I hope everyone's Thanksgiving was amazing, and your Christmas season has started off awesome. Our family enjoyed time with my siblings and their families in Arkansas on Beaver Lake during Thanksgiving week. It was our first Thanksgiving and Holiday together without any parents. It was a wonderful time of fellowship and creating memories together. We had to be very intentional about scheduling it and finding a place to all meet together with all of the busy-ness of the season and kids' activities, but we did it and it was great!
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| Silly group photo during a hike |
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| at the Bentonville downtown square |
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| View outside one of the windows at our airbnb |
I am sitting in the infusion chair at Texas Oncology right now getting an infusion of Enhertu. I think this is my 7th infusion of it (I get the infusion every 3 weeks), and my tumor markers and Signatera test continue to come down (this is a good thing). I still have quite a ways to go, but we are headed in the right direction. My next PET scan will be at the end of January. I will have my next brain MRI and echocardiogram in January as well. The cancer seems to be getting better in a lot of areas. We just need the LMD (Leptomeningeal disease) to get better as well). This is the scariest part of my July diagnosis and I finally realized that leg weakness, trembling and some of the other symptoms I have been having are likely from LMD vs. radiation or medication side effects.
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| They drew a LOT of blood this morning. |
I haven't gotten a cold in forever, but it seems a picked up a little virus. I had fever and body aches on Saturday and I have been feeling better as each new day comes along. I still have congestion today and don't feel great, so I was a little surprised they are still doing treatment. Apparently, my neutrophils and lymphocytes are low. So, as a precaution, they are making me take an antibiotic. If you know me, I hate that. I despise antibiotics and would rather rely on my body's immune system to get rid of the virus (with the help of vitamins), which it seems to be doing. However, because my body's immune system is need of help, and this infusion will tank my immune system even more, we have to be very careful. My body could struggle to fight even the common cold and it could progress very quickly and force me into the hospital if we don't take necessary precautions. I will just have to make sure to take lots of probiotics.
Even though I am feeling poorly, I am determined that we are going to make fun memories together this Christmas season. We have been enjoying this time together as a family, and we continue to pray for complete healing! I do believe God is still performing miracles. We would love prayers for healing of the cold virus and healing overall for my body. Please Lord, remove all the cancer and restore my body! Thanks friends!
