Let me first apologize for not updating the blog lately. There just hasn’t been much to update y’all on, but today I have a lot of GOOD news to share!

No More Chemo!

As many of y’all know, mom went in for her FINAL round of chemotherapy on January 20th. This means she got to wake everyone in the chemo room up so she could ring the bell!

Please note her weird face as she rings the bell. It’s kind of awesome.

This was a special round of chemo because Sadie was able to take the day off work and drive from Oklahoma! It was a bit anticlimactic as she rang the bell and we thanked all of the nurses since she would still be back in the same room every three weeks for the Herceptin + Perjecta infusions. But she doesn’t have to have that dang Taxotere anymore, so we wanted to celebrate the ending of that nightmare!

Mom handled chemo pretty well. It wreaked havoc on her, both physically and mentally, but she pulled through and is excited that there’s a light at the end of this tunnel.

Scan Results

Last Friday, mom had another CT scan and breast ultrasound done. We just got the results yesterday, and guys, it’s good news! The tumors are smaller. The surgeon said that the liver tumor, which is the biggest threat to her life, has shrunken significantly since her halfway-through-chemo scans nine weeks ago. He said that there’s not a whole lot of it left. We are so happy about this! The tumors are smaller, no new ones have shown up, and we can move on to the next step!

Mom has an oncology appointment on Friday before her first chemo-less infusion. In this appointment, Dr. Juvvadi will go over her scan results and let her know if there will be any changes to her treatment plan that we’ve already discussed based on the scans. I assume that there won’t be any changes, but I’ll be sure to let y’all know if there are!

Treatment Plan

We’ll know for sure after tomorrow when mom meets with the oncologist, but this is the current plan:

• Infusions of Herceptin and Perjeta every three weeks for at least a year – These should only take about an hour or two, so she won’t have to be there all day like she would be for chemo. They also won’t deplete her white blood cells or (hopefully) result in many symptoms. She’ll grow her hair back and get to go back to work!
• Estrogen blocking drug – Since the cancer cells are estrogen receptor positive, she will need a drug that makes it to where the cancer cells can’t get the estrogen they need to grow. We’re not sure which hormone therapy she’ll be given, but we’ll find that out tomorrow. The doctor wanted to put her on Tamoxifen, but since she had a blood clot at the beginning of all of this, she can’t use that drug because it increases your chance of blood clots. She will be put on another drug that will decrease her production of estrogen.
• Surgery – Mom will have a lumpectomy to remove the tumor in her breast. The surgeon, Dr. Clifford, will also take out several of her lymph nodes. Since everyone’s lymph node count is different, we don’t know how many he will take. Dr. Clifford will also remove the remaining tumor in mom’s liver. We are so grateful that with the help of a robot, he will be able to operate on the liver tumor. Many liver tumors are inoperable because the liver is so vascular. Luckily, the location of mom’s tumor is not too dangerous for operation.
• Radiation – After surgery, Dr. Clifford says mom will have 6 weeks of daily rounds of radiation to the breast/lymph node areas. She’ll go every weekday for 30 minutes for 6 weeks. That will either happen post surgery or post treatment in about a year. We have to meet with the radiation oncologist to know the specifics.

Wait … Did you say lumpectomy?

So up until this post, we were all thinking: double mastectomy, lymph nodes, liver, reconstruction, and no radiation. We had just thought that gave her the best prognosis. The surgeon recommends that she actually does a lumpectomy to just remove the tumor in the right breast instead of a full mastectomy, and to leave the left breast alone.The reason for this is because a lumpectomy is a lot less invasive surgery with a shorter recovery time. Also, data shows that the chances of recurrence are only very, very minimally less with a mastectomy.

Being told she was going to have a lumpectomy was a little uncomfortable. Somehow we thought everything would be better if both of her breasts were gone. The doctor gave her the option to have the lumpectomy or the double mastectomy, but he strongly encourages the lumpectomy. This means that he can do all three surgeries at one time and have one recovery. Her breast will not be deformed after, and she won’t have to have any reconstructive surgery. She’ll only need about 10 days to recover from the surgeries, and then she can get back to work. If she decided to do the double mastectomy, it would be in three different surgeries since they couldn’t do the mastectomy, lymph nodes, and liver together. Then she’d have to have reconstruction done later as well, making it three surgeries as opposed to one. The recovery time would be a lot longer as well.

