"The Third Day!"

A huge lightening storm this past Saturday, knocked our phone and internet out. With reports made to our phone company, and promises of repair work done on Wednesday, I was unable to be on the computer for several days. My big day has come and gone. It was a long day of nearly six straight hours of infusions. I had been encouraged to drink water, water, water, the day before and the day of Chemo, in order to flush a lot of it out of my kidneys. I have to say that I am not a fan of "H2o." Matter a fact, if I try to drink it when I'm not thirsty, I will soon be gagging. Yesterday and today, however was a different story. Forcing myself to drink at least 48 oz. yesterday and 99 oz. today was a surprising victory for me. The only problem with that, is what goes in, must come out!" My husband was delighted to take picture after picture of me and my IV pole heading to the facilities every 30 minutes or less for six straight hours! A steroid pill was prescribed for me the day before, after and for tomorrow, along with plenty of anti-nausea meds in my chemo in order to keep me feeling well until the "third day" and then I am warned that it will "hit." Arriving home today, a package awaited me in my mailbox from my husband's relative who lives out of state. Opening the box, I find a bracelet with a "sideways" cross on it. If you've read some of my ramblin's you know what the sideway cross means to me. What a beautiful treasure. A friend from church had made a beautiful black scarf for me which I know took days to make. So many prayers, so many tokens of love and friendship have been given. I love you all! A special friend gave me scripture from Psalm 25, which gave me such comfort before leaving this morning. One verse I kept in my mind and heart today as I sat there being "infused!" Verse 15: "Mine eyes are ever toward the Lord; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net." Thank you God, for "plucking me out of the net" if just for today.