TWO CHEMO FRIDAYS TO GO. Christmas Tree Lights Up.

Toni only has two chemo Friday's remaining.   Then 6 days of Cytoxan... and she is done on December 17th with Chemo. Even though the Friday sessions have seemed to become routine, she was still quite emotional yesterday.   Her nurse, Eileen, kept the discussion light and cheerful.  And that helped.   I always get her a warm blanket from the nurse's station, and she immediately immersed herself into the blanket, head to toe;  a small reconciliatory benefit while getting poked and drugged.  

On to the Christmas tree.   We put up the Christmas tree on Thanksgiving Day; doesn't everyone these days?   Toni has aluminum tree.  It is a classic; soon to be an antique.   We are not sure how old it is... perhaps 1960's "vintage." It may be even older than that. Toni got it at an antique store.  We'll have to look at the info on the protective sleeves and see if we can pin down the actual age of the tree.  (Since we are 1962 and 1966 "vintage," I am not sure that properly dates this tree).  There is even the stained glass rotating red, green, yellow, blue light thing as well.   What is cool, is that it really is stained glass, instead of plastic (like newer ones).   Mr. Maggie took to the light and tree (he likes the warmth and chasing the prism like light beams.

Mr. Maggie energizes his eyes after looking at the light too long.

Toni hangs the first ornament of 2009.

Mr. Maggie joins Toni in enjoying the moment.

 

There you go... what a fun tree!

See the hands; they are the actual outlines of the Binion family hands: Roger, Barbara, JoAnna, Emily, Beth, Calleen, Toni's Grandma Gladys, as well as Toni and I.

The Christmas Season is Toni's favorite time of year.   All of her creativity comes out, and this year as we celebrate the Holiday with family, she will have the cancer stuff mostly behind her... with better days ahead.