Day by day

Things at home have been going really well. Mom is home and feeling tired, but good. She is totally off of antibiotics, and so far so good. She has even started back into an exercise class to regain some strength, and she is back singing in church! She is glad to be home! No word yet on when they will put the new port in, hopefully we will find that out this week.
Thank you all for your continued support and prayers. God is certainly watching over her!

Katie

Another trip to the hospital!

After another short stint in the hospital, Mom is home again and doing pretty well. They removed her port this time hoping to find it was the infection site. It wasn't. We are not sure where the infection is, or how to treat it, but at this point the antibiotics are keeping her healthy and she is home. After the infection is totally cleared from her body, she will have to go back in and have surgery to put in a new port. (The port is how she gets her chemo drugs and all her fluids.) We are tired, but haven't lost faith that she is in God's hands and we do not need to be worrying about anything. We keep praying for His provision, and timing in all things. We trust in the Lord and lean not on our own understanding!
Keep praying for her endurance!

Katie

An unexpected turn

Well....
Saturday afternoon Mom came down with a serious fever and chills. We took her to the hospital and they admitted her. Not exactly what we were planning. They started her on some heavy duty antibiotics and hydration. She was doing well, but the doctors couldn't figure out what was causing the fever. It is an infection of some kind-maybe in her port, or maybe internally. Anyhow, they were going to send her home tomorrow (Wednesday), but she spiked a fever and chills again this afternoon. Now she has the doctors really stumped. So, it doesn't appear she will be going home tomorrow. All her doctors are going to work together to figure out whats going on. Please be praying for her during this time in the hospital. As you can imagine, it isn't where she wants to be. She is thankful however, there is a place she can go and be treated for whatever this is. God provides for us all.
Pray that the doctors will figure this out, and a speedy recovery will follow. Also pray for strength for mom.
Katie

Radation Complete!

Friday was the last day of Radiation! Praise God! Mom did so great these last five weeks, and it is finally over! The radiation office gave her a cake and had a mini send off for her! We are all so proud of her for making it through this rough process!
She will continue with Chemo once a week through the first week in June. Things are going well so far! Keep praying!
Katie

Taking it's toll

This week has been a little rough. Mom hasn't been feeling great. She is really tired, and sick to her stomach most of the time. It seems Radiation has begun to take it's toll on her body. She is nearly finished with the Radiation treatments and counting down the days! Please continue to pray for her strength and wisdom for the doctors as they treat her. She still has a long road of Chemo treatments ahead of her.
Thank you for your continued prayer!
Katie

Things are going well

Radiation has been going pretty well. She is on day 7, and had only minor side effects so far. She is doing chemo at the same time and the combo package seems to make her tired and a little sick, but nothing too drastic. She has really been a trooper!

Please keep praying that these treatments would do what they are supposed to, and that she would be cancer free at the end of the treatment cycle in June. We are so thankful for God's grace and peace throughout this entire process.

We will keep you updated! Thanks for your prayers!

Katie

So far, so good!

Today was the first radiation treatment. It has only been a couple of hours but so far she is feeling tired, but pretty good. The doctors said if she was to have side effects of nausea, it would be within a few hours. So... one down and, well quite a few left to go!
We are just so thankful that things are going as well as they are!
God is faithful!
Keep praying for her strength. Radiation will be every week day for the next 5 weeks, along with Chemo once a week.

Katie