On the down hill run......

Yes, it is true!  My mom is on the down hill run on her chemo treatments!  She started her 4th round today!  Everything went according to plan and she is now home attempting to rest and let her body recover and let the chemo "do its thing"!  She has her 2nd dose (in the 4th round) scheduled for next Wednesday, April 29th.  I know that she is looking forward to that appointment next week since she also has an appointment to see her Oncologist and will be able to visit with him for a while and go over her treatment plan & the progress that she is making.

I'll update more next week but for now, just know that she is hanging in there and is very excited to be half way finished with her chemo treatments!!!!!  

Hugs,

Jennie  

3rd Round of Chemo Complete!!!

My mom finished her 3rd round of Chemo last Wednesday, April 8th! She is officially half way through her treatments! Yea!!! What an accomplishment!

Her treatment went well as usual with the exception of the nurse administering her chemo was very sick herself with a cold! My mom (along with the rest of our family) of course was not very happy being breathed on and handled by someone who was not feeling well themselves and then passing on those wonderful germs onto her. That just shouldn't be allowed!

My dad was able to take a picture of my mom while she was getting her chemo treatment so I wanted to be sure and attach that picture to this post. She looks great huh? :)

Over the last week she has been experiencing the "normal yuckies" as we like call it! She is looking forward to being off of chemo treatments this week so she can start to feel a little more normal again, even if it is only for a few days before it starts all over again.

We were unable to celebrate her half way mark on her chemo treatments this weekend but will celebrate it soon!!!!

My mom's next scheduled chemo treatment will be next Wednesday, April 22nd. Thanks again for your continued support and love!

Hugs,

Jennie & Sheree

3rd Round of Chemo started

Today my mom started the 1st dose in her 3rd round of Chemo!  That means that she is almost half way through her chemo treatments!  YEA!!!!!  We are so proud and excited for her to be at the halfway point!!!!  She will have the 2nd dose in her 3rd round of chemo next Wednesday April 8th.  

So, she will not be feeling very well over the next few days but the chemo is doing everything that it should be doing.  It just has some not so nice side effects that go along with chemo treatments (which are very normal to have).  One great thing that I wanted to be sure to mention is that my mom has NOT lost her hair!  It has thinned in spots but has not all fallen out.  

My mom has mentioned that she is going to try and take her camera with her during her next treatment so we can post a few pictures with the next update.  Years from now I'm sure that she will want to be able to look back at those pictures and see how far she has gone and all that she accomplished during this trial in her life.

I'll post more next week after the remaining dose in her 3rd round.  I was also thinking it might be nice if our family celebrated this half way mark during her journey while our family will be together over the Easter holiday.  Ideas anyone????    

Thanks for all of your love & prayers!!!!

Hugs,

Jennie