A challenging last couple of days for the Drummer family. The Music Man show opened last Friday night. Saturday nights show had to go on without Jacob. He woke up with a sore throat EARLY Saturday morning and also had trouble breathing. Cindy took him to the Emergency Dept. at Sacred Heart and he was diagnosed with a recurrence of the Strep throat infection that he had already been treated for the previous week.
Fortunately he was OK otherwise and rebounded on a new antibiotic well enough to perform at the Sunday Matinee. I attended the Friday show while Cindy helped-out in the dressing room. My Mom attended the same show even though she had tickets to attend with my brother, Tommy, and my Aunt Catherine on Sunday. Cindy and I both helped-out in the dressing rooms during the matinee. We were all exhausted by Monday. Then on Monday afternoon my Oncology Nurse from St. Luke's called to notify me of a Staph infection detected by the throat culture obtained last Thursday. So I had to start an antibiotic. I also had a scheduled CT scan Monday to see if the Chemotherapy is helping "shrink" my recurrent tumors. Between the antibiotic and the contrast media my stomach is rebelling but as my nurse says "there's a med for that" (like the cell phone commercial).
But the show must go on; the kids have one last rehearsal on Wednesday evening then 2 final shows Friday and Saturday evenings at 7 pm. I hope you can make it; it's like going to Broadway without the pain of travel.
My next challenge is chemo infusion #3 this Thursday. We are hoping the CT scan will show favorable progress. Thanks to all for your healing thoughts and especially your prayers, Frank and family.
I enjoyed the video clip of the show, they certainly sound professional! Hope you are feeling OK after #3 and glad you do not have H1N1.
ReplyDeleteWe visited my sister this Saturday, she is going on a cross country motorcycle trip to Oregon with her husband for a memorial dedication to his father. He was a police officer killed in the line of duty many years ago.
It is hard to believe it is almost the Memorial Day and the end of the school year already.
Hope to see your update as soon as you are able to post.
I'll be thinking of you and all the Drummers.