I’ve had several friends ask how they can help. For now, I’m able to cook, shop, do laundry, and keep up with normal things. I’m still teaching my 5 students. The effects of chemo, besides baldness, losing eye lashes, and starting to lose eye brows, are: I move slower, have swelling in my left ankle (where I broke my ankle 5 years ago) and right arm (where I’ve had lymphedema), and my fine motor skills are impaired. Not bad, I prefer all of the above over nausea and diarrhea. My body is tolerating things well. I'm very thankful for this.
The one general area of “need” or “want” is that I want to make sure I have Christmas stockings ready for my two grandchildren arriving this year, and potentially 4 additional grandchildren that we hope will join our family at some point in the future. These are handmade stockings that all feature a Santa, with additional details, all covered with sequins and beads. They are a Tenney tradition, and each one takes hours of work.
Friends have come to the rescue. So far, 25 different friends have taken part in this sequin and beading project. I have felt so much love from each sequin and bead stitched. It will mean a lot to my grandchildren when they are older and hear about all of the hands that helped to create their stockings while “Taffy” (my grandma name) was fighting cancer. Thank you for all of the loving sequins and beads!
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| Our beach living/loving family added a tropical twist to their stockings. |
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| This close up look, showing each single sequin and bead. |
Friends have come to the rescue. So far, 25 different friends have taken part in this sequin and beading project. I have felt so much love from each sequin and bead stitched. It will mean a lot to my grandchildren when they are older and hear about all of the hands that helped to create their stockings while “Taffy” (my grandma name) was fighting cancer. Thank you for all of the loving sequins and beads!
Another wonderful service has been provided by my kids, and several friends. Every chemo day, they have surprised me with short videos shared by siblings, family, and friends, sharing fun memories we made together. It has been so much fun, and a great distraction during chemo. Thank you so much for everyone who has shared a memory. If anyone would like to send my girls a video for a future chemo day surprise, this is the link you can share it to: https://forms.gle/4riu2NUAkxAJGBJM6, or FB message Courtney Page or Kirsten Bush.
I’ll update this as soon as we hear back on the scan. We should hear back by end of day Wednesday.
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