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 These are from when the Primary came and sang, so cute!!

Dr. Appt

Today Mom started her next set of treatments as well as meeting with her doctor to go over the sonogram results she had on Monday.  The dr. was very pleased to see the progress made!  She said she doesn't usually see such a big difference after the treatments she just had.  Usually they wait until after the next set of treatments is finished (I wish I knew the names of all the treatments!!) to see this kind of progress made.  Does that make sense?  haha, I'm bad at explaining, but things are looking good!  She will now go in once a week for the next twelve weeks for the next set of chemo and we are all hoping it won't be as bad!  She talked with someone today who has been doing these treatments and she said that so far it has not been nearly as bad as the ones before, so that is good!  The dr. also told her that she can now be in public places and around children as long as she is still careful about germs and sicknesses.  So she doesn't have to stay at home as much, but will probably want to as she more than likely will still be very tired. 

A few days back a group of her primary kids and members of her ward came by the house to sing Christmas carols to the family and it was very cute and really made her day!  I will post some pictures of that as soon as I have them.  Again, thanks to everyone for all their support and help cheering the family up, we are all so very grateful!!

Is the Lump Half Full or Half Empty??!!

Is the lump half full or half empty?? WHO CARES! The lump is HALF the size now as it was before the chemo!!! Great news!! Thursday mom hopes to find out more details and we'll hopefully find out more about the cancer that is spreading through lymph nodes.
Also Thursday, mom starts her new set of treatments with a lovely dose of steroids the night before!! The doctor says these steroids will keep her awake all night, did someone say PARTY!!?! However, the treatment itself is supposed to make her very tired and fatigued.
Good luck and all our love to mom! A friend of mine, Crystal, made the best comment a few weeks ago: "That cancer doesn't know what it's gotten itself in to! Shauna is one tough lady!!" Ain't that the Truth!

Sonogram tomorrow

The days have slowly been getting better and yesterday and today could be considered good days.  We are all very anxious to hear from her tomorrow as she goes in for a sonogram that will tell us what the cancer is doing.  So we are praying that there has been some good progress and that the cancer is leaving her body.  She will probably not get results back until Thursday so we will have to wait until then.  I will for sure post as soon as I know anything.  She also goes in on Thursday to start her next treatments which supposedly will make her very tired and at the same time make it very difficult to sleep.  Hopefully the nausea and stomach problems will not be as bad though!  She has been wearing her new wig out and has a hat that she will sometimes wear over it and always seems to get lots of compliments wherever she goes. 

After a very rough weekend, Mom is finally feeling a little bit better today. That last treatment really worked her over. We're sooo glad that that's the last of that med though! I told mom yesterday that at least that's the last dose, not the first!!!

She was pretty excited to have a piece of pizza for dinner tonight, that rice and banana diet was getting old. ( I told her the diet sounds a lot like 9 month old Mason's...! ) Dad sent Jess and I the funniest picture today via text and UNFORTUNATELY, I'm not able to upload it here. It was mom lying on the couch with Talon the cat and all 3 dogs; Nelly, Bella, and Brewster lying and loving on her. It just made me smile!

Mom was teasing Aidan tonight that she would tickle her with her bald head! She told us that she still has a few pricklies on her head that Talon likes! I guess he sits on the couch and licks her head!! It makes me miss her and wish that I was closer. Feel better Mom, I want to come see you! :)

Getting close

Well yesterday Mom had her final big chemotherapy treatment and I am so glad as that was the last of the big doses she will receive as it has really taken its toll on her body.  She was very sick last night and has spent the day in bed totally exhausted.  I have yet to talk with her to see how she is feeling right now.  She did have a really good week previous to this treatment and spent some quality time with her mom and sister and it sounds like they really had a good time!  She will go in again in two weeks and start weekly treatments that will not take such a big toll on her body.  She also goes in fairly soon for an MRI to see how the cancer is doing, so we are all very anxious to hear what those results have to say.  Hopefully all this miserableness will be the result of something good!  I will post again as soon as I have a little more information.

Give thanks

Tonight as I sit at my computer, while my kids are sleeping in their beds, the dishes are put away and the kitchen cleaned up I reflect on the past couple of days and how grateful I am for all of my many blessings.  Although everyone in my family was in different places this Thanksgiving, everyone had a good time, including my mom.  She had a treatment on Tues. and was planning on not feeling very well at all for Thanksgiving so the boys did the shopping and prepared a Thanksgiving dinner all by themselves.  We were all surprised that Thurs. was actually a pretty decent day and mom was able to enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday, and eat a little bit of the feast, even if it was the boys who cooked it. :)  This was a small miracle in that she has always had her worst day two days after treatment.  So today I am grateful for the tender mercies of the Lord in allowing her and the rest of us to have a very good holiday despite the challenges she is going through.  She didn't feel good for too long and today has been an especially bad one and we pray that the next few will only get better.  She again wants to say Thank you to everyone who has kept her in their prayers as my family has truly felt them.  Even though this is a very hard thing to go through, I am grateful for friends, family and a loving Heavenly Father who have made this journey a little bit easier for her.  So today I give thanks!