Monday...

Well it's Monday after a long holiday weekend....well we survived our first school/work morning at home on our own. One down four to go this week...

We moved back home on Saturday as Chad felt that it was time. We will still take things day by day and not over do it.

Thanks for the continued prayers...I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving with family and friends. We are so blessed and I am thankful everyday!

Love,
Jackie

Rough afternoon...

Chad had a rough afternoon today...fighting a cold the kids came home with and the effects of chemo. He seems to be doing a bit better this evening but could use some prayers!

Black Friday Deals

Ok - I said there would be NOTHING that was worth going out for prior to looking at the ads in the newspaper yesterday! Then at 9pm last night Connie and I planned our strategy...verified Chad was ok to be here for the kids and off we went at 3am...first destination Kohls! Then we were off to JCP, K-Mart, Dicks, Target (where I switched cars and rode with Cathy my SIL). Somewhere in the mix of stores my mom met up with us and shopped for a while.

Then we were back to Kohls for my car then to Wal-Mart and home...10 hours later I am tired.

Ready for a quick nap and then off again...not sure where this time!

Happy Black Friday everyone!

So far so good...

Chad had treatment yesterday and so far all is good. He went to work today but then will be off the rest of the week. We are still praying for minimal side effects this time. Happy early Thanksgiving to everyone tomorrow. I'll post more and some pictures from DC soon...

Love,
Jackie

Crashed at my mom's house last night as I was too tired to go home. At work now...Chemo for Chad tomorrow...weather is Beautiful in KC today! But just wait...

I'm home but my luggage is not - It's still on the other plan between here and Chicago!

Air and Space Museum today and Vietnam Memorial...

More conference sessions this morning then off to Arlington cemetery to see the tomb of the unknowns, Kennedy graves, Air Force Memorial for my brother...:)

I had my celebrity sighting today at the Capitol - walking down the hall outside of Brownback's office was the one and only Senator John McCain...:)

Day two in DC...I am waiting for my 10:00 tour of the Capitol Building. Waiting outside Brownback's office right now. Weather is beautiful in DC! Ly jb :)

Stuff...

Chad had a good report from his labs today so that is good news. Chemo next Tuesday...

Please pray for my dad as he was admitted to the hospital today with mild chest pains...they ran tests and were going to send him home this afternoon but could not get him released (it got too late and they had not read the test yet). Hopefully he will get to go home tomorrow... He will need to follow up with the cardiologist to make sure all is well. Carolyn if you read this can you tell Aunt Stella for me and tell her not to worry as I saw him today and he looked really good and was pacing the floor to go home.

I am heading to Washington D.C. tomorrow morning for the National SHRM Leadership conference and my high school friends Faith and Tracy are meeting me in DC for a girls' weekend! How this actually came together is short of a miricle as the three of us can barely schedule a dinner every three months together. It will be fun, I can't wait...

I'll post updates from my travels throughout the weekend...

LY
Jackie

Happy Monday!!!

Well it's Monday and pretty typical for us...trying to wake sleepy kids and get out the door on time etc etc...but Grandma Connie made us ham and eggs (they were very good) Thank you!

Chad is back to work today and will have labs tomorrow...it was a good thing we had the weekend for him to rest and recoup after his first two days back.

Everyone is well around our house...too bad the Chiefs stunk up the joint yesterday! I am leaving for Washington DC on Wednesday for a conference and girls weekend with Faith and Tracy. I can't wait to do some sight seeing and hanging out with my girls (oh yeah and going to my conference).

Take care and I will post more later...

LY
Jackie

It's Friday!

Everyone is starting to feel better around our house...Chad slept good last night and is going to work again today. He said between me and his manager emailing and texting him to not over do it he was well covered in warnings yesterday.

Jordan is going home with Cole today and going to the football game and spending the night with him. Louisburg HS is 11-0 and in the hunt for a state championship - Go Wildcats!

I might actually go to the game tonight and stay until half time to watch the band and my neighbor Sophie who is marching with the band.

Happy Friday everyone...

Jackie

Better today...

I am doing better today...lots of vitamin C and drinking "Airborne" to try and fight this...

Chad went to work today and is taking it easy...I bet he is probably already home resting (at least I hope so).

So we are taking things day by day...

Take care,
LY
Jb

Pray for me...

I think I'm on the verge of getting sick, and Chad cannot have anyone that close to him be sick. Especially since he is going back to work tomorrow...I may have to go to the quarantine house and it's really cold over there...Boo Hoo!

Maybe it's just allergies (I hope). More later as the day is about over...

Jackie

Doctor today

Hello,

We had labs today and met with Carrie our Nurse Practitioner at the Cancer Center. He had good results and was cleared again to go back to work PT as tollorated. He is going to start back on Thursday this week...

He knows he has to still take it easy but he is excited to finally be able to be productive again.

Hope everyone has a great Tuesday - isn't this weather fabulous? I can handle winter if it will remain like this until March!!!

Take care,
Jackie

We are home - there really is no place like home! Thanks to our wonderful nurses - Megan, Ryan, Norm, and we saw our other nurses Kelly and Angie! Thx

Well it looks like his fever might have broken, and he has eaten three pieces of toast. We are still hopeful to go home tomorrow. We shall see in the AM -nite

Hello all...trying to use my new blogger feature on my phone to see if it works...

Things can change quickly...

Well I'd love to be telling you right now that Chad has rebounded well from his chemo and is making good progress...but things change quickly and he is now in the hospital with Pneumonia...

We had another rough night and I called the doctor this morning (like the book says) and they told us to go to the ER so we did. They did a chest x-ray and CT and decided it was pneumonia and they admitted him this afternoon.

We are hoping to only be there maybe 24 hours but that may not be the case according to our hospital doc...

Please pray he responds well and gets to come home tomorrow...he is already looking to escape so it will be a long evening tonight. I plan to stay up there with him thru the night.

More updates later...thanks everyone for your thoughts and prayers...

Love,
Jackie

Mid week

I love Thursday's and Friday's...it's just that I am so tired by this time during the week. Maybe it's getting over that hump and then knowing it's all down hill until I get to spend 2 days with my favorite people.

Our pastor came to visit Chad today and told Monty later that Chad looks like a completely different person than when he saw him that Sunday after we got home from the hospital. I remember that day...it was one of his weakest days. He was so impressed on how he looked today.

He does look like his old self again...however he is congested again last night and today. I wonder if that is a side effect of chemo? Non of us are sick so I wonder if it could be allergies or just a side effect. Need to look that up...

Ok, time for bed as I have an early morning meeting...

More later...
Jb

All is well so far...

Nausia at bay and he is still feeling pretty good. Needs to rest the next several days and possibly will return to work some on Monday...thanks for all the prayers and well wishes. Good night from the Bonds...

Chemo treatment today

Please pray all goes well as this is another big day for us. Please pray for minimal side effects...Thanks everyone!