Dr. Clifford explained to us that the breast tumor isn’t a threat to mom’s life. Her liver tumor is what is threatening her life. If the breast tumor comes back, she will be having regular scans and will be able to proceed with a mastectomy at that point if necessary, although the chances are low. It’s if the liver tumor comes back that is the real problem. Because of that, he doesn’t think a lumpectomy vs. mastectomy changes her prognosis.

Dr. Clifford also briefly talked about mom going through radiation (see above). He claims that the radiation symptoms will not be bad, and that it will be like having a sunburn for 6 weeks. He says it will be manageable. I’m praying it’s nothing like my friend’s mom who went through intensive radiation recently and had miserable effects from it. Why can’t any part of cancer treatment just be easy? Why does it all have to suck? That’s why cancer patients are fighters. They really are. The bravery, stamina, and will it takes to go through these treatments is astounding.

We’ll find out in the next couple of days when the surgery will take place. It will likely be in the next 7- 14 days. Thank goodness, because I haven’t seen my mama in two weeks, and I miss her! This is the most we’ve gone without seeing each other since she was diagnosed. We have so much Law and Order, Snapped, and Fixer Upper to watch! Yes, I realize one of those shows is a significant outlier.

Wait … Did you say robot?

Let me just geek out for a second. Dr. Clifford and his team are going to use a surgical robot to remove the liver tumor. I am so freaking excited for this and am definitely going to ask Dr. Clifford if there is any way I can watch the surgery. These robots are SO cool and SO precise. There is a blood vessel nearby the tumor that would normally be an issue, but Dr. Clifford said because of the precision of the robot, he’s not worried about operating.

If you’re like me and love this kind of nerdy stuff, watch this video of a surgical robot peeling a grape:

and then this video of it stitching a peeled grape back together:

I can’t even. SO COOL.

Love to you all! I’ll post again soon!

Love,

Sydnie

I’m sitting next to mom as she receives her 4th chemotherapy treatment. Four down, two to go! … Sort of. I’ll explain in a minute. She’s currently wearing this… She thinks she’s hilarious, and she kind of is. 🙂

Mom had a CT scan, breast ultrasound, and an echocardiogram last week. We got the results today!

Tumor Size

The breast tumor, lymph nodes, and liver lesion are all HALF the size they were in the initial staging scans. HALF, people. This is GREAT news. I’m using caps because we’re SO HAPPY ABOUT THIS!

The liver lesion being half the size is very exciting. Dr. Juvvadi said that the liver lesion is definitely operable as well, and I’ll discuss that further in a minute. (I’m really building anticipation with this whole, “I’ll explain that in a minute” business, aren’t I?)

Blood Clot

Remember that nasty blood clot that got us all freaked out in the beginning and caused my diva mama to have to stay in a tiny hospital room on bed rest for days? And how we all had to hear over and over and over about how much she hated that room and wanted a nicer one? Oh wait, that was mostly just me. 😉  Well, the CT didn’t show the blood clot, and her echo was great, so no need to worry about it! She’ll continue on blood thinners. Hooray!

BRCA Testing

We also got the results from mom’s BRCA genetic testing. This determines if mom has the genetic mutation that can cause breast cancer. Only 10% of cancer patients have this gene, but if she has it, she could pass it on to me and Sadie. Well, her test result was negative, so we are also very happy about that! If hers is negative, then Sadie and I don’t have to worry about having the mutation.

Treatment Plan Going Forward

I told you I’d tell you more in a minute, and the minute is up! We now have more details regarding mom’s treatment plan. The plan is to still do the 3 more rounds of chemo (today, December 30th, and January 20th), then have more scans to see the results of the chemotherapy. After January 20th, we’ll meet with Dr. Clifford, the surgeon, who will come up with a game plan for the double mastectomy, lymph node removal, and liver thing. I say “liver thing” because we’re not exactly sure what he’ll want to do. They could resect the liver lesion or there are other options to remove it that I can’t remember. I can only retain so much, people! The good news is that they will remove it. We just want this out of her! The other great news is that Dr. Juvvadi doesn’t think mom will have to go through radiation, and we are really happy about that!! We hear that can be very painful.

