Happy December to all of you! My mom is doing well. Nothing new to report. Today she is having her intrathecal chemo along with the Zometa infusion (that is the new drug they are giving her for her bones that she gets once a month). We met with her neuro-oncologist last week and the recent measurements of her brain fluid show that the cancer is decreasing! They still don't have measures on her bone marrow though, and won't take another sample of that until January. She is still having trouble with her platelet levels and her hemoglobin. We have asked the doctor to get more aggressive with the treatment to her bone marrow.
She has stopped taking her blood pressure medications because her pressure has been relatively low. She was very excited to get rid of some pills! She is having some trouble staying asleep at night, so please pray for restful sleep (for both of them). I think if she has good night sleeps then she will be more awake during the day.
Dad has been taking her out of the house much more, to run errands. They even went out to dinner the other night with their friends the Galbraiths who were in town from Lake Tahoe. We are enjoying the Christmas season and we hope you all are too.
Much love to you all.
Hi everyone,
ReplyDeleteThis is such encouraging news, we are so happy and excited for you Kathy. As I told you when we were there in October, you are a trooper and fighter. Keep up the good work. Guess we have to say thanks to the Doctors who are also doing such a good job managing your treatments.
Mandy, you are just the best daughter, helping your parents and keeping this blog up so we can all be aware of what's happening.
We love you all so much and continue our prayers for a full and complete recovery for Kathy.
You are a dear sister and we love you very much.
Thank you Lord for answering our prayers by giving Kathy the strengh to carry on with these treatments.
May God bless you and keep you healthy and happy during this blessed holiday season.
And lets not forget Jesus is the reason for the season.
Sending our love,
Joan & Mike and family
I got to talk to your mom this evening. She talked about the wonderful spaghetti dinner you brought over and how even your son remarked how strong she seemed today. Thanking God for the good day!
ReplyDeleteIHi Mandy,
ReplyDeleteI read your post yesterday shortly after you wrote it but was on my way to work. It made my day and I was so happy to hear that Kathy is continuing to gain strength. She reminds me of "Rocky"..she might fall down but she gets right back up and fights the good fight! Kathy, you have a vast amount of people in your arena who are cheering with all their hearts for you when you fall down and yet get back up and once again Satan is defeated. You have always been an inspiration to all of us. Your faith and prayers have carried many of us through hard times, times of illness as well as lifting our spirits when we needed to be reminded of who we are in Christ. You are my mentor, my sister, my dearest friend. We all rejoice when there is progress in your healing Kathy and it is not blind faith it is BLESSED ASSURANCE. It is painful to see you go through what you have these last few months and although we don't understand why, it is evident that your life and your illness have caused many who may not have had a close relationship to God, to kneel in prayer before him and lift you up in prayer. By your faith, you have shown them a real and approachable God and touched their lives in a way that they may never have experienced if not for you. Thank you.
I pray that you have a wonderful week and that every day will bring you increased strength and happier times
Our love to you and Rick. Kiss Mandy for me and when you speak with Tony please tell him hi from me and give him my love.
:Linda & Ray
p.s.
We had a wonderful visit with Todd, Fru, Adam and Roo. They miss you and hope to see you soon.