Life with Leukemia (And Some Reading) - August 1st

It's Sunday Post time!  This is hosted by the awesome Caffeinated Book Reviewer and gives us all a chance to recap our week.

What I Got:

So I was minutes away from trying to get a Cozy Mystery mystery box off of eBay after watching an unboxing on YouTube but at the last minute talked myself into going to the used bookstore instead and picked up a stack of books.  I got a mix of cozies and classic and am really looking forward to getting these read!

Superfluous Women by Carola Dunn

The Winter Garden Mystery by Carola Dunn

Blown Away by Clover Tate

Ill-Gotten Panes by Jennifer McAndrews

Killing Cassidy by Jeanne M. Dams

The Victim in Victoria Station by Deanne M. Dams

Hangman's Holiday by Dorothy L. Sayers

Lord Peter Views the Body by Dorothy L. Sayers

The Great Mistake by Mary Roberts Rinehart

A Day for Dying by Dorothy Simpson

Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle by Dorothy Gilman

Currently:

Reading:  Death in Castle Dark by Veronica Bond and The Sea King's Daughter by Barbara Michaels

Listening:  Deadly Harvest by Heather Graham

This is Will during chemo this week.  The chemo curls have come in with a vengeance!  He's always has a pretty solid wave in his hair but his hair texture was always pretty coarse which I guess kept it under control a bit.  However, the regrowth is super baby fine so the wave has turned to ringlets.  Apparently, this isn't super uncommon.  He probably has another inch or so of chemo growth and then the nurses predict his real texture will reappear so he might look crazy while we're trying to get that under control!  He's had really low energy and we are still working on his appetite but hopefully we will get some time in the pool in before he goes back to clinic later this week.  For the most part I think we are just all tired.

Thank you so much for all the good energy and prayers for Carson.  Unfortunately, the family received the worst news possible this week.  They have fought for 4 long years and there's really nothing left to do.  St Jude is out of options and when it comes to childhood cancer there's really no better place and no place with higher levels of research.  They're still fighting and praying for a miracle.  Childhood cancer research receives only a very small percentage of cancer treatment research funds and that can be so frustrating.  If it wasn't for Danny Thomas and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital there would be almost no hope for any of these kids but even with all the progress that has been made the prognosis is far too often so grim.  

I hope everyone has a wonderful week and happy reading!