Home, Week 18

*happy dance* Mom's CA-125 dropped down to 773!!! We cried with relief today when we saw the lab report, it was so wonderful to see a number below 1000, not to mention so far below 1000. This confirms that all this stuff that Mom is going through is worth it. Keep her in your prayers, they're definitely working! Oh, and Mom has now been home as long as she was in the hospital, so the rest is all gravy.

Home, Week 16.5

Mom had a looooooooong day yesterday. She and her sister-in-law were at the hospital until midnight last night getting all sorts of infusions. Blood, platelets, electrolytes, you name it. But she's in good spirits, and her strength is up. Things are looking good. =)

Home, Week 16

Mom's white count wasn't high enough on Monday for her to get chemo, and then her hemoglobin wasn't high enough on Wednesday for her to get chemo, but chemo was able to happen today. Mom's a little tired, but happy. The new anti-nausea pills are still working, so that's a blessing.

I pick up the moving truck tomorrow to move my things into storage. Moving is soooo not fun. Luckily, I have wonderful friends in Florida that will be helping me move things into the RV and the moving truck.

Brooke and Joel packed up her things, as well as the things they got from his family members up here, and will be heading out early tomorrow morning to get to San Diego.

Mom is going to her niece's wedding tomorrow (congratulations Shelly!), so she's looking forward to that. She's on her break now from chemo, so time will tell if she just needs the one week off, or if her body needs more time to recover. Round two down. God bless.

Home, Week 14.5, Chemo Round 2

So since chemo was bumped from last Friday to today, I bumped the blog (temporarily) to Mondays. We should be back to Fridays in a few weeks. Mom had hydration and chemo today, and lab results. Her CA-125 is down to 1330! She is also trying a new anti-nausea pill that's working great to help her deal with the chemo drugs. So things are looking up. She said that her count going down so much (340 points after one treatment) made all the hydration and shots worth going through. We're all very hopeful.

John and I started out on the road today. It'll probably be a six day trip to FL since I'm the only one driving, but we'll be back before the end of the month. I'll keep the blog going though, by talking to Mom while we're gone. Until next week, God bless. =)