The not-so-good-depending-on-how-you-look-at-it news is that mom will continue to come in for treatments after surgery every three weeks indefinitely. What does that mean? Well, right now, mom’s chemotherapy treatment consists of Herceptin, Perjeta, and Taxotere. After surgery, mom will still be on Herceptin and Perjeta, every three weeks, for as long as she needs to be until she’s completely in remission. They’ll scan her every three months to determine progress. This is the course of treatment with metastatic cancers (meaning it’s spread to other parts of the body, such as the liver). Dr. Juvvadi mentioned she has a patient that has been on it for 2 years, so we really don’t know how long it will be. The sucky part is that she can’t put this all behind her next year like we all had hoped, but the GREAT news is that the treatment is working, this will keep fighting those nasty cancer cells until they are completely gone, and she will not be on Taxotere anymore which produces the majority of her treatment side effects. She’ll be able to go back to work, her hair will likely grow back, and her symptoms will be much more manageable.

That’s all I have for now! We’re saying prayers of gratitude for good news and asking for continued progress. This fight is far from over, but at least we know those cancer cells are running scared!

We’re also praying for those who have had scans that didn’t show progress. My heart aches for you, and I’m praying daily for a cure to this horrible disease. I’ve witnessed so many amazing examples of strength and courage through other cancer fighters we know. You are warriors.

We love y’all so much! As always, thank you for your continued love and support!

Love,

Sydnie

I know y’all have been dying for an update, so here we go!

First, let me address the elephant in the room … yes, my mom is bald. I shaved her head on Saturday. I SHAVED HER HEAD. I still can’t believe that happened. More on that later…

Round One of Kryptonite

Round one is down, and mom is on the mend! Just in time for round 2 this Friday. 🙂 She’s ready for this! We’re hoping she’ll feel okay for Sadie’s wedding next week. She leaves for Mexico next Wednesday, so she’ll probably rest a lot in the hotel until the wedding on Saturday. Luckily, my aunt Kate is on the same flight with her and will be sharing a room in Mexico, so she can keep an eye on her. 🙂

The main symptoms she had from the last round have been extreme fatigue, extreme bone aches, nausea, upset stomach, and terrible taste buds/lack of appetite. Dr. Juvvadi has given her some meds to help with a lot of that. She’s also going to decrease mom’s dose of Neulasta for round 2. If you remember the wearable injector mom got after chemo last time, Neulasta is the drug inside of it that tells her bone marrow to make white blood cells. Mom’s lab work showed that her bones made A TON of white blood cells after the injection, telling Dr. Juvvadi they should scale back the dose. A normal person’s white blood cell count is about 11,000. Mom’s was 48,000! She was in so much pain for several days. It was miserable for her. Her bones were working hard to pump out an insane amount of white blood cells. She’s looking forward to having less pain for the second round. Dr. Juvvadi also gave her stronger pain meds just in case she needs it in Mexico.

IT’S WORKING!

Within a few days after chemo, mom started noticing both her breast tumor and lymph node lumps seemed to be noticeably smaller. When we went in for the follow up appointment with the oncologist one week after the first treatment, Dr. Juvvadi felt mom’s breast tumor and lymph node and right away started talking about how it felt smaller. When I asked if that was a good sign, Dr. Juvvadi said, “That is a great sign!” She was clearly very pleased with mom’s progress. Now, just weeks after the first treatment, we can barely even find the lymph node, and y’all, it was huge before treatment. When she raised her arm, you could actually see it. It was 4 cm and was very pronounced. Now I can’t even see it! This is a great indicator of progress!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you can’t tell, I’m so excited about this!!!!!!!!!!!! We’re hoping the tumors will all be smaller in 6.5 weeks when they do scans again.

What We’ve Been Up To

Mom’s coworkers did the Susan G Koman Race for the Cure and made a donation in her honor. They invited me to do it with them, and my mom’s parents came too! My grandmother is a survivor of stage 3 breast cancer. She was diagnosed 6 years ago and fought like a champ. It was so fun being able to be there to honor her victory and my mom’s fight. I love these brave ladies!

Mom’s sweet coworkers

Me, Mom, Grandma, and Grandpa – Grandma and Grandpa are both cancer survivors!

So back to mom being bald. Okay, she’s not really bald. She has a buzz cut and is going bald. I’m not sure if that’s better. Either way, she looks beautiful. I’d share a picture of her without a wig, but she would kill me. But trust me, she looks beautiful bald.

