SHE'S DONE!!!

The day that she has been looking forward to for 16 weeks now has finally come. Yesterday, Mom completed her 16 weeks of chemo. I am pretty sure she would agree that this has been the longest seven months ever. She said she is ready to enjoy her retirement now, and she couldn't be more excited. I know that even as strong of a family as we have we couldn't have gotten through this without all of your prayers, thoughts, well-wishes, and shoulders for us to lean on. By the grace of God, from the very beginning things "fell" into place to get her where we are today. Everything from her initial appointments happening the day after getting the CT scan results, to the surgeon being able to remove the entire tumor. She can't wait to see Dr. Brook (the original pulmonary doctor) again so she can look at him and give him a "Haha, look at me know" smirk for telling her what he initially told her. I don't think I ever posted this but when he initially saw her, he told us from what he saw and given her history and her family history, he "could guarantee us 99.9%" it was small-cell cancer and she had about three to six months left at best. Seriously! Boy, look at her now!

She does have some follow up appointments to make sure she is continuing to heal and nothing more develops. She sees the oncologist in October and has another CT scan then. I'm sure we will all be on pins and needles at that time, but trust in God that she will remain cancer-free.

She's for the most part feeling pretty good. The last treatment was on Wednesday (because of the holiday) and she's feeling pretty good. So good, in fact, they're at the boat right now. She really looking forward to playing in the annual City of Pleasant Hill golf tournament. (Thanks, Nici!) She's not 100% yet, but she's well on her way. She knows that each day brings back more strength and energy she has missed over the past seven months. And how about this for a running weight total, her finishing weight at her last treatment was...........102lbs! That's amazing for someone who started this journey at 105lbs, got down to about 95lbs when she came home from the hospital, then gained back as much as she did while on chemo.

Once again, thank you all for your continued prayers, thoughts, well-wishes, and the shoulders you have let us lean on during this time. We are truly blessed to be surrounded by such wonderful people.