This day wouldn't be complete without a picture of my little trick-or-treaters. We had Annakin Skywalker & the blue Power Ranger. It was a fun night for them!

one down... two to go

Here we are - finished with round 1 and feeling okay tonight! This picture is what all of the meds looked like hanging there, and it took about 5 hours for the entire infusion. Not too intimidating... but the giant syringe of red liquid is the med that will make my hair fall out so I'm particularly not fond of that one. Our day started with a visit to the doctor to hear the GREAT news about the PET scan. Only one tumor, only 3 months of chemo and some radiation after that. I can definitely do that! After thinking about all of the "what-if's" that go along with this diagnosis, it's good to just know what we're fighting and concentrate on that. The wondering was so difficult. We'll repeat the PET at the end of treatment and the doctor is very optimistic that it will be completely gone. After visiting the doc, we went up to the infusion waiting area. That is the strangest waiting room ever, there were probably 15 people in there waiting to be called. When our name was called we went into a small cubicle with one recliner for me and one small office chair for Michael. The nurse started my IV and off we went. She gave each medicine one at a time and explained what each one was, it was pretty interesting actually. I praise the people smarter than me who figured all of this out. We got to leave as soon as it was over... and don't have to go back (hopefully) until November 21. I'll have weekly labs to check my counts and I'll take my temperature twice a day to make sure nothing is brewing. I'm going to bed soon and will wake up to see what tomorrow brings. I have no idea how I'll feel, I'm just going to take it as it comes.

Treatment #1

I'll let Jennifer post more later, but we are in our little cubicle right now and she is receiving infusion #1.  She is napping because they have to give her a couple of meds to fight side effects and the side effects of the side effect fighters is sleepiness.  Does any of that make any sense at all?  Well I wanted to post some really good news.  The PET scan came back and it showed that she just has that one spot.  No little lumpies anywhere else.  This means that she will just have the 3 chemo treatments and then radiation and according the the doc that should "CURE" her. We were so happy to hear that news.  Oh, for those that are wondering, all of the test combined to stage her at Stage 1.  We still have a way to go, but everything is going as good as possible.  Thanks to all of you that are thinking and praying for us.