Let's Just Say "Shit!" About That

Today (8/6/2023) has unfortunately been another low-calorie day for Jennifer. She just cannot find anything yet that sits in her stomach well. She said the only thing that tastes halfway normal is her morning coffee, everything else is just off and crappy. Needless to say, her energy level is very low.

Thanks to the Neuroendocrine Cancer Awareness Network we have made contact with a wonderful woman in Michigan City, Indiana (Thank God for the internet) who has a very similar diagnosis as Jennifer. She has been extremely generous with her time and firsthand knowledge. She was diagnosed in 2019 and is still beating back this monster. It has been a hell of a battle for her, but she has provided us some good insight into various things and has offered to answer any questions that we have as we start down the treatment path and most importantly has given us HOPE!

Also, I don't know what we have done to piss of the Lord off, but he is sure putting us to the test. I was sitting in our living room late this morning and heard a loud bang. I ran out in garage to see what it had happened and as soon as I opened the door to the garage could hear water gushing out into the garage. Our Water Softener had exploded. Fortunately, I quickly got to the main water shut off and shut it down, so the water released was minimal, and at 105 degrees it did not take long for the garage floor to dry out, but it would have been really bad if we had been away from the house. So, disaster averted but let's just say "Shit!" about that. Really could have done without that.

So will have to call to get a service appointment for that tomorrow. Thankfully we have a good support network here and friends that have offered to be here if that service call happens when we have to be in St. George for Chemo treatments. It was also fortunate that the bypass valve for the water softer was not damaged and I was able to bypass the softener and get the water back on so that we have water in the house. Did not want to have a situation like we did in San Antonio of not having water for 6 plus days during the big 2021 snowstorm. That sucked and we never want to repeat that.

This may be a blessing in disguise (or at least I am telling myself that), the way the water softener exploded it must mean that our house Back Pressure Valve must be defective. Our warranty on the plumbing runs out sometime this month, so if it was going to happen, I am glad it happened now versus in a couple of weeks or next month. I have already submitted a warranty repair request to get a plumber out to verify that back pressure valve is working/set properly.

Tomorrow (8/7/2023) we meet with Jennifer's Nurse Advocate to get educated on the Chemotherapy process. Surely an education we could have done without, but we will have our ears and eyes open and do our level best to prepare for the hell that is about to come.

I also wanted to let our family members know that while we will be fighting this with all our might we are also taking steps to be prepared. We have secured (Thanks to Jim and Elaine going out to the site for us) a cemetery plot. The plot is not far from Mick and Rose's (Jennifer's parents) at Holy Cross. That was Jennifer's desire and brightened her day that we were able to get a plot close to them. We certainly hope we will not be using it for a good long while, but also did not want to have to scramble if/when we reach that point.

We have had a lot of people subscribe to and visit the blog, we are extremely grateful for that and are blessed to have a lot of people that are praying for Jennifer. We just ask that you continue to do so.