Football and Hanukkah

This morning Morry and I took Chewie for a walk. 

Then, Morry ran out to pick up some bagels.

A little before noon Noah's friend Jake and his dad Alex came over to watch football.

I left around 12:30 to tutor and got home around 2:30.

The boys and men had a good time hanging out.

I took the boys to Sunday school at 4pm and then picked up a few things at Walgreens.

There was a Hanukkah party at Sunday school at 5pm.

Morry, Grandma, and Papa, met me there for the party.

Noah's group preformed a Hanukkah play.  Noah was the king and he really hammed it up.  Everyone enjoyed that.  The kids played dreidel, bingo, and more.  There were latkes.  It was quite a good turn out.

From there, we went to dinner at Maudie's with Grandma and Papa.

The last few days Evan has been complaining about his finger hurting.  He poked it with a paper clip at school on Thursday.  Today it was swollen and hurting even more, so Morry took him to an urgent care place after dinner.

They are on their way home now.  The doctor said Evan's finger is infected and prescribed some antibiotics.

Here are some pictures from today.

Doctor

This morning I dropped Evan and Noah off at Jenny’s house (a mom in the Moms Club) and went to the doctor. Evan and Noah seemed fine when I left. She has 2 girls, one Evan’s age and one Noah’s age. Jenny was also having a playgroup at her house this morning so she had lots of help with the boys. She said they both did well. Noah seemed to miss me and got upset a few times, but they were able to distract him.

At the doctor they did a blood test. My white blood cell count was good. My platelets were low and I’m still anemic. That can cause the fatigue. My hands have really been bothering me. It looks almost like a burn on them and it hurts when anything touches them as well. The doctor said it was a reaction to the Taxotere (one of the chemo drugs). She gave me a steroid to take for a few days. I’ll also have to take it again the few days before and after my next chemo treatment. I really hope that helps my hands. Just typing this hurts.

Evan and Noah were not very well behaved when we were home eating lunch. Noah threw his whole plate on the floor. Neither one ate much.

I put them both down for naps, but only Noah napped. Evan wouldn’t sleep so I put on a movie for him so that I could lie down a little.

For dinner we ate food that Alissa brought over. It was all really good. We even had latkes.

We celebrated the last night of Hanukkah. Evan got a Leapster game system and Noah got a train for Geotrax.

Noah was so cranky tonight we put him to bed earlier than Evan.

It seems to be quiet in Noah’s room.

Evan is in his room now. We’ll see how the night goes.