We finished potato harvest today about 1:00 PM. Exciting! We are usually done by the 10th of October so this is really late for us. We had a lot of snow and rain that kept us from finishing on schedule. We had a harvest "party" which basically was just feeding everyone lunch.
Our menu:
Cafe Rio burritos (meat rice and the Cafe Rio dressing)
Chocolate Cake
Oatmeal Cookie bars
What a relief to have the potatoes out... now we just need to finish beets at the other farm. And we need to have that finished in time for Cody's wedding (Mark's younger brother is getting married Nov 4th in Twin Falls).
Brookie update:
Brooke was scheduled for her final chemotherapy treatment on Thursday (the 19th). When she got there they determined that she has lost too much weight and also had swollen lips and a little bit of a red eye. It was determined that she was not well enough to receive the treatment. They decided to give Brooklyn a feeding tube (in the nose, down the throat, into the stomach). They said she would only be bothered by the tube for about 6 hours, and then she would be great... and that was the case. She is doing well with the tube so far. A syringe connects to the tube and that is how they push medicine and nutrients into the stomach. Brooklyn is glad to not have to take her medicine, it can go in the tube now. She can still eat and drink anything just like normal, but this will just help her to get back some energy and weight. She also had another hearing test where they determined that she has a loss of some of the higher tones.
Brooklyn will go back next week to see if she is well enough to receive the last chemotherapy. 3-4 weeks after her final treatment they will do another MRI and also another hearing test. If the hearing test does not improve they will get her into some hearing aids. Hearing loss is a complication caused by some chemotherapy treatments. Her last hearing test came back pretty good, so who knows if this is just a crazy bump in the road or if she truly will have to wear hearing aids.?.
After the results of the next MRI they will make a new game plan and see what they want to do. Derek and Angelie are planning to go to Disneyland in December through the Make A Wish program. They will go after Derek finishes school and before Christmas. We hope that Brooklyn will be feeling better and that not having chemotherapy treatments every other week will give her the strength and energy to go and have a great time!
I will keep you posted on how her appointment next week goes.
