Christmas 2008

CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS

It has become a tradition for us to decorate graham cracker houses for Christmas. My mom would have made gingerbread houses from scratch. I'm not quite that good. It's a lot of fun and gets pretty messy. Here are a couple of pictures.

Thanksgiving

HOPE EVERYONE HAD A SUPER THANKSGIVING. WE HAD PLANS TO GO TO MY MOM'S BUT WE ALL GOT SICK AND ENDED UP HAVING A SMALL DINNER AT OUR HOUSE. MY MOM HAD HER 10TH RADIATION TREATMENT YESTERDAY. SHE HAS A MONTH OFF AND THEN WILL SEE THE CANCER DOCTOR AND LIVER DOCTOR. SO WE ARE JUST WAITING UNTIL THEN TO SEE WHAT WILL BE NEXT.

RADIATION TREATMENTS

MY MOM HAS STARTED RADIATION TREATMENTS. SHE WILL HAVE 10 TREATMENTS AND THEN THEY WILL DO A SCAN TO SEE IF THE TUMOR IS SHRINKING. SHE HAD A SCAN DONE ON MONDAY THAT DOESN'T SHOW ANY HOT SPOTS FOR THE LYMPHOMA. SHE WILL STILL NEED TO SEE A LIVER DOCTOR TO SEE HOW SEVERE THE DAMAGE IS TO HER LIVER. IT LOOKS LIKE JANUARY BEFORE SHE CAN GET IN.

UPDATE

So, it looks like more chemo is out of the question for my mom. They are recommending Radiation. She would have to have a treatment 5 days a week for 6 weeks. I don't know when this would start or if they have decided for sure it is the way to go. She can't get in to see the liver doctor until January, so it will be a while before we find out what is going on there. Hope everyone is doing well.

Updates

My mom had a really bad reaction to the chemo treatment last week. They had to flush it out of her system somehow. Her liver is more damaged than before and they are not sure how they will proceed from here. She has an appointment with a specialist for her liver in a couple of weeks, but it looks like her body can't handle the chemo treatments that they are giving her. I'm having a hard time seeing the light at the end of the dark tunnel that I am in right now. Anyway hope everyone else is doing well!!

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