988

I woke up at ten thirty, I checked to see how Alex was and he was awake. Alex asked me to help him out of bed and then he asked if he could have a fruit cup for breakfast. Alex had two fruit cups and a big glass of apple juice. Alex looks very pale this morning and he says that he isn’t feeling well. I told him that I was having a shower, Alex had a shower as well. We got dressed then it was time for us to have lunch. Alex asked me to sit with him and watch a show. I told him after lunch that I would. Then when we were having lunch I said to Alex that pretty soon we would have to get ready to go out. Alex started to scream at me that I had said I would sit with him. I said to him that I hadn’t said that I wouldn’t, so what was the big deal. Alex kept on going on and on about me sitting and watching TV with him. Then he started to cry. I told him if he would listen to me then he wouldn’t get so upset but he kept on saying that I had promised to sit with him and that now we were going out. What he failed to do was listen to me, I had said I would sit with him and that we would be going out later on to go grocery shopping. Alex just wouldn’t stop going on about it and he wouldn’t stop crying. I told him to stop or I would have to take something away. Alex by this time was almost hysterical and said he couldn’t so I said fine and took away his cars. When I came back into the kitchen Alex apologized. I think he thought I would give his back his cars but I didn’t!

After lunch I did sit with him and watch TV and we did do a puzzle together. I feel that was more than enough I actual shouldn’t have done anything after the way he acted.

At one o’clock we left to go grocery shopping. Alex complained that he was too tired but he was fine once we were there. We got home at two thirty, I told Alex he should go for a nap. If he wanted to go to Grandma and Grandpa’s since they had invited us for dinner. Alex said he wanted a snack then he went for a nap.

I told Mom that I would bring dessert, so I started to make it when Alex had gone for his nap. By the time I finished Charlie had come home from working overtime. We then got ready to go to Mom and Dad’s.

We ate dinner around five o’clock and after dinner we played Monopoly which Charlie beat us very early in the game. He got the two most expensive properties and ended up putting houses on them both and bankrupting first Mom then me and finally Dad. We finished the game at eight thirty and came home shortly afterwards.

Alex went to bed at ten o’clock. I typed in the journal and I’ll probably go to bed soon.

No Tests

Medication

Mercaptopurine

11:00 a.m. ----- -----

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