Our Last Night February 28th

Seems like this last week was the longest week I've had. There has been lots of events going on. My journey here is coming to an end and I am so thankful for that. The radiation has been very hard on me but I met with my doctor this morning and he tells me that the treatments did just what he wanted them to do. This has been so worth our time and effort and pain. My side effects haven't been to bad. My skin where the radiation went in is red and feels like a sunburn, the area where my port is has several sores around it because I'm allergic to tape! Since I have been on chemotherapy, I'm not healing as well so this will take awhile to heal. I return for follow ups March 30 and I will also have my infusion of zomada. I didn't get that this trip because of my reaction to radiation. My doctor felt I didn't need to go through anything else at this time. She has also taken me off of the chemotherapy pill until I can start eating again. This should happen in about 2 weeks. Since I am not eating yet, I have an IV drip every night that gives me the nutrition I need. As soon as my throat heals and I start eating I can wein off of the IV. At 3pm everyday I have the antibiotic IV drip. Patti has been so good to fix my bag of nutrients every night. There are 2 different additives to mix then it gets hooked up to me. Robbin will continue this when we get home. I couldn't do this without them!!! I received a certificate for completing 14 days of radiation and had to share it with you.

Robbin, Patti and I finished packing tonight so we are ready to go for my last radiation in the morning then head to the airport. We will arrive in our driveway around 4:00 tomorrow. YEA!! It's been a long haul and I know that God has taken care of me and with all the thoughts and prayers from my supporters, I got through it!!!

We are staying at the Candlewood Suites with Molly and the manager loves her. She brought a tee shirt today and asked if we could take a picture of her with the tee shirt on. They want to use it in the corporate advertising brochure. LOL The picture is on the right.

We have met some wonderful new friends out here that have taken us into their home, took Robbin out for an evening, stayed in contact with us, and always offered to help in any way. We want to thank them for their friendship!! It means the world to us!! We also want to thank all of the supporters back home who never give up on prayers and are there to help in any way also. God blesses us each day with you!! Thank You!!!