We had plans to meet some of her friends for brunch on Saturday. After mom got out of the shower, she went to brush through her hair, and so much of it was coming out that it matted into a ball and the end of her hair. It was impossible to salvage, so we just decided it was time to shave it. We went out on the patio, and it was time to cut. I knew this moment was coming, but I honestly didn’t think I’d be able to do it when it came. I really didn’t want to do it, but I also wanted to be the one to do it all at the same time. I was so surprised by her attitude as I cut her hair short and then began to shave her head. My mom didn’t hesitate. She didn’t cry. Actually, she laughed the whole time as her hair collected in a pile on the ground. She said she was glad her hair was falling out because it means these drugs are “bad ass” and the cancer cells must be “riding the struggle bus” right now.

What scared me the most about shaving mom’s head was that she’d look sick. I thought that now she’d look like a cancer patient, and I didn’t want to see her that way. I was afraid to see her that way. After I shaved her whole head and went to look at her, she looked up at me and smiled, and what I saw was unexpected. She didn’t look sick as I had anticipated. She looked strong and fearless and brave. It was just another affirmation to me that she can handle this. And then she threw on her wig, and we went to brunch. She is amazing.

At brunch with friends right after shaving her head!

Mom has a hat with hair attached to it. Every time I look over at her, she’s wearing it in a new position, and it is hilarious. My personal favorite is when she wears the hat to the side!

We Can Do Hard Things

My friend got mom a bracelet that has this phrase engraved on it, “I can do hard things.”

Fighting cancer is hard. It’s hard physically and emotionally. It is exhausting on so many levels for the patient, and it also takes a toll on the caregivers and loved ones. It is all so hard, but we can do hard things. Better yet, we are made to do hard things. We are created in the image of a wonderful God who has given us all of the resources we need to do hard things. Mom can do this.

Mom and her “I can do hard things.” bracelet

Mom wanted me to tell y’all that she’s doing great. She said she has better hair and has lost weight, so things are going pretty well! I’ll post another update after round 2 on Friday. And I still have a funny post in the works!

Love y’all,

Sydnie

The Diagnosis

We met with the oncologist this afternoon, and we finally know what we’re dealing with. The liver biopsy was the same type of cancer that is in mom’s breast and lymph nodes. Because the biopsy is malignant, this puts mom’s cancer at stage 4.

When you first hear your mom has stage 4 breast cancer and it’s spread to her liver, you panic. You want the doctor to assure you that your mom will be okay, and that her treatment is proven to be extremely effective, and that she will win this fight. And that is exactly what Dr. Juvvadi did. So much so that we came out of this appointment feeling strangely confident and content with what’s going to happen. We know what we’re dealing with, it’s the same type of cancer with the same receptors, and it will respond to the chemotherapy. These drugs are extremely targeted to mom’s cancer, and Dr. Juvvadi has seen a lot of success. Her cancer has a kryptonite, and they know exactly what it is. Mom has requested to call chemotherapy “cancer kryptonite” from here on out. This cancer kryptonite will heal her!

Now what?

Mom’s doctors are moving forward with the originally scheduled mediport surgery in the morning. Yay for no PICC line! The surgery only takes about an hour with an hour or two for recovery, so we will be back home by the afternoon.

Mom’s treatment will consist of 6 cycles of cancer kryptonite. They will be giving her a cocktail of three drugs: Herceptin, Perjeta, and Taxotere. Each cycle of cancer kryptonite lasts 3 weeks. That would mean she would go in for cancer kryptonite on these dates:

October 7th, 28th

November 18th

December 9th, 30th

January 20th

After 3 cycles, they will do a CT scan and look at how the cancer has responded to treatment. Dr. Juvvadi anticipates that the tumors will have shrunk. If the liver is still an issue at this point, they have a couple of options including liver resection (removing the tumor) or cryosurgery (freezing the cancer cells with liquid nitrogen to kill them). There’s a chance the liver tumor may be completely gone by that point if it responds well to treatment, so we’ll just have to wait and see.

Friday morning at 10 AM will be her first round of cancer kryptonite. We’ll meet with Dr. Juvvadi right before she starts. The treatment session will last just over four hours. Prayers that mom does not die of boredom during that time are appreciated. 😉 I don’t know if I’ve ever seen her sit still for four hours… I mean, the lady just had her liver biopsied and spent the weekend in the hospital and immediately cleaned the whole house.

When we meet with Dr. Juvvadi on Friday, we’ll also receive the results of the bone scan. We’re hoping those will come back clean. Then we’ll finally be done with the staging process and be able to move onto focusing on getting her better!

Today I am grateful for a great doctor and amazing medications that will take care of my mama. In your continued prayers for her, please thank God for blessing us with that.

Remember, we’re feeling positive and confident, and so should you! She’s going to be okay.

