Support

This blog entry is dedicated to those that have given words of encouragement, signs of support, thoughts, prayers, food and dyed their hair purple. Your support means the world to me.

Now, let's see, what has happened since I updated you all. The second weeks after my last chemo went by without much incident. I went to work at two different jobs. I went to the circus with Mom and Dad. At the circus we saw one of Dad's coworkers and his sons. As I have a rather purple head, I am quite recognizable and I heard one of the sons ask his father if I was the girl they had been praying for. It felt really nice. And the circus itself was super cool, though the $12 cotton candy with commemorative hat was not cool at all, even playing the cancer card to Mom and Dad didn't work. There was also a very nice Christmas/holiday party that weekend.

Of course the big event of the week was the "Kicking Cancer with Kelsey Purple Party" at Broad Ripple Hair Design (Broad Ripple Hair Design and check out their Facebook). They are the greatest people at Broad Ripple Hair Design. The salon was decorated with purple streamers and purple balloons and there was a sandwich board outside welcoming everyone to "Kicking Cancer with Kelsey". We had purple food: boysenberry jelly beans, grape soda, sparkling grape juice, grape gumballs, purple gummies, blueberry yogurt covered pretzels, "blue" corn chips, purple m&ms, and much more. Over the course of the afternoon and into the evening, we had 29 people get a purple streak in their hair. There were 3rd graders and high schoolers. There were parents and grandparents (no, none of my grandparents got a purple streak but that is totally ok). But most of all, they are all friends and family (not to sound sappy or sentimental or anything but it is entirely true).

Check out these great photos. Because there are so many photos I want to share with you, I am directing you to my Facebook album: Purple Hair Party

You might have seen me on the 6:00pm Channel 13 newscast that night or the next morning. Unfortunately, the video isn't online anymore.

Monday December 5, I had my 3rd chemo treatment. I met with my Doctor (and Mom and Dad) before treatment and when he felt my lymph nodes, the sounded very positive. It was also my first time using the port for my blood draw and chemo. I didn't put the numbing lotion on properly but it wasn't too bad being stuck with the needle. Our friend Becky sat with Mom and I during chemo and Dad went home. Everything went very well but again, we were there for 4 hours. I took naps the days after but it was less sleeping than compared with the previous chemos and even less meds. Friends did come to stay with me those two days, Christine and Cynnie.

Nothing else exciting has been going on, though, in the "Positives to coming home from London early because I have cancer" column I have added "Going to various Christmas open houses". If you didn't know, "Watching the season premier of Bones (and subsequent episodes) on a real TV" is also on that list. I like to find the perks in life, and if you have spent much time with me around a television, especially Thursday night, you know I like my Bones episodes, and NCIS for that matter. Don't stand between me and my shows.

That is all for now. I will try to be better about writing more but I just restarted the Harry Potter books so I have that going on, and I am supposed to be cleaning my room but that has been going on for about a week... Anyway...ttfn.