Update

Hey everyone,

So sorry for no recent posts!  Mom has been doing so great lately!  She has been working and feeling pretty good.  She fights exhaustion a little but you'd never know if she didn't tell you so.

This Thursday is mom's last infusion of round 2.  This time, she broke out the infusions to be 3 sessions, rather than all at one time.  It was much better for her.  The first infusion has the medication that makes her feel the worst, so she spent the first day of that (it's 48 hours after the infusion) just napping and fighting a little nausea.  But the infusion last week was just fine.

I'm so proud of mom.  She has been so brave and strong through all of this.  She is confident and a hard worker.  She even plans on a half marathon in the spring!

Keep praying for mom as she finishes up this round and that she continues to heal up.  She had a HUGE milestone this morning even - she wore pants!  This doesn't seem huge but for her, it's been a goal.  The incision (though still partly open) is almost healed up and the sensitivity has been really hard for her so she has been wearing dresses 24/7 since July 2nd.  With Fall coming upon us, it's good she can start working some pants into the mix.

Working Hair

Mom has had a great few weeks.  After the sickness subsided from the first few days at the beach, she rebounded quickly and felt great the rest of the time.  She had long walks on the beach, ate A LOT of food (according to her) and generally feeling good, very good.

She headed home on Tuesday afternoon last week and spent Wednesday through Friday WORKING! She loved being back to work and interacting with people and moving and just generally feeling normal - as normal as possible.  She would crash at the end of the day (or middle depending on the day).  What a huge milestone for her to hit!

During her beach time, she mentioned that she started to lose her hair.  By the time she got home, it was coming out in clumps.  Within a few short days, she lost about half of it.  The part is quite large now as it's super thin.  She has made the decision to shave it on Tuesday evening. Until then, she is trying out hats and scarves.  She will be learning on Monday night how to tie scarves so that will help her.  She also will be receiving a few wigs from her sister's friend.  Here is a text I got this morning with the caption: "Waddya think? I feel a little like a gypsy!"

Mom's sister comes back to help her through round 2 of chemo.  She arrives on Wednesday evening and will stay for a week.  Mom's next chemo is on Thursday, September 11th.  This time, she is going to take 3 weeks to get through the treatment, rather than doing it all on one day.  She is going to see if that isn't so hard on her.  The first week she'll do 2 hours, one of not-so-bad med and one hour of yucky-sicky med.  Then next week, just 1 hour of not-so-bad, the week after that 1 hour of not-so-bad.

Pray for mom for this next round!  And if you are able and willing, mom could use some new scarves!  That would be a nice gift if you are thinking of one to send her!