a few randoms

chemo

cody finished his first week of chemo on november 1. he handled the week well. the following week was rougher for him. an overall feeling of malaise kept him pretty low key. he developed some upper-respiratory symptoms that kicked his butt for several days. but i'm happy to say he's feeling better

  
surprise

friday afternoon we snuck out to the east coast to surprise cody's sister and family. all of cody's family made the trip. it was a super quick trip, but worth every mile. 

neurology

cody had a neuro appointment this week wednesday. this dr. simply works towards controlling his seizures. he did have a 3 week stretch without any seizures, which was the longest he's gone. but typically, cody has 1-2 seizures a week. seizure medications are basically trial and error, as everyone is different. but his neurologist is not happy with 1-2 seizures a week and wants to try a different medication. cody has started tegretol and will build up to an average dose. once he's at that, he will start weaning off one of the other seizure meds. 

boys

obviously, i'm a girl. and i grew up with only a sister.  we were neat. we were clean. we were gentle. we didn't blow holes in our jeans. i honestly can't believe how many pairs of pants we go through with boys. the knees are always thin. and a new hole is always just one slide away. 

clutter
i simply can not keep up with the clutter in our house. it doesn't matter how hard i try, i can't seem to get on top of it. it's maddening.  

chauffeur
driving (or lack of) is definitely something i took for granted. with cody's seizures, driving is still out of the question for him. i'll be honest, it's tough being the only driver in our household. in the past, when we were together, cody would always drive. i took that opportunity to do other things. mostly play on my phone, research anything and everything, and catch up on some much needed sleep. but now, every single thing that involves a vehicle, i am responsible for. and it's a big responsibility.