What a wonderful last two weeks we have had!!!
I had almost forgotten that Gene has cancer, but of course, I really think of it all the time.
On Sunday, the day after the Race for Grace benefit (a truly inspiring and uplifting day for Gene, our family and friends!), we left for Amarillo, Texas, to attend the Executive Meetings for the American Quarter Horse Association.
This was one of Gene’s first official duties as President of AQHA. Of course, I am biased, but I feel Gene did a wonderful job. I did get to hear him give an introduction to the employee assembly on Tuesday morning – he was great and talked about customer service. (As we all know, customer service is so important no matter what business you are in.) Gene complimented the great AQHA staff on their customer service. It was a busy four days and the Executive Committee covered many items.
It is always a special time for me at the AQHA, as I get to be with Robbyn Treadway, Jana Trotter, Nicole Phillips (she could not be with us this trip) and newest member Karen Blodgett.
We had a fabulous meal at Robbyn and Don Treadway’s beautiful home with a gourmet meal – both the Treadways are wonderful cooks.
Jana Trotter entertained us on Tuesday in Herford. Texas. Nothing is small in Texas, and we toured Jana and Johnny’s gigantic feed lots. The Bar G must be one of the biggest cattle feeders anywhere.
We had a lovely luncheon at Jana’s home and (of course) we then went shopping – Herford has some lovely and unique shops.
We arrived home on Thursday afternoon, just in time for Gene to start his fourth treatment on Friday.
8 a.m.: Arrive at Cancer Center, do labs, have doctor’s appointment. The doctor is pleased with Gene’s blood counts so that is a positive note. Then he starts his three different medicines intravenously and after that is done (usually around 4 p.m.). Gene gets a chemo bag that has a meter to regulate the flow of chemo. He wears this for 48 hours … usually until around 8 a.m. on Sunday.
This time, we had a little scare: Gene went to the office to do some paperwork and he heard this alarm. First, he thought it was a fire alarm in the office. He went outside and the noise followed him out the door. Gene then went over to the house and went all through the house and the noise kept following him. He then looked at his meter and it had an error, something like "line blocked." He immediately turned the meter back on but we both felt we should have one of the nurses look at it.
To make a long story short, we went to the emergency room and the oncologist nurse met us. The meter was then working fine, but we felt much better knowing it had been checked.
Gene is now feeling tired out and weak. I hope in the next few days he will again be feeling better.
Till next time,
Barbara
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