Thursday, January 12, 2012
Great Scans
I just wanted to write a quick note. Meredith has scans scheduled every 12 weeks. Yesterday, she had her second set of scans and everything looks great. We are thrilled with this news and wanted to share it. Yay!
Monday, January 2, 2012
Happy New Year!
Wow, where has the time gone? Let's see, Meredith is now in week 28 and I can't believe I am going to say this, but I feel like we are getting close to the end of chemo. She continues to do amazingly well. Her blood counts are looking great and her side effects seem to be doing ok. we had a long day yesterday. It is exhausting but she is doing great. The doctors and nurses are so proud of how far she has come. While she is still apprehensive about the port access (butterfly) and her shots, she is not kicking, hitting or calling them names. This is a huge accomplishment for her.
Meredith is on a combination of three different chemo drugs. One of the drugs is vincristine and it can become very toxic very fast so they keep a very close eye on the side effects. Meredith's tumor was in the sinus cavity on the left side. It came out her nose and went down her throat. The radiation was that whole area but especially her eye. Her left eye is very swollen. The doctors thought it was a side effect of the vincristine but after speaking with several doctors they think it is from the radiation and will eventually look more normal. For the last several months she has had a reduced vincristine dose. Yesterday they gave her the full dose. It is a strange thing to be happy about, but I find myself to be happy about this. I feel like it is going to get that cancer. She just had two weeks off and she has two weeks off again. I think she did better with the long day because she has had these recent weeks off.
We had a great Hanukkah and got to see a lot of family. They both had a lot of fun playing with cousins and the Colorado/Florida grandparents. We are planning a trip to NY for her radiation check up and we can't wait to see our NY family.
We have started the process for Meredith's wish from the Make A Wish Foundation. What an amazing organization. We are talking about our trip to Disney World. It is especially nice to have this to think about while we spend the day at the hospital.
Otherwise we are excited to get back to school. It is hard for everyone to be off the regular schedule. Thank you for all the support. This is an especially hard time of year and we couldn't do it without our team. Lots of love and hope for the New Year.
Meredith is on a combination of three different chemo drugs. One of the drugs is vincristine and it can become very toxic very fast so they keep a very close eye on the side effects. Meredith's tumor was in the sinus cavity on the left side. It came out her nose and went down her throat. The radiation was that whole area but especially her eye. Her left eye is very swollen. The doctors thought it was a side effect of the vincristine but after speaking with several doctors they think it is from the radiation and will eventually look more normal. For the last several months she has had a reduced vincristine dose. Yesterday they gave her the full dose. It is a strange thing to be happy about, but I find myself to be happy about this. I feel like it is going to get that cancer. She just had two weeks off and she has two weeks off again. I think she did better with the long day because she has had these recent weeks off.
We had a great Hanukkah and got to see a lot of family. They both had a lot of fun playing with cousins and the Colorado/Florida grandparents. We are planning a trip to NY for her radiation check up and we can't wait to see our NY family.
We have started the process for Meredith's wish from the Make A Wish Foundation. What an amazing organization. We are talking about our trip to Disney World. It is especially nice to have this to think about while we spend the day at the hospital.
Otherwise we are excited to get back to school. It is hard for everyone to be off the regular schedule. Thank you for all the support. This is an especially hard time of year and we couldn't do it without our team. Lots of love and hope for the New Year.
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