Mondays

By now I am sure that you have figured out that Mondays are a big deal at our house.

Yes, Monday means the work/school week start all over again.

There are always piles of laundry and dirty dishes to do on Mondays.

It is early out day, which means less time to get those chores done!

We are all tired from our exciting weekends.

It means that once again Friday is five days away.

Monday brings all these things to my house as well.

However, Monday also means several other things.

It is our Orange for Odette day.

(In case you forgot, Orange is for Leukemia)

It always brings tears to my eyes to see everyone on Monday wearing orange.

Doesn't matter if it is around the neighborhood or the hospital.

We see lots of you sporting your orange-even if its not your favorite color.

We are so very loved by so very many!

It is our start chemo day.

We either go into the hospital fora lumbar puncture or we start a different oral chemo at home.

Our next lumbar puncture is June 1st-a Tuesday because Monday is a holiday.

Currently we are doing two chemo drugs at home-6MP and Metheltrexate.

Soon it will be Predisone (steroid) again.

We only have nine more Mondays to go until our final evaluation of treatment!

It is the day that we have our blood draws done.

Our home health nurse, Chris, comes every Monday.

She is one awesome nurse.

She has to access Odette's port and draw 2 mL of blood.

She then takes the blood to the hospital for them to do a CBC.

She can draw Odette's blood in under 2 minutes with minimal tears.

Odette loves her.

So do I.

I have never been one to care to much about certain days of the week.

Now, I am so thankful for each day I am given.

Grateful that Odette has made it through 48 Mondays.

And grateful that she should have many more to enjoy!