News…

Okay…so I went to my inlaw’s for Halloween…it was fun. I really don’t remember what I did over the weekend.  It couldn’t have been to interesting…I think I went to a craft fair. I love craft fairs….I’m such a geek…anyhow…Pat didn’t even come home from staying at his parents house until Sunday.

 Monday and Tuesday the kids had school off, but I still had to go in. Spent ALL of Monday doing report cards. Spent Tuesday planning and cleaning.

Wednesday went pretty well. Pretty well that is until Pat came up to the school. I knew something was wrong when I saw the big chocolate chip cookie he had for me. He always brings me cookies or chocolate when he has bad news…you know…to try to coat it with sweetness…anyhow…

Pat is going to be hospitalized because his doctor wants to give him a “major dose” of radiation. Since we didn’t know when he would be admitted I took a personal day today to spend with him. Found out this morning that he will be admitted on Monday. Oh well…I hardly see him on weekends anyhow and it was nice to spend the day with him.

He’ll be in the hospital 2 or 3 days depending on how fast he becomes safe in public. (They are giving him so much radiation that he will be in a lead lined room at the hospital. He could make people very sick if he got anywhere near them during the first 24 hours.) Basically he’s gonna check in, and then when he’s settled they’ll shut him in his room and give him his meds and water. Even the nurses can’t be near him. It’s like a prison room with a slot for food to be passed through. I won’t be able to visit him.

And then when he’s released…I can’t be within 6 feet of him for ten days. Nice. So basically I won’t get to be with my man for two weeks. It wouldn’t be so bad if he were out of town doing this, but he’ll be at his parents staying in the spare bedroom…He can’t even  come to the apartment because of our pets. (Of course the radiation might do Butter some good. He has cancer too.)

 So that’s that…That’s my life right now. But the thing with cancer that you have to decide is you can either let it get to you and make you cry and eventually die, OR you can choose to accept it and live and just deal with it. Obviously since I am stubburn I have decided to deal with it and not let it get me, but if I seem a little off for a while, just nod and smile at me okay?