Round 2 -- One for the Books -- Time to Hit the Trails

Yesterday marked the last day of treatment in this second round for Carol.  Despite the fact that some of her levels were a little low from the last couple weeks (to be expected), they plunked her down and hooked up the IV bag of medicine.  Now she heads to an off-week.  Time to let her body build back up, and yes, to get her running shoes back on.

After treatment, we headed to a follow-up appointment with her surgeon from 5 weeks ago.  His report gave her a green light to move back into active mode, with restraint.  Not sure Scout fully knows what that last part means, but I'm not going to hold her back.  It was so good to see her come out of that office (after she made a couple wrong turns) with a smile on her face.  That's been a rare thing this summer.

Late next week, after Carol's birthday, we head out to Minnesota to bring Eliza back to St. Olaf.  This summer with her has been wonderful; it will be almost as hard as last year to bring her back.  Then it's back to school, painting, the South End Art Hop, and life as we now know it.  Oh, the chocolate....

Thanks to all for everything.  Even the guy I flipped the bird on 189 the other day.

Such Good Friends, and a Growing Family

      

The picture may seem familiar, but it's not usually on a t-shirt! Members of Carol's 100 on 100 group will be sporting these special t-shirts tomorrow as they head cover the distance from Stowe to Okemo.  Sylvie came by last night to show us the shirts, and we were both in tears from this gift.  Carol will be with them in spirit, and her art and words will travel on their shirts tomorrow.  Wishing everyone good weather, a good run, and a good night's sleep afterwards.

Yesterday, as Carol was getting her treatment, she was able to FaceTime with my sister Sarah, who was in labor.  Before the afternoon was over, baby Bruce had arrived! We are so happy for Sarah, Jon, and Harper, and we can't wait to meet the little guy.

Carol has one more week of treatment in this round.  She'll also have a follow-up appointment from her surgery to find out when she might be able to run again (though she did say that she was planning to take Callie to East Woods today, and no, I couldn't come. Hmmm....).  Once this round is over, we are taking Eliza back to school, then another round begins, and the Art Hop comes around.

As always, summer has flown.  I am tempted to say that I can't see this particular summer go quickly enough, but this summer has also been full of pure, radiant kindness the likes of which we don't often get to see.  And that has come from all of you.  Thank you.

Treatment -- Round 2

Hi everyone,

It's now been a little over 3 weeks since Carol's surgery.  In that time, I've only had to scold her once or twice (or a few more times) not to overdo things.  If you know her, you know that she has a hard time with waiting.  We'll just say that she's enthusiastic.

After getting the green light from the doctors that she hadn't been overdoing it too much, Carol started the second round of her treatment yesterday.  Luckily, this time around, she has an idea of how it will make her feel, so she's more prepared.  I know that she would much rather be getting ready to head to North Carolina to help Sarah, Jon, and Harper with the imminent arrival of baby Bruce, or meeting with her 100-on-100 group to take care of last-minute arrangements.  I am just so awed by how she's handling all of this.

Neither she, nor I, could be doing any of this without the phenomenal support of you, our friends and family. Even if we don't take you up on it, because we haven't figured out yet how to do that without feeling like we're imposing, thank you so much for every offer.  Thank you for that, and for so much more.