LOOK! The countdown ticker says the most glorious words--complete. Technically Emma's treatment is complete, and she will never get that poison we call chemotherapy again.
However, things don't always go as planned. I had a few goals this week, and none of them will be completed. First of all, it was my goal to go to Memphis and celebrate Emma's end of treatment. Instead we ended up in the hospital for 5 days for an ear infection (yes, you read that right). "But her treatment is complete, right?" you ask. Uh, maybe. Maybe not. Technically she is done. However, her doctors may choose to give her one last dose of chemo, since she missed it. They haven't decided yet.
Another plan I had this week was to finish the first draft of a manuscript I'm working on. I was right on schedule to finish it by the end of the week, but being in the hospital zaps your creativity. Besides that, there was lots of playing going on to keep up the patient's spirits :).
So, my two big goals went down the tubes. Will both goals be accomplished? Well, sure. Emma WILL finish, whether now or next week, and I WILL finish my manuscript, though I won't try to predict when.
The point? Things won't always go as planned, but you've got to keep chugging away. What about you ('cause I know we've ALL had plans go haywire)? What's messed up in your life lately (ha!)?
No, things don't always go as planned, but yes, you and Emma WILL both finish.
ReplyDeleteThanks Kelly. I thought of you when I wrote this (thinking, Kelly just wrote on this subject!). :)
DeleteLife has messed up my life. I don't know why it all has to be so complicated sometimes. :)
ReplyDeleteLOL, you're right Cat. Why can't everything be easy? I think Staples has it right ; ).
DeleteThis sounds like me Katie. I make plans and set goals every day, only to find something that tips them upside down.
ReplyDeleteBut I'm sure you will both finish what you have to do.
Upside down is a good way to describe it :).
DeleteYou're right, Katie: keep chugging away. Both you and Emma will finish what you've set out to do. So happy to see the 'COMPLETE' on the banner!
ReplyDeleteMy goals have been delayed, too. Last year's August submission was delayed and finally completed yesterday. I could dwell in the 'August' part, or I could celebrate the 'finally completed yesterday' part. Some days it's the former, but these days at least, I'm picking the latter. :)
What a good attitude, Claudine! We have to choose to dwell on where we are, and not on what we didn't accomplish.
DeleteKatie,
ReplyDeleteI told Becky earlier this week that I thought Emma’s last treatment was soon! Glad it is technically so, and hoping it is practically so.
What a bummer to have the postponement by ear problems.
As you say, there are always bumps in our plans. There’s probably good reason for those bumps, in the end.
Hang in there. Push on.
Remember…what’s a rollercoaster ride without the rise and fall and turns and swerves?
- Damon
I love your last line, Damon! Thanks for sharing it, and for thinking of us :).
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