Movin Along

Its Thursday 12:36am and I am sitting next to Jen as she continues to add to her already long week of work.   She has been busy the last two weeks trying to manage family, a heavy workload, and of course her treatments.  It’s by no mistake I listed the aforementioned items in the order I did, because if there is one thing I learned about Jen through this current “inconvenience” as she calls is it, is it is just that -an inconvenience.  Even on the days I know she doesn’t feel well and/or is tired she still wears a smile, moving forward, determined to tackle the day’s challenges as they come her way.

 Last week was Jen last treatment of her first cycle.  She used her port for the first time and was surprised by how little it hurt.   As expected we have seen her various counts (platelets, white blood cell, ect.) continue to decrease each week -hand washing just became a family pastimeJ.  The genetic testing results came back and were negative.  Obviously, this is great news for the entire family, but it also makes Jen’s case a little more interesting as to why? – A answer we will most likely never get.  Sunday we attended mass at the nearby neighborhood church and later celebrated our niece’s (Abigail) 4^th birthday at Salty Iguana – this was the perfect place for Jen to get her melted cheese fix.  

This week was Jen’s “off” week - meaning no treatment.  On Wednesday Jen had her monthly sonogram and met with her doctor….drum roll please……We were told that Jen’s treatment appears to be working wonderfully as her tumor site has decreased from  a round 4.5 cm to more of a flat 2.5 cm and her pronounced lymph node resembles that of a swollen one.  In addition, KU did further studies on Jen’s lymph node biopsy and discovered that 80% of the cells were growing, but all of them show no known resistance to treatment – everything appears to heading in the right direction!

Thank you for all the love and support; you are a blessing in our life.  I wish you a safe and joyous holiday weekend.  Goodnight.