Força Aurelia

 We are about to start the last chemo block of August and we can hopefully take Aurelia back to Girona on Saturday. She will have two weeks “off” (with a few dr appts) and then begin the next phase.  Our next phase will be 11 days at home in Girona and then 4 days as an inpatient at the hospital in Barcelona. This phase will continue until mid-November (11 days off/4 on) and our plan is to take turns with the hospital stays. One of us will go spend the days/nights in the hospital with Aurelia and the other will stay home in Girona with Eston.  The phase that begins in mid-November will require Aurelia to be in Barcelona, so we are figuring that out with Eston and school and such. We want his life to remain as normal as possible in Girona as we navigate through this process. Aurelia is doing well. She still has yet to experience most side effects, though her hair is now nearly gone. I bought her a few head scarves and hats and wigs to figure out what she prefers. She still...

Aurelia continues to handle the chemotherapy and other treatments to the best of her ability. Four days a week we are at the hospital and her treatment takes about an hour or so. We spend another 1.5 hours with the physio and also have visits with the oncologist. All of her numbers continue to improve and we feel incredibly grateful. Her hair has been intact thus far but we have noticed a change in the last day. She is definitely starting to lose her hair now and we’ve had a long chat with her about it. The hospital psychiatrist suggests not making any huge changes until she is ready so we will just put her hair in a ponytail and hope for the best. 🙂 Aurelia has not felt many side effects other than a little nausea here and there. Of course, with Covid we can’t take her out and about due to the high risk of infection. We have not seen anyone or done anything but Eston starts school next month so hopefully her immune system can handle it. We have focused on nutrition a great deal to ke...

 Not much to report, which I suppose is a good thing. Aurelia is at the rental house in Barcelona with us and she goes to the hospital daily for her chemotherapy and physio therapy. The new chemotherapy has given her a few stomachaches, but that’s about it. She feels good and has a lot of energy until dinner time. After dinner she is ready to sleep! If things keep going well we will be allowed to return to Girona for September and October. During this block Aurelia will have 11 days at home in Girona and then 4 days of inpatient chemotherapy at the hospital in Barcelona. In November we will have to return to live in Barcelona and we hope to come back to the house we are currently renting as it is 5 minutes from the hospital. One of us will drive Eston to school in Girona. It’s not ideal, but it’s only for a few weeks and we decided as a family to stay together. When Aurelia is home she does all of her normal activities- ping pong with Eston, arts and crafts, cooking and baking with...