Marc went in for his sixth round of chemo today. One of his blood count numbers has to be 1.5 for treatment. It was 1.4. Bummer. He's rescheduled for next Thursday. Marc's other major disappointment today was that one of the nurses told him that many patients who get blood clots end up staying on the medication for an extended amount of time. Some have to take it indefinitely. The difficulty this presents for Marc is that he is not allowed to participate in any contact sports of any kind while on the blood thinner. The news today brought home the reality that it could be a very long time before he spars or grapples again, if ever. He is struggling emotionally with accepting one more major blow.
On the other hand, Marc and Brett had a wonderful time at camp. I guess Brett's "guard duty" was at 2 a.m. one night and 3 a.m. the other. Marc didn't have night duty as he wasn't a participant. Marc was able to help teach knife throwing. He also used the time observe teaching strategies. Brett loved it all.
Both commented on the new office area and Brett is quite excited about getting moved into his new room. We will be scrubbing wallpaper glue off this weekend...
It's a good thing I used to teach first grade. I'm about finished with my reading assessments - finally - and I have kids in every level from C-F (beginning to mid first grade). I then have some at H, J (beginning second), K, and above L (beginning third grade). I'm a bit overwhelmed with planning for that much diversity.
Thanks for the continued prayers of support. We had no idea the enormity of all of this when we started.
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Betsy, how old is Marc? Is he throwing again?
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glad to hear Marc was able to have some fun. Thanks for the continual updates. It helps us keep up to date even though we are all busy and miles away.
diversification... not just for money market investments. yr reading groups are like a snapshot of yr life. tons of levels. various strategies. and somehow, in light of it all, phonemic awareness doesn't seem nearly as important as they would make it to seem...
yr a stud. keep fighting the fight.
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