This year Thanksgiving means something different to me.

            Hello all. I hope this finds all of you enjoying your families and great food over this Thanksgiving weekend. Unless you are working, like me and many others, you may have even had a glass of vino.
            My entire update is second hand as I have been in the Firehouse since Tuesday morning. But I have been in contact with Kym constantly (as usual) so I feel this will be accurate. Kym had an infusion appointment yesterday and it went pretty much as they always do. I can only imagine how much it must suck to wake up Thanksgiving morning and feel terrible and not want to eat and know that it will not go away for days. After Kym's infusion, Lori took her out to their house in Rocklin. She will be at Dave and Lori's (Kym's parents) until I get off tomorrow and go pick her up. At least she can be around all her family and not stuck at our house watching cooking programs with me. She says she is feeling okay, which I translate as the same as after all infusions. We are going to relax the rest of the weekend before I leave for a Burn Foundation function in Florida on Monday. I'll only be gone a couple of days but if any of you want to say hi, that would probably be a good time to call.
          I want to wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving and remind you to be thankful for the health and safety of your loved ones. You never know how quickly your world can be turned around.

Koy

Snowy Sunday

             So before I go into how beautiful and quiet Dave and Lori's cabin is when its snowing like this, I have a few more loose ends to tie up. Before we can call ourselves caught up we need to talk about the walk too. The Light the Night walk for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society was about a month ago now. We had a team, "Kymphoma" of course that totally kicked ass. It was a great event and we felt so supported by everyone who showed up. Team Kymphoma ended up sweeping the event. Most team members and most money raised. Nice job everyone.
            So now that we have talked about the haircut, walk and new scan results we are pretty much up to date. So no we can discus the Birthday. I got Thursday night off work but Kym was not feeling well so we ordered in. The next day she was awarded a small shopping spree at REI before we headed up to Truckee for the weekend. The snow is falling and these weekends really help with changing Kym's scenery. You can imagine how tired she must get of hanging around our house all the time. We will be braving the elements to have a nice dinner at Squaw village tonight. Then home tomorrow. I work Tues,Wed, and Thur so Kym will be having Thanksgiving at her parents house. Kym has another infusion (Chemo) on Wednesday so hopefully it doesn't zap her to bad.
              The infusions have started to take more of a physical toll on her now that it is doing it's job. It used to take her a couple days to be back on her feet and now it's more like a week. To be back on her feet is a relative term because she seems to always have some discomfort. She truly is one of the strongest people I know. I am so proud of how she is handling all this.
              We plan on having a great holiday season and decorating the house. Not something Billy and I do traditionally, but Kym is bring a woman's touch to the house. We have scented candles now and everything. So if you are not sick and have not been around anyone who is, give us a call. Holidays are always better with visitors. Bring your favorite beverage and some good stories. Kym's friend Jeanne came over the other day to do yoga with Kym, which was nice.  Anyway, that's all for now. Happy Thanksgiving.
Koy

Yeah... She's cool

And away we go

            Okay kids, since Kym made this blog and posted the initial "what happened" on it, it has stalled. A lot has happened since then. I will get us all up to speed.
             So after Kym's post a month ago, she started going to Chemo. Her infusion appointents are every 2 weeks. I guess she actually started before that, because we are 5 infusions in. At first the infusions would make her feel sick, but it didn't seem too horrible with all the meds they gave her. But after the first couple, the more her immune system wore down, the worse it got. About a month or so ago, Kym was feeling worse after her appt's and then her hair started to fall out. At first we were just kinda finding it everywhere, but then it started coming out in clumps while she showered. This was tough, as you could imagine. I dont think guys really appreciate this like we should. I have shaved my head for my entire adult life, so it didn't seem like that big of a deal. But I now know how much identity goes into girls hair. Well, I suggested that Kym have her stylist buzz her head. At least that would be her doing it on her terms. We got the whole support team together and went down to do just that. Cherry, her stylist, told us there was still enough hair to do a cute little cut so we opted for that. Pics to follow. Since we already had gone wig shopping, we were even able to get those styled too.
              For those of you that dont know, Kym is in a clinical trial that allows her to redo her PET-Scan after the first 4 infusions (2 months) to check on the progress of the Chemotherapy. Well we had those scans a couple of weeks ago. As you may have seen on Kym's fb page, the results were better than good. NO SIGNS OF ACTIVE CANCER. And all those pesky little lymphnodes are getting back to regular size.

               So at this point we just have another 4 months of infusions. It is not quite as simple as it sounds. Kym felt bad after this last one. And thanks to her having like one white blood cell, she got sick and has been feeling terrible since, but no fevers. Please send her your love, it helps alot. She will also be turning 28 this Thursday, so say hi. As for me, I will be blogging for her. Please remember that I do not have 2 college degrees, so be kind.

Not so hostile takeover

So, I think by now it has been proven that Kym is the worst blogger ever. Because of this, I have taken control. As a teaser of things to come, we will be discussing Kym's haircut, The walk, and recent Scan results. So stay tuned for more to come. With pictures.
Koy