First, I want to thank everyone for their prayers, love and support. I really appreciate it and it means the world to me.  You are my strength!

Good news is that my lung inflammation has basically calmed down, gone away. My oxygen levels are back up and I”m no longer on oxygen. Yeah! I didn’t like that, but I knew I needed it.

Hopeful that means the chemo is working. The tumor marker has gone down over 800 points also. This is a good sign also. And that was after one infusion.

I had my second infusion last Friday. All went well. I didn’t sleep well the night before so I was tired. Ray and I were joined by two of my wonderful sisters, Susan and Diane. It was so nice having my sisters there.  Of course, there were plenty of laughs.  Never a dull moment with Diane around!  Everyone else praised Ray for being brave enough to spend the day with three Agnew girls! Lol

I feel much better than I did after the first infusion and I attribute that to the change in my lungs and ability to breath better.  I’m having a little bit of a mouth sore problem.  Nothing as bad as in the past, but a sore inside my lip and roof of my mouth and dry mouth.  I’ve got tools to combat this and they’re helping.

Christmas

Julie arrived on the 21st in the wee hours of the morning.  I had started with the congestion and cough the day before but I didn’t feel too bad.   I had lunch with my best friends Julie Mangiagli and Nancy Walsh.  We went to Roma’s and had a nice visit.  Later that day Julie and I went shopping.  I was exhausted when that was over.  Friday I was really tired and slept most of the day.  We went to the Beachams that night to have a Christmas celebration with them.  I felt pretty good.

Then Saturday, Christmas Eve, I slept most of the day too.  We went to Sue & Tim’s and had a good time seeing everyone.  Sharon didn’t come.  Everyone else was there.  They were happy to see Clemmy walking all over the place.  Diane and I had a good chat with Gary about miracles and God.  That reminds me of something I’ve got to share with everyone.

When I first started the immunotherapy trial I had a dream one night and someone was handing me a ‘box of prayers’.  That was it.  Didn’t really know what it meant.  The following day when I woke up I had a message in my mind ‘you will have a miracle’.  That’s what got us talking about miracles, etc. with Gary.

I really am not sure about the miracle.  Maybe because they’ve gotten so many prayers for me, I’ll have a miracle.  Still waiting to see what it is.  Maybe I will survive this after all.

Anyway, we left Sue & Tim’s by 9 pm and I was in bed by 9:30.  That is not my typical Christmas Eve, but it was what I needed.  

Ray got a call early from Jason on Christmas morning that Clemmy was ready to come down. They got here around 7:30.  She had a ball.  She actually did get excited over her gifts.  It was the cutest thing.  Can’t wait until next year when she really knows what’s going on.  We all had a good time watching her and opening our own presents as well.

We had a wonderful dinner at Diane & Bruce’s as we usually do.  We stayed for a while.  Clemmy had a good time and so did we.  I really felt pretty good that day.

It was the following Tuesday that I found out about the inflammation of my lungs, etc.

Clementine’s 1st Birthday

December 30, 2016 – Clemmy’s first birthday.  That year went by fast.  We went to Deb and Butch’s to celebrate.  Julie, Jay, Heather, Deb, Butch and I had a good time.  Clemmy was the life of the party.  She did a good job on her personal cake and had fun.  She was all dressed up for her party too.  She got some great gifts.  She’s beginning to think this is a normal thing since Christmas was only five days earlier  

New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day

I still wasn’t feeling that good, but I was managing okay.  I was basically resting most of the day.  Watching tv, playing computer games, coloring.

New Year’s Eve Jay and Heather were going to a party and found out it started later than they thought so they asked us to watch Clemmy.  Of course we did.  She ended up spending the night with us.   She’s such a joy and brings me so much happiness.

Technically didn’t stay up to see the new year come in, but I was awake.  I was sleeping on the couch because of the coughing and ability to sleep propped up better.  Around 2 am I hear Clemmy talking.  At first I thought she was talking in her sleep.  She continued talking for 15 minutes.  Ray ended up getting up and changing her and giving her a bottle and put her right back to bed.  She woke up around 7 am.  The kids came to get her at 10 or 11 and they looked like they needed to go back to bed.

There was a surprise 80th birthday party for Aunt Pat New Year’s Day at the Irish Club.  I’m so glad we went.  It was a wonderful party and she was so surprised.  The food was great and, of course, the company. There was a table of Agnews – Shar & Bill, Jim & Elaine, Ray & I, Hank, Sue & Tim, and Diane & Bruce.  We stayed longer than I expected.  It was hard for me to even walk across the room without having a problem breathing.  Cousin Tim came from Florida with his daughter Alexis.  Beautiful young woman.  Farrell’s were there too and a group from West Haven.  Of course the Manions and the rest of the Aunt Pat’s family and Donna’s family were there.   It was a nice turnout for a wonderful, deserving lady.