Detour

My mom’s oncologist decided that one more round of chemo was in the cards. Boooo hisss ewwwww!!! So on 4/7/26 instead of starting maintenance like we originally hoped, my mom had her 7th round of chemotherapy.

I had a work conflict so I asked for help from family to drop my mom off at her chemo appointment. I packed her lunch and snacks for the day and asked her to make sure she took her insulin and syringes. She was annoyed with my micromanaging and after a series of eye rolling and requests for me to “just leave” I lost my temper and left for work angry!

Later that morning when I checked her location, Life360 showed her phone still at home and her Continuous Glucose Monitor had stopped tracking since 8:15 am. There were two possibilities, she left her phone at home or her cellular was disabled. I stated to panic but reminded myself that she had nurses around so if something happened they could handle or call me.

Honestly, it ended up being a blessing to be disconnected for the day.