Christmas balls to IV balls

It's been a very rough couple of days since I started on IV's, but I'm still very thankful that I can do the IV's. I know I will feel better when the PICC comes out and the IV's are done. I'll hopefully have more energy, can breathe easier and have less pain.

For those of you who live in the healthy world and aren't familiar with these things, they have these IV eclipse balls now so you don't need to drag an IV pole everywhere you go in the house.


Not that I've been wanting to walk around much. So far my medicine side effects are bothering my nerves the most. Depression, mania and paresthesia. Some heart racing. The more winded I get, the worse the paresthesia (tingling and numbness to my fingers and toes) so I'm trying not to overdo today like I did yesterday. But even then I was wearing my oxygen and just crossing a room or two, maybe switching the laundry.

I've given orders to the men in this house that they are doing any work today. I will fix supper, but they will clean the house and anything else that needs doing. I'll just work my way through these things.


The highlight of my days right now is reading your blogs, emails and comments. I just wanted to tell you how much I appreciate them and covet them. (I also should tell you that even though I'm reading blogs, I'm not commenting as much as I was. I'll try to work on that, but I am reading them!) It's been a joy to read some of the exciting answers to prayer in some of the situations we are praying for, too. Some exciting things are going on!