Great weekend off ?!?!?!

I have made it through 1 cycle of chemo, only 3 more cycles 3 rounds to go (that is 9 left). Having it 3 weeks in a row really made it go by fast and I was so happy my WBC counts stayed up.

I was so looking forward to last weekend, chemo free and a four day holiday weekend. It started off great. Friday was the first "me and you" day that Jaxon and I had had in a while. We went to Chuck E. Cheese, had lunch together, went to the pet store then adopted a puppy from the no kill shelter (not sure how that happened). Friday night we had a get together with the Guat boys which got a little crazy and ended with a bunch of boys skinny dipping!

Saturday we headed to the lake and had a great day. Jaxon hung out with his lake buddies, mostly a bunch of 9-13 year old girls. He will appreciate this attention a lot more in a few short years. Although I must say as they all hugged him Sat. night he seemed to have them wrapped around his finger! My only issue was a few mouth sores.

Sunday I woke up a little congested and a lot sore. This progressively worsened as the day went on, until I started to run a very low grade fever. I also started to break out in a rash. We had plans to shoot off fireworks so I took a Tylenol and pretended I wasn't sick the rest of the night.

Unfortunately this all caught up with me on Monday. I woke up congested, sore, sick at my stomach and with a rash over most of my body. I spent most of the day on the couch recuperating.

Not the ending to the weekend I had hoped for but I think I am feeling better today. I think the rash is a reaction to the sun, and the other is probably a virus, probably picked up at Chuck E. Cheese. Really I don't know how I got sick, but Jen (The Germ Police) was not really happy about me going to Chuck E Cheese.

I am hoping for a good start to my next cycle of chemo which should start this Friday. We are picking up my niece and nephew on Thurs. and I really won't have time to be sick. Wish me luck.

Oh and a little shout out to my friend Cathy who took me to my last chemo treatment. Not only did I appreciate her driving me around but a had a great day out with one of my best friends.