CHEMO TOMORROW!!!

YEAH!!!!!  CAN YOU BELIEVE IT???

Her levels are all looking so good that they are bringing her in TOMORROW for chemo again.  We are all SO SO SO excited to get her back to getting treated, and she is pretty happy (sorta) herself!  It is bitter sweet, mostly because she is starting to feel so great, but she knows that she needs to get her tumors under control again.

Man, what an amazing body she has!  She cannot be beaten!  

Doctor

A great visit.  The doctor could tell that she was doing tons better and said that we could hopefully start a low dose of chemo on Monday.  They checked her counts and her white blood count was normal.  Not chemo normal, but normal!!!  AMAZING!!  Wednesday we will get the rest of the results and make sure that she can start on Monday, but that is the plan for now.  Keep your fingers crossed for her.

In the meantime, we are going in tomorrow to get her abdomen drained again, it is getting a little bit tight and enlarged.

I will update once we know what is going on treatment wise.

(... a wise man)

A wise man knows his woman.  When others said she needs "this", he knew that she didn't.  Thanks to my Dad not listening to what everyone else thought should be happening, and doing what he KNEW his wife needed.  Because of his decisions we are getting her back.

Doctor again on Monday.  Pray that she is well enough to begin treatment... because now she is walking on her own again, eating more, and sleeping less!  She is proving the doctors wrong!  See hospice, we don't need YOU!

...and for lunch

Today for breakfast she requested a cinnabon bar slightly warm.  THEN... she ate almost all of it.  When she finished she said.....

"Let's get Firehouse Pizzeria for lunch.  I will have the Monteray Salad with two blue cheese dressings, breadsticks with dip, and the cinnamon struessel dessert pizza."

She ate some salad and said that she will finish up later.  This time I actually believe her.

HORRAY FOR FOOD!!!

The latest.

.watching the kids perform.

Sunday was a very bad day.  She seemed to have lost something and was wanting to give up.  We were all very worried.  We did manage to get her outside to watch the Grandkids put on a show for her, but that was it!  She loved the show, but as soon as it was over she was back to bed for the day.

.posing for the paparazzi.

Today however she woke up a new person.  She was full of life and was up and at it most of the day.  Wow, what a ROLLER COASTER.  We are hoping that this will be the new norm and that she is ready to rock and roll her way to getting better.

We went to the doctor and he was excited about how well she was doing.  She even asked if he would prescribe a cruise for her and come over for some brownies. ;)  She left there re-charged, and so did we.  Each day is a new day.  We do however prefer the good ones.

Now, we wait until next week and hope that she is strong enough for chemo.   GO CHRISSY!!!

JoYrIdEr

Today we (Brooke) made a major breakthrough.  After weeks of trying to get her out of the house, she actually ventured out and went for a drive.  She loved it!  She seems a little better because she is off of all medication (she doesn't know that) and is able to speak more.  We are a little worried because her tummy is growing right before our eyes, but we are happy to have her a little more "with it."

Her eating is back to minimal.  We need this woman to EAT!  Her throat is the only part of her that hurts... which is not helping.

Doctor again on Monday, will update then.

Thank you

To all of you good people who care:  Thank you for everything!

(click here) A thank you note... sort of.