Love,

Sydnie

Alright. Have a seat and get comfy before you read this monster post. Today was NUTS.

Barium Sulfate 

… Is the WORST. We woke up at 5 AM so my mom could drink the Barium. Turns out “vanilla smoothie” actually means “liquid drywall”. She threw up twice just trying to get it down.

*Barium Sulfate is a contrast liquid used to coat the walls of the intestines so they can see what’s going on during the CT scans.*

So after chugging two bottles of that drink from hell, we get to the hospital and they give her an injection of radioactive material so that they can see her bones really well on the bone scan they were also scheduled to do today. After the injection, mom asked when the CT scan is, and they say 12:45. We were told it was at 7 AM!

I was furious. Apparently she wasn’t supposed to drink the barium until 10:45, but we were told wrong by the pharmacist. To make a long story short, she had to chug more barium and reschedule the bone scan for Monday morning. So frustrating.

First Oncology Appointment

We met with Dr. Juvvadi at 12. As we started talking with her, Dr. Clifford, mom’s surgeon called mom. I answered and handed the phone to mom. Dr. Clifford then asked to talk to Dr. Juvvadi. As we waited, we could hear Dr. Juvvadi say, “The ER. I’ll make sure she gets there now.” Or something like that. She then told us that the CT scan results came back, and that there is a large blood clot in mom’s lung and she needed to go to the ER right away. I got mom in a wheelchair (she’s not supposed to move with the clot) and wheeled her straight to the ER.

Apparently blood clots are extremely serious, especially when in a lung. Mom is having no symptoms from this clot (shocking to everyone), so if this had not been caught today … we wouldn’t have known. I can’t even talk about that. I began thinking about that while in the ER as they ran tests, and then something unfamiliar hit me: overwhelming gratitude that my mom has cancer. If not for this stupid, frustrating, terrible illness, we would not have even known and it could have been fatal. Crazy how life works, huh? That gratitude was cut a little short when we were told the cancer is what caused the clot, but then again of course it is. Hence the “ish” in the title of this post… Still SO grateful that they found the clot.

We’re now in the hospital for a few days and mom’s on blood thinner meds so the clot can dissolve. She feels totally fine, so being on 100% bed rest is frustrating and feels silly, but I’m making sure she stays put. 😉 Sadie and her fiancé are on their way here from Tulsa, so we’ll watch movies and hang out all weekend. We’re also so grateful that mom’s parents came into town and were able to come be with us at the hospital. She’s so loved!

The CT Results

As if that wasn’t enough drama, as we were about to leave Dr. Juvvadi’s office, she informed us that they found a tiny spot on mom’s lung. This spot is so small that they can’t even biopsy it, and Dr. Juvvadi isn’t even worried about it. If it is cancerous, chemo will easily take care of it.

They also found a spot on the liver. That mass measures about 2.7 cm. Dr. Juvvadi wants to biopsy this mass to determine if it’s malignant or not, but that can’t be done until this whole blood clot mess is stabilized, so we have to wait to know. We’re clinging to the possibility that it is benign. There are many explanations of what it could be other than cancer. Regardless of what the biopsy tells us, treatment with chemotherapy will not change. Please pray it is benign. PLEASE.

The Worst Part

Today was hard. So. Dang. Hard.

Just when you think you have a hold on things and you can finally wrap your head around the situation, it changes. When the doctor said that cancer was no longer priority and now we had to push that aside to focus on a new challenge, I was so confused. How do you “put a pin” in cancer? How is that not the top priority? How could there possibly be more we need to be afraid of? How can we know something was seen in her liver on that CT scan and not know if it should terrify us? But not knowing is so terrifying.

The Best Part

My mom is alive. Not only is she alive, but she feels good and she is positive and happy and awesome. I’m so grateful for that. If it hadn’t been for that scan today, today could have been devastating and horrible. So we will take hard days over that any day. She’s got this.

Phew… Sorry that got a little heavy towards the end. This day has just worn on me a little, but we’re feeling good and grateful and above everything, we love our Father in Heaven and His Son. I really felt Him carrying us through today.

As always, I’ll keep you posted! Thank you for the love and support. It is so very appreciated. ♥️

Love y’all,

Sydnie

I just wanted to give y’all a quick update since so many of you are asking about my mama today. Unfortunately, I don’t have a whole lot of an update to give you!

