Cameron had rounds 14 and 15 of his shots and seemed to do OK. Round 14 was a little rough as he said he felt them and cried with them. Round 15 was a little better, but he has 2 bruises still today (Tuesday) from the shots on Friday. Not big bruises...
Last week was pretty eventful in our house. As many know, Lexington lost a police officer in the line of duty. He was killed on Thursday, April 29. On Friday, Will was already scheduled to pipe for a training seminar for the Lexington Div of Police Honor Guard. They had honor guards come from 3 states to take the class on how to handle a line of duty funeral. Ironic isn't it! They had the training at the same church and cemetery as they would have the funeral for Officer Bryan Durman the following Tuesday. Will said those in attendance that were there to pretend to be mourners didn't do much pretending!
Will received a call from someone with the police department asking how many pipers and drummers he could get for the funeral on Tuesday. We put the word out and ended up getting 14 pipers and 3 drummers, including myself. We were at the cemetery from 12:30 that afternoon until after 5:30. It was the most intense funeral I've ever seen! It really took my breath to be marching in between hundreds of officers lining the road of the cemetery standing at attention and saluting. I can only imagine how the family and friends of the officer felt.
That same day, my mom had to come to Lexington to have blood work done for yet another heart cath. This is about a total of 14 heart caths she has had in the last 10 years. Cameron and I met her at the hospital where she was with her boy friend and his family. They went back home (3 hours away) and she came home with us. Cameron was very excited to have his mamaw with us. She and I left about 6am to get to the hospital. She had the cath and they inserted 3 more stents into her heart. This makes about 12 stents. Pretty soon she will set off metal detectors! She did well and spent one night in the hospital.
The day she was released, Will had been asked to pipe for the CPA (Citizen's Police Academy) cookout at the firing range. Mom was feeling well enough and I knew she would enjoy seeing the ERU (Emergency Response Unit aka SWAT) demonstration. Did she ever! She had to have her picture made with some of the officers.
She also said she had never had a picture taken with her ONLY son-in-law. Will was a bit confused at first thinking he wasn't the only one... but he soon realized he was!
Cameron also got his picture made, but with the sniper which was hidden up on the hill during the demonstration. You couldn't see him at all until he started waving his arms!! Check out the rifle!
Of course, Will had to have his picture made! They do call the bagpipes a weapon of war!
This week, I decided to take Cameron to his allergist since the claritan was not doing any good with his allergies. They gave us a prescription strength antihistamine to try and also two different types of nasal sprays. We are to try the pill first and if that doesn't help much, add one of the sprays.
I also called to make sure about getting Cameron's blood work drawn. When we started the Enbrel & Methotrexate, we had to go every 4 weeks to have blood drawn. At his appointment in April, the Rheumy mentioned that if the blood work we did that day looked ok, she would extend the time to 8 or 12 weeks. They called back and now he only has to have it every 12 weeks. We are also going to maybe change the Enbrel shots to give him 1/2 on Tuesday and 1/2 on Friday. We'll see.
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