8/24/2004
Letter from Deanna Laurito:
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| Ray Laurito standing, Deanna Laurito seated, Dillon Chase, Dallas and Bryce Griffin |
Dear Shelly,
I continue to get the "message" - we have the anti-virus scan running all the time and we have run it to specifically try to eliminate the "message". I don't want to send anything to you at work to create or generate more of them.
I have been really nauseated and actually threw up again today. Immediately took an anti-nausea pill. I have taken them about 4 days (out of 5 days) since receiving the new chemo on Thurs. Don't know if you have communicated with Becky this week, but we went up there on Saturday. Kevin was putting in new windows with the help of his neighbor, Kevin. Ray pretty much supervised but actually held the window in place while they located a tool or something and helped lift the windows into place - two outside and one inside. Becky and I were to scrapbook. My head had hung low most of the way there but when we tried to do the scrapbooking, I could hardly hold my eyes open or my head up.
Completed the first 4 pages of pictures and gave in to sitting in a chair and sleeping. I receive the next dose of chemo this Thurs and may be in the same vegetative state this coming weekend. The reaction to the drug seems to occur a little earlier with this drug than any I've had so far. I was pretty much the same way on Sun thru Sacrament meeting.
Had an eye exam at noon today and ordered new glasses at Costco. They should be in within 7 to 10 working days. Maybe I'll have them next week.
We are currently planning to make the trip down to WC for AJ's birthday unless something goes radically wrong. I won't be much company during the drive. I'll probably sleep most of both ways. Even short trips result in my eyes being closed. We will come down Friday (arriving there hopefully before everyone is in bed). We will probably come back Sun. We may be able to go to Sac meeting with all of you and leave sometime after that. I don't like displacing Bryce from his bed on a school night. (Ray had said something about coming back Monday if I wanted to...but I don't think that is a good idea.)
One of the stairs has been poured. It looks good. It is framed in for the next step so that whenever Mike is available to pick up the AA U-haul cement it can go forward without delay. It is exciting to think that I might actually be able to walk over to Mike and Ruth's without killing myself in the uneven ground and dirt piles. I have been driving over.
Mike and Ruth got a new table and chairs. They have the new tall legs. I have never been able to sit on "bar stools". They are just too uncomfortable. The three of them sit at the table for dinner and Ean sits in his high chair next to me who is sitting in one of the roll-around chairs from a desk and a TV snack tray in front of me for eating. It may seem silly, but it works for me.
The nanny's husband-to-be works for Back-to-Basics (they are small appliance manufacturers). At our combined request, he purchased 2 new blenders for Ruth and I with his employee discount and was reimbursed. These blenders have 1,000 watt motors. They are very fancy. Mike and Ruth paid for both of them and Mike told us it was our Valentine's Day, Birthday, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Halloween, and Hanukkah gift! LOL Ruth had a pretty nice relatively new blender which we have to bring to you, if you can use it. I think it has a 300 or 350 watt motor. Let me know if you would like to have it. I'm sure we'll be talking to each other before we make the trip.
Hope all of you are well. I looked for you online, but you weren't there. Knowing this is court night I was surprised that you weren't on-line, but figure I should not bother you, you have plenty of work to do.
Love, Mom
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