We went to the MRI appointment this morning. The poor nurse had to stick my mom three different times trying to get a good vein for the IV. While my mom was being imaged for what seemed like days, I went to the pharmacy and got her barium sulfate smoothie that she will have to drink before her CT scan in the morning (it’s a contrast so things show up on the CT better). The “vanilla smoothie” flavored drink looks gross. So glad I’m not the one who has to drink it at 5 AM. 😉

After the MRI, we went to the cancer center in the hospital, where we learned that there is a perk to having cancer: awesome parking!

At the cancer center, we met with Kathy, our Nurse Navigator. She’s been an oncology nurse for 40 years, and she gave us a ton of booklets and a great cookbook and answered several questions we’ve had.

Here’s some information that will hopefully answer some of your questions:

What type of cancer does she have?

Mom’s cancer is invasive ductile breast cancer, which is the most common type of breast cancer. This means the cancer started in the ducts and crossed over into other parts of the tissue, making it invasive. She also tested positive for the Her2 protein, which is a protein that tells multiplies quickly. Her2 positive cancer is not very common and only makes up about 20% of cases. It is an aggressive cancer, but there are chemotherapy drugs that target Her2 positive specifically.

Why is she having chemotherapy before surgery?

Herceptin and Perjeta, the two Her2 positive chemo meds are extremely targeted to the Her2 protein (which makes the cancer spread) and can be very effective. Perjeta has only been recently approved by the FDA in the last couple of years, and in clinical trials it was administered before surgery. Because it’s still in the early stages of this drug, insurance companies only pay for it if it’s done before surgery as it was administered in the clinical trial stage.

When will you get the results of the scans and know what stage the cancer is?

We’ll get a call with results of the MRI and other scans by Tuesday. Then we will finally know what stage the cancer is! I’ll post as soon as we find out, I promise! No need to ask my mom as we will put it on here and you’ll be notified via email if you’ve subscribed.

When are you meeting with an oncologist, and who is your doctor?

We have an appointment with the Medical Oncologist, Dr. Juvvadi (Let’s just call her Dr. J …) tomorrow right after the CT and bone scans. Mom’s done all of her imaging at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center in Irving. We’ll talk about when mom is starting chemo and what the recommendations for treatment with the oncologist tomorrow.

When is she starting chemotherapy?

Mom’s scheduled to have her surgery to put in the port for chemo on Wednesday at 8:30 AM. This should be a pretty easy and quick surgery. We’re hoping she’ll start chemo next week on Thursday or Friday.

I’ll post again as soon as we get the staging test results on Monday or Tuesday. I promise you’ll know when we know!

Can I visit Suzi?

We’re still not sure when everything is happening, and we’ve been so busy with doctor appointments. Kathy told us that once chemo starts, we need to keep visitors low because of risk of infection. With that being said, I know my mom would love to see some of her family and friends. We’ll know more of when soon. Reach out to me or my mom if you’d like to visit at some point. If you are planning on visiting my mom – PLEASE GO GET YOUR FLU SHOT. You will not be admitted anywhere close to her without a flu shot. She’s got a pretty protective body guard. 😉 Also, use hand sanitizer regularly, and stay healthy!. She’ll be very susceptible to germs once treatment begins.

Will you ever stop sending me email notifications?

Okay, so nobody has actually asked that, but I realize I’ve posted pretty frequently the last few days. If you’ve signed up for the email notifications (in the right sidebar of this page), you may be annoyed at the couple of emails you’ve gotten. If you want to unsubscribe, you can on those emails. I’m hoping that once we get through the initial scans, updates won’t happen quite as often. I just want to make sure we’re posting any info we have since my mom is receiving so many texts.

I think mom’s kind of liking this newfound popularity. Here’s hoping it doesn’t go to her head. I feel like the larger your head is, the less of a chance you have to actually look good bald. 🙂

Thanks for all of your love and support! We’ve loved reading all of your sweet comments. Keep them coming!

Love y’all,

Sydnie

Mom will be having an MRI tomorrow at 10 AM. That will take 2 hours.

On Friday at 6:30 AM we will go in for her CT and bone scan. That should take 4 hours.

Everyone PLEASE pray that the scans come back clear and that this stupid, stupid cancer has not spread past the lymph nodes. This is extremely important.

Also say a special prayer for me as I will will be the one going with my mother, who is in no way a morning person, to that 6:30 AM appointment on Friday. Yikes. 😉

We should know when she’s scheduled for her port surgery by the end of the day today.

Thank you so much!

Love y’all,

Sydnie