Yesterday my Mom and Dad braved the weather and headed to Muncie to the doctor. Mom's incision was checked and it was determined that she is healing nicely and is ready for chemo to begin. She will start on February 22nd. Dad will take that day off and go with her for the 4 hour treatment. Then after that she will go every other week for 4 cycles and then she will go every week for 12 weeks. By the time she starts the 12 week cycle dad will be done teaching and able to take her every week, but until then - Jo, Jay and I will alternate and go with her.
Mom and Dad also went back to look at wigs yesterday. They picked one out that they both said looks just like mom. Dad suggested she just shave her head now and not have to go through the trauma of loosing it. Mom is, as you can imagine, not going for that plan and actually wants to hold out for hope that perhaps it will just thin and not all come out. We will know in time, and she will be prepared.
So phase 2 will begin soon. We appreciate so much all the prayers, emails, cards to mom and just support from so many of you. My Dad put it best. He said, "being in a position of a Pastor is sometimes very lonely, we don't have a lot of friends that we call up and go to dinner with, but when something happens, we do have a lot of people who care and lift us up to Jesus."
Praise the Lord for all of you and for your friendship to us and to my family.
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I was just thinking about you and your mom when I got the e-mail that you had updated the blog. I will be especially praying for you and thinking about you next Monday.
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