We are two weeks from race day and are in full taper mode. Partially by design, and partially because we are sick. Both of us. I think the 20 mile long runs have caught up to us. I'm seriously thinking that another marathon is not in my future. I bet everyone feels that way two weeks before the race and maybe my thoughts will change but right now I don't see how.
On a very good note I passed the 1,000 mile mark for running in 2010. This is a pretty big accomplishment for me. I can't say as I ever thought I would run that far!
I hope everyone had a good Christmas. Ours was good - rather eventful but still good. We spent Christmas day with my mom, sisters and their families for the first time since I don't know when. Mom has always worked on holidays - it is good for the extra pay but since she isn't working right now we took advantage of it. We all went to church on Friday night and then came back to our house for soup and the plan was to decorate cookies for Santa and then maybe play a few games. Then we would track Santa for a bit and hit the hay. Well, it didn't turn out that way. After we got home from church my 4 year old nephew and his sister were pretty wound up. My nephew ended up slipping and hitting his forehead on the coffee table which opened up a decent sized gash in his head. My sister and I took him to the ER to get glued back up. Santa was at the hospital when we were there and visited him. He got four presents!!!! He did so good - and was so brave.
After we got home my sister and I decorated the cookies and had a glass of wine. It was fun.
On Christmas day we headed to my other sister's house for lunch and present opening. The food was great and we got to take a few good pictures. When we got home Travis started feeling a little crappy. He was running a fever and just feeling rotten in general. He didn't eat or really drink anything the rest of the day. At about 11:45pm I decided to head to bed and woke him up (he had been snoozing on the couch). He got up and followed me to the bedroom and went into the bathroom. I jumped into bed. A few seconds later he opened the door and then I heard a horrific thud. He passed out and was laying on the floor with his eyes open but he wasn't responding to me. It seemed like an eternity but I'm sure it was no longer than 30 seconds. When I first got over there it looked like he had blood coming out of his ear. That made me nervous. Then I noticed the blood was actually coming from his chin. He must have hit the foot board of the bed on his way down. The gash was decent sized and I knew we needed to go to the ER. He just wanted me to put a butterfly Band-Aid on it (he is such a manly man you know). I called the Ask A Nurse line and they said that yes he did need to go to the ER. I got Travis up and out into the car and then went to get Sam. She looked a little dazed and confused but she did great the whole time we were there. She sat on my lap and played with her doll and then ate some cheese crackers. We were there until around 2:30am and Travis got 7 stitches. But that isn't the end of the story.
On Sunday night he thought it was swelling a bit and by Monday after work he decided he needed to go to the doctor. His wound had started seeping pus and blood. Ick! He is now on antibiotics and had to stay home from work today. The doctor told him he should call the hospital and complain about the fact that he developed an infection. Now that we think about it, I don't know that they even washed the cut out before they sewed him up. I know they wiped the blood away but I don't think they cleaned it out. That is disturbing. To add to things I have a sinus infection and until about 4 hours ago I was feeling pretty crappy as well. Thank goodness for antibiotics!
Sam Update: Our baby girl is now 18 months old. I can't believe it! She is so much fun now. She is learning so much every day and is so excited to share her knowledge with us. She is also very generous with hugs and kisses and is so sweet most of the time.
Mom Update: She is doing well. She has 3 more taxol treatments and then will get her spacers taken out and her implants put in. Then she has 12 weeks of radiation. Hopefully the radiation won't damage the implants too much. I also want to put her in a bubble to protect her from all of the illness that is around her right now. My sister's entire family went through or is going through some sort of a stomach bug complete with a low grade fever. Mom has a sinus infection and got some antibiotics for it on Sunday. Hopefully those help her out. Keep her in your prayers.
I'm sure I won't post again before Saturday so HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!
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