SPE board meetings are a sort of mental milestone for Kevin in his treatment and recovery. Something to aim for in his bid to have a "normal" existence through as much of this as possible. Last fall his goal was to make the Chicago meeting. Once that was done, he set his sights on May.
Traveling with cancer adds to our baggage. There is a bag packed with single serving size drinks since Kevin can't tolerate the cold drinks we could buy on the road. Along with the drinks, there is an assortment of single serving sized foods--to hold off the nausea he has to eat small amounts more frequently and we have to be careful about "public" food with his blood counts being low. There's another bag full of his medicines and diet supplements. That's kind of mind boggling for a guy who used to consider it a big deal if he had to take 2 Tylenol to shake a headache.
The best news about him being able to make this trip is that it means we get to push off his next
chemotherapy treatment by a week. So he has extra time to recover before the next kick is delivered. Maybe some of that cold induced neuropathy will ease up in his hands and feet.I realized what a good thing that extra recovery time may be for him when I noticed his driving attire this morning. No fancy leather driving gloves for him; the smartly attired cancer patient dons soft warm knit gloves before grabbing that cold steering wheel.
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