DEFINITION: (verb) to pretend incapacity or illness to avoid a duty or work.
Steroids have kicked in after two doses of five each. Mind is telling him to keep on trucking, but I see his body asking him to slow down. There is no doubt he will not malinger.
ChemoSabe traveled extensively today. He could not sleep so was up at 3:30 a.m doing paperwork, letting the kids out, making coffee and ironing his own clothes. He was gone from the house by 6:00 a.m. to Shreveport and then around to Camden. He finally arrived home for supper at 8:45 p.m. He is now changing light bulbs in our upstairs office. All he has to do is lay his head on his pillow and I believe the body will win.
He will not malinger tomorrow either. He and assistant are traveling to a new client job site to finish up some training. He will return for his afternoon labs and urine drop off. At 10:00 p.m. he will leave the house again to travel to a job start at a new client at midnight. I should see him home around 3:00 a.m., if then.
He has had a new woman, Gypsy (gps) with him all day. All I have heard about her today is how massively he is in love with her. She tells him where to go and how long it will take him. She tells him where to eat and how fast to drive. When he makes a wrong turn she tells him to make a U-turn and good back. (Just like a woman). He doesn't go back and makes her reroute (Just like a man). That is all he has talked about this evening. Gypsy, Gypsy, Gypsy....and how he loves her. I programmed her for him. If he keeps on talking about how good she is, I may just route his "home base" to somewhere else. They would both be surprised if they ended up somewhere else! ha
I thought about malingering this morning. I am more tired when I get up than when I go to bed. I try to think it is the heat, but my bones hurt also.
We have two more days on the Dex and Thalid. Thursday is the MRI and bone marrow biopsy. Billy had his testing done today. He gets his Big Mama Jama dose of chemo on Sunday and Transplant on Monday. We are excited. Can't wait to see how he responds.
Roger and Ruthie got to go home to OKC. His hip will have to await treatment until after the transplant. His transplant will have to wait until after a heart cath or stints. His port is still in for daily labs at home. So he may be home for three days to three months. Then they have to put up with their home air conditioning being out. It was 80 deg as I was talking to Ruthie. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers.
We are going out to eat with Billy and Sherry on Friday. We need to celebrate the guys having our new kids. We have a lot to catch up on.
We are working on a weekend trip for the weekend of August 8. I hope everything works out with the weather, labs, WBC and everything else. I am hearing some people really crash after the transplant so we don't want to end up with cabin fever afterward. We don't want to malinger.
Well, Loves --- I am worn out and heading for bed. I know this surprises you, but I have run out of words to say! ha
Good night and Love -- Pepper
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