In the Past

I know several of you are anxious to see pictures from our vacation and I promise, I have TONS, but I really wanted to let you know something else first.

This is actually a picture I have posted before, but it's a good one of mom and Maddie. And I wanted a picture of Mom when I tell you that...

CHEMO is officially behind us. My mom finished her 16th treatment on the 6th and so the Chemo stage is over! Praise the LORD! She is doing well. When they tested her white blood cell count on the 6th it was high enough that the shot was not necessary. Another Praise! We all thought for sure she would need those final 3 days of the booster shot. The end of last week she began to have some leg pain and knee pain that she had not experienced before.

Yesterday she returned for a follow-up and another check of her white blood cell count. The count was down some again, but they didn't seem to worried. The nurse told her that the pain in her leg and knee was more than likely from the accumulation of chemo in her body. She has also been pretty moody lately and all of that is blamed on the chemo. These are side effects that we just need to give time to take care of.

The Nurse said mom could wait up to a month before beginning the Hormone Pill that will be the next phase of treatment. My mom and I are a lot a like in that we don't do medicine. We tend to have pretty high pain tolerance and we just don't like medication. Mom has not been to excited about more drugs. She was relieved to know that she could wait a month and allow the chemo side effects to wear off before beginning a new drug with new side effects. At least this way she will be more likely to know what is causing what!

So Chemo is done and we are thankful. Mom is still mom with some extra quirks! And Praise Jesus the end of that tunnel is here. I remember posting back in February when we began all of this and wondering what things would look like after 16 chemo treatments.

Let me just tell you, in case you didn't realize, Jesus is still in Control. We still look to Him every moment of every day and He will remain our constant. Praise the Lord! Many of you have read the updates from my mom, my sister or myself and many many of you have prayed for my parents. Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! Please remember to Thank the One who Holds all of us in His Hands.

Thank you Jesus for keeping your hand on Mom during these last few month. We praise you that the Chemo is over and we continue to trust you for the coming days. We know that there are new symptoms and new things that will come from the new medications, but we also know that you will remain the same. The One who knows all things and the Great Physician. We continue to trust you with Mom and we Praise you for your Presence with all of us during this time. Amen.

A side note: When I told the boys this past week that Grandma Neff was done with her Chemo. They hooted and hollered in Grandma Adkins living room. They were excited. When Eli prayed for bedtime he said, "Thank you that Grandma Neff is done with her surgeries."
So maybe I didn't explain it enough, but Eli has been faithful to pray for Grandma every night and ask for prayer nearly every week at Ney during the concerns. He has been a prayer warrior for Grandma!