UPDATE: 1:00 We are back home and Leslie is resting.  All went well today.  They were able to get the IV in on the first try.  She will continue to take oral chemo till Monday and then be off of all chemo for two weeks.  Thank you for praying for us both.  Leslie is going to need strength to get through these next six months.  Your support and encouragement mean the world to her.  Thanks, Mike      God is good.

Good Morning!!  Wanted to jump on here real quick and say Hello but I have to hurry and get ready to go this morning for treatment number 6.  It is at 8:30.  Thanks for keeping me in your thoughts and prayers!  After this round I have a two week break....WooooHoooo!  Only 18 more to go.....YIKES!!!  I can do it!

I want to wish a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my dear sweet friend Peggy Severe today!  Hope you have an awesome day today Peggy!

Also if anyone is interested, look at Terrie Olstowski's post from yesterday and let her or I know what you think.  Should be fun!  Mike will update this blog later today when we get home.  Love you all!!

God is so Good!!

Good morning!  Okay.....I felt sorry for myself yesterday but am over it now.  That is just not me.  I like to think positive.   Thank you all so much for the super words of encouragement!  You all have really lifted my spirits through prayer and words.  That means the world to me.  God knew exactly what I needed to hear and you all provided it for me.  He meets my every need....big and small.

I am very excited about the results of my brain scan!!  Really!!  I was just not ready to hear that I had to do chemo for that long.  Very hard to hear and knowing that I have to re-install the port.  I will probably have the port put in next week.

I looked at the calendar and should be done with all of the treatments some where the week of July 6th.  Lots of things in between could change that but if all stays on schedule I should be done sometime that week.   I need to figure out some kind of chemo treatment count down thing.  Any ideas?  A paper chain was already suggested.

Tomorrow is treatment number 6 at 8:30 a.m.  Mike will post how it all went afterwards.  It will be nice to have two weeks off and let my body be poison free for awhile.

I am so thankful for all of the wise Drs. I have that only want the best for me.  I am thankful for all of the latest technologies out there that can help heal me.  I am thankful for the progress so far.  I am thankful for the huge support I have from my family and friends.  I have so much to be thankful for and so many blessings happening in my life that when you look at that it is hard to be down.  I can't put my life on hold for 6 months....I need to get out and do what I can when I feel up to it.

Have an awesome day!  God is so Good!!!

Aunt MaryAnn....Happy Birthday!!                         Terrie O.  I am ready for the beach when you are!

We are home.  I have some good news and some not so good news.  The first Dr. I went to was my Gamma Knife Neurosurgeon.  He said everything in the scan looked good.  No new tumors, some of the exsisting ones are gone, and the ones that are still there have not grown and are doing what they are suppose to be doing (shrinking).  It takes time for them to completely disappear.   We left the office elated!  Doing the happy dance!

Then we go and see my oncologist.  While he was happy to hear the report and see it for himself he has still ordered me to do 18 more rounds of chemo.  Yes.....you read that right 18.  I will have my last one in this round Wednesday,  then I will have two weeks off, then 6 weeks on, two weeks off, 6 weeks on, 2 weeks off,  then one more round of 6 weeks.  That will take me to sometime in July.  So between that and all of the blood work I have to do and MRIs and PET scans with contrast I have to put the port back in.  My arm can't take anymore.  I understand why he is doing this.....I have an aggressive cancer that needs to be treated aggressively and he says I am young and a fighter and that I can do this.  I do not want this coming back again later either.

Well I am taking a day or two to feel sorry for myself and cry some.  I need time to wrap my brain around all of this.  I know I can do this.....I am just tired.  I need to get my second wind.  I promise that in a couple of days I will put those fighting gloves back on and be ready for all of this. 

God still has His hand in all of this and I know there is a reason.  I know He will see me through everything.  He has never left me.  I am really leaning on Him now.

Thanks for your prayers!  Will you all stick it out with me for another 7 months?  My journey is not over yet and I couldn't do it with out you and your encouragement and support.  I really couldn't.

Mike, Jenna, Jeff and Ryan are taking me out to dinner tonight.  Have a great evening!!  I'll talk to you later.

God is great and He is Good!

Good Morning!!  This is the day that the Lord has Made!  Let us rejoice and be glad in it!  Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend so far.  Yesterday my sweet friend Randi Stilwell came over in the morning with my favorite Starbucks coffee and maple bar donuts!  It was sooo good!  I finally got to see the gorgeous engagement ring too.  So happy for you Randi and Shawn.  Thanks for the fun Randi!  I had a great time.

Tomorrow Mike and I will be heading out to San Diego at 6:00 a.m.  So I won't be posting on the blog until we get back from the Dr. appointments tomorrow.  I feel really good about everything tomorrow.  Please keep praying for peace and strength for me and Mike.  That the Drs. will be encouraging to us both.  I have hope & faith!  Again thank you for keeping me encouraged!  I need it and appreciate it!

Also Mike has come down with something (head cold type thing).  Please pray that I don't catch it.  We are being so careful!

I will still be enjoying our awesome weather outside today and watching some football playoffs while I work on my scrapbooks.  Enjoy your day and have fun! 

God is Mighty and He is so Good!!!

What's for dinner tonight?  I think it will be tacos, rice and beans for us.

Good morning!  I woke up this morning feeling ENCOURAGED!  I am feeling those prayers.  The closer it gets to Monday the more I am going to need those prayers for encouragement.  (and peace!)  So thank you very much!  God is strengthening me in so many ways that I didn't know I had in me.

I went to a nice long lunch with a co-worker of mine yesterday and had a great time catching up and eating mexican food!   Thanks Lisa! 

Have a great Saturday!  I am loving the weather here right now.  For those of you that don't live in the Imperial Valley it has been in the 70's all week!  I plan on spending sometime outside today.  Have fun!  What are you up to?  How many of you have to grocery shop today?? :)

God is so Good!!!!!