Friday, August 2, 2013

Diagnosis: Leukemia; August 2, 1989

Alex kept me awake last night, he coughed and coughed. I gave him a drink of water but I didn’t have any cough syrup. I hope it didn’t disturb Lin and Simon.

I woke up at eight o’clock. I had a shower first to help me wake up. I’m really tired. I had breakfast and went to wake up Alex. Of course he didn’t want to get up yet. He’s been sleeping so late the last few days, he hasn’t had enough sleep.

We went to West Edmonton mall, our last day. We went to Fantasyland first. We just bought tickets this time. Alex went on the play area, the planes, and the merry-go-round. When we came out of Fantasyland there was a puppet show on. Alex sat down in front of the show. I sat further back while Charlie stayed with Alex. I couldn’t stand up that long.

When the puppet show was over we went to McDonald’s for lunch. Then we went shopping in the mall. Alex bought a GI Joe guy from Toy City. I bought Mom a Calgary football pin and Charlie bought Dad a coffee cup. I bought Alex a t-shirt and myself a maternity top. The maternity top was on 50% off which is very unusual for Shirley K for it to be that cheap for a t-shirt just $15.99.

By the time we got back to Lin’s house, it was after four o’clock. Lin and the kids came back at four thirty. Lin was preparing the meat for a B.B.Q tonight. She invited Barbara and her family. There was too much meat. They had steak, pork chops, chicken and fish. Lin had also prepared potatoes, which I did in the microwave. We ate before Barbara and her family arrived. When I was finished I went into our room and wrote in the journal for about two hours. There’s no point in me sitting with them since they usually speak Chinese. It’s very uncomfortable sitting there not knowing what they are talking about.

Alex was playing with his cousins. Lin asked me what I was doing. By that time I had already started to pack up our clothes. I also did our laundry then I and my snack.

Alex was really upset he said none of the other kids would play with him. I said well you’ve been quite bossy with the other kids maybe that’s why.

Later I found out the Tina, Joel and Sandy were playing a game. They had asked Alex if he wanted to play but he said he didn’t want to. Beau got a game out to play with Alex. They played for awhile then I got Alex ready for bed.

Barbara and her family left before Alex went to bed. Barbara gave Alex $50, he sure is lucky.

I thanked Lin for having us, she said to come back again and to let her know when the baby comes.

I went to bed at eleven o’clock.

No Tests

Medication

Cough syrup ------ 4:30 p.m. 11:00 p.m.
Bactrim 10:00 a.m. ----- 9:30 p.m.
Mercaptopurine ----- ----- 9:30 p.m.

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