He's Home

Blake 's flight left New York @ 5:45 am .After a long delay in the Atlanta airport and a delay on the tarmac once he landed due to lighting Blake finally made it home at 3:30. Our first stop was MeeMaw's Barbacue where Brandi met up with us. He spent about an hour at home and he was off and running. He pops in and out throughout the day, how I miss having kids home. I am trying to catch him long enough to see if he wants me to make a special dinner. I spent Saturday shopping for things for Blake. I spent Sunday making centerpieces for Blake's going away party. Blake also presented Scott and I with a Military cross that he will be wearing while in Iraq. I am not going to take mine off until Blake returns home. Thank You Blake.

Measurement Wrong

I was dreading our appointment with Dr. T. He is the best surgeon but he is also cut and dry. I thought at first I would wait in the waiting room but, then I thought how unfair for Scott to get the news by himself. I decided to take a deep breath and be there for Scott. I did ask Dr. T. to go easy on me. When he pulled up the past scans and compared them with the recent one he found the mistake. The radiologist had measured higher than the last.
The ventricle that he measured is larger at the top and he measured it in the larger part making it look like there was swelling. The right part of Scott's brain is a darker gray then the left. When I asked what it was he said tumor, edema & scar tissue. That was hard to look because there was a huge area. Thank you for all who said a little prayer

Say A Little Prayer

Scott had a CT scan today and the brain is beginning to swell. We are at 2 mm but were at 3 when the domino effect started last time. I called Dr. T. the surgeon and he is going to see us at 9:30 am tomorrow. Dr. Nick is out of town, so my confidence is none. I am a nervous wreck and I am sure Scott is to. I'll know more after our appt. Please say a prayer for us.

Accident

Two - Three o"clock in the morning seems to be Scott's time. This morning at 2:22 I heard Scott fall. I jumped out of bed to see what happened and there was blood everywhere. He had busted open the back of his head. He had a gash about 1 1/2" long. I cleaned up the blood on the floor, his head , his hands were covered in blood and I wiped them off so I could access where the blood was coming from. I looked at the gash to see if it needed stitches. It looked like it was close - so I put 3 band aides on it and put him back in bed. When I helped him up his whole side was red from the impact. I asked him how he felt when I was leaving for work and he said he felt like he had been hit in the head with a baseball bat.

Count Low

Scott got to Orlando for his injection for Interferon and apparently they faxed over the wrong results. They faxed over the previous weeks results. This week was not great the white blood cell court was 2.2. I am waiting to hear from Scott to see if he gets the Interferon.

Numbers Don't Lie

Two weeks in a row Scott's white blood cell count has been perfect. Scott and I were wondering if it is the Reliv. We are waiting to see if after chemo. his blood test are perfect or at least close to perfect. If they are then we know it is the Reliv. Scott and I both seem to have more energy on the Reliv and it doesn't taste bad at all.

Pool Fun

Skylar talked my mom into bringing Kylee over for the weekend and as a bonus she brought Reese also. We swam in the pool from 8 am to 5 pm. All the little girls eyes were so red. We let them take an outdoor shower, washed their hair and had put on their jammies. The other girls brought stuffed animals and Skylar asked me where hers was I told her she had taken all her animals home. She found the teddy bear my dad had given me when I was 9 years old and in the hospital. Before telling her she could sleep with it I wanted to make sure she knew how special the bear was to me. Skylar laid down on the bed at 7:00 barely got the bed under her sweet little face before she was out like a light. Mom wasn't so lucky with her girls.

We had fun with the underwater camera. We woke up Sunday morning and Resse , Kylee and I were so burned. We successfully got all the girls dressed and made it to church 25 minutes early.

After church I thought the girls were to burned to get in the pool back in the sun so I told them I would take them to buy them beads so they could make crafts. When we got home and I opened all their beads and they had talked my mom into letting them back in the pool. They were so exhausted the became crabby, they began tattling, and then started crying.

Skylar had school today so we thought it would be a good idea for her to come home and get some much needed rest. All the girls seemed to have a great time. We can't wait to do it again.

Good Things

Scott and I have been trying the Reliv to see how it works. It is basically all naturals products that your body needs and doesn't receive. We both have noticed a big difference. The main difference is our energy levels. Scott's blood levels this week was picture perfect. Does the Reliv have anything to do with it or is it because he hasn't had the Interferon in a week? Next few weeks will help us decide. He received his Interferon yesterday and did really well. Last night he was feeling a little tired and broke out in hives, yuck! So I had put clean sheets on the bed ( I love that feeling) and gave him 2 Benadryl " sweet dreams"

I was given a very generous blessing last evening so I felt like I needed to bless someones life. I in turned bestowed a blessing upon someone that I felt needed it.

Great Weekend

Saturday I took Milo to the dog park and then came home to work in the yard. I only got a few hours of good yard work in before it got really hot. Michelle and I had gotten gift cards for Djon's Chop House in Melbourne Beach. On Saturday Scott, Michelle, Matt and I decided to try it out. It was OK, it was pricey and the food was not worth it. We all felt the same, we wouldn't try it again.

Sunday Scott and I went to church, had Skylar over for a swim and had a quick visit with some friends that had stopped by. I cleaned rearranged the living room and did laundry. It was pretty quite in the Zech house this weekend.