February has come and gone. It has been a month of sickness and love. Sickness because I spent 3 weeks of it sick. First with the Nora Virus, and then a week later the flu. Little N and Nate got the flu too. Finally, this weekend we all feel better.
I also thought for a second that I could be pregnant. False alarm. No one is trying, so it would have been a miracle... We felt all kinds of hope and wonder at the possibility, but we didn't accidentally make a baby. This led me to do a little research on fertility and pregnancy, post stem cell transplant. The results are... that the transplant almost always causes infertility. That was and is depressing to think about... but I have not given up hope. My friend Dotty reminded me that I am not in the same category as most people in the population. Not just because I believe in miracles.. but just because... well.... because of my witch doctor.... So... in the future, if Nate and I manage to conceive, I will remind you that I have been working closely with a homeopath to heal my body from the damage that cancer treatment has done. I am interested to see how this all plays out.
Also this month, I think Nate and I have decided that we will be leaving Omaha in 2016 when he finishes residency. We thought that we might stay for an extra year, but we have decided against that. I like it here, but I am excited to move on to our next destination. I expect we will know where we will be in 16 months, by Christmas time this year.
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| The love of my life made me an amazing Valentine's dinner. I asked that we stay in. I didn't want to hassle with finding a baby sitter or the restaurant crowds. I also just didn't want to have to worry about dinner, so I asked my Valentine to make us dinner... and wow-we! he did. You are looking at a roasted beet root, carrot and fennel soup. yum. Such a rich delicious flavor. He also made parmesan cheese risotto topped with roasted shrimp. The salad has capers, sun-dried tomatoes and pine-nuts... and homemade bread. He's so nice to me. |
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| Nathan went to a Valentine's Day party with the Doctor's wives play group. The organization is actually called HOAA. He loved his little Valentines. Every morning, for about two and a half weeks, he sorted through his treasured Valentines like this. |
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| A little sickie. He never just cuddles... and he never lays on the couch. This is one of the days that he had a fever. He cuddled with me after his nap for about 2 hours. Im sad he was sick, but I loved cuddling with this little sickie. His feet are shinny because of the essential oils I kept applying to help him beat that sickness out. It worked. He was mostly better 2 days later. |
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| Last week we went to the Durham Train station museum with the HOAA playgroup. It was fun, and one of our only outings this month. |
That Valentine's dinner looks fantastic! Sorry to hear you were sick for so much of February, but glad you're better.
ReplyDeleteThanks Casey. I am glad we are better too. So far March has been 100X better than February, and we are only a few days in... and that dinner was fantastic. Nate's the best.
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