Sunday, March 22

I was so excited to get home and a little anxious.  In the hospital, it was “all about me” and I knew it was going to be hard to take it easy with the kids. 

We made it home in early afternoon.  Jason and Abigail were still at the house. They had come in on from Columbus, Ohio on Friday night and stayed at the house over the weekend with the kids.  This was a blessing because they have a  3 year old, Amelia, so Jeffrey had a playmate.  And Jeffrey LOVES his uncle Jason.  Maybe because he looks like Scott? He has just always been a big fan since he was born. And Cecilia and Abigail got along great!

But the hugs from my babies when I got home were awesome. It was just a relief to have such a huge milestone in this health journey completed and to put it in the “check that off the list” column.  (If you know me, I love a good to do list.  And in love checking things off of it even more!) 

My family, Chad, Kevin and Jill, were all ready to come visit, but we decided it was best to take it as easy as possible once home.  So Jeff and Donna brought my Mom, Marie, to St. Louis.  She was going to stay with us for a few days or however long we needed her.

Poor Jeffrey and Cecilia.  When Jeff, Donna and mom arrived, Jeffrey hid behind me on the couch and Cecilia squeezed onto Scott.  Seeing that, I knew they thought we were leaving again, and it took a bit to get them to calm down and reassure them that we weren’t going anywhere. 

Nikki Commentarty: this will be mentioned in another post, but I had this theory that “the year of 33 was all about me”. Simply meaning I didn’t want to be pregnant or breastfeeding for one year.  Sometimes I feel like Karma is like, what?  How is having cancer not all about you?

   

 

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