- Last week we were in Jackson, Ms with my Aunt Debra. I picked up Tedd from the airport on Tuesday evening and the fun began! :) Church on Wednesday night, Kyotos Thursday morning, shopping thursday afternoon, and Impact that night made for great fun with the family! Mama had a blast at the conference and enjoyed meeting my best friend Megan's parents as well as my boyfriend's family. We also got to see several other old acquaintances. Friday was Tedd's birthday so we had to party on our way back home. We had lunch at P.F. Chang's and my good friend from high school Becky came out to celebrate with us! Great FOOD! Then we headed back to good ole Myrtle!
- Saturday my brothers and their families came in to spend time with Mama prior to her third treatment. We had a blast cooking out and playing with the kids!
- Sunday Mama preached hell, fire, and brimstone! :) It was a great service...she had my brothers , my father, and I pray for her. After church, we came home to some KFC!
- Monday evening, after running a few errands, we drove into Memphis and got a hotel to avoid having to get up at 4am to drive to treatment. We had japanese food and TCBY whOOp! Then crawled up in bed and ordered Horton Hears a Who :)
- Tuesday morning was our third treatment! Are you ready for CA 125 results??? 56!!! It went down another 49 points!! PRAISE GOD! The doctor decided to switch her chemo drug from Taxol and Carboplatin to Taxotere. Dr. Santoso said that they are equally effected only one causes less neuropathy which is GREAT! Treatment went great with only one hang up ... Mama's liver counts are continuing to rise. They have scheduled her an appointment to see a specialist before her next treatment. After treatment we hit up the mall so I could spend my birthday money and we could all get CHOCOLATE!! Godiva baaabaaay!
- 4 days out from treatment and nothing exciting has occurred. We have basically been laying around. Mama is usually extremely weak for several days following chemo. She finally got out of bed for a couple hours today to play a few hands of Rummikub and to beat my boyfriend up...its her favorite. :) Currently she is laying in bed watching To Kill a Mockingbird and trying to get her temp back down. It is constantly going up and down and we do not know why.
I will be adding some new pictures in just a little bit so be sure to check back in! ALSO Aunt Debra wrote a letter and I posted it. If anyone else would like to send Mama a message either post it directly to the blog or just email them to me. I am sure she would appreciate it greatly. The cards are slowing down quite a bit so any encouragement is welcomed. Thanks! :)
Focused Prayer:
- Liver counts to drop
- CA 125 to continue dropping
- OK report from liver specialist
- No side effects
- JOY
- Body temperature to remain constant and at a normal level
- Strength
- Full body scan next treatment....We expect it to be normal in Jesus name!
Thank you all for everything!
Charlcy Ray
2 comments:
Good Morning Marlyn.........
I'm glad you had such a good time. Having your family around makes things easier. I'll be praying for your continued progress. Take care and enjoy the pampering.
Love Becky
p.s.my liver enzymes or count went up too while I was taking a lot of ibuprophen. It's probably just a side affect of your pain meds.
Marilyn,
Hey girl! I just wanted to say that we are praying for you. I know that you are so strong. I can remember many times as a kid seeing you praise God and I thought WOW that woman has alot of energy!!!!!!!!!!!! HA HA HA Keep you head up and continuing to praise God for your complete and total healing. Remember that not only are your friends and family interceeding for you but the Bible says that the spirit is as well!!!! What an awesome thought that God's spirit, the same spirit that raised Jesus from the dead is interceeding on your behalf too!!!!! Thinking about your healing makes me think of a song. I hope it's ok but I am going to post the lyrics to that song.
"When I think about the Lord How he saved me how he raised me how he filled me with the holy ghost how HE HEALED ME TO THE UTTERMOST When I think about the Lord how he picked me up and turned me around he placed my feet on solid ground it makes me wanna shout hallelujah thank you Jesus Lord your worthy of all the honor all the praise"
The Word says that by his stripes we ARE healed not that we might be or could be but that we ARE healed!!!! Jesus took that disease when he died on the cross!!!!!!! Tell the devil he is a liar!!!!! Keep your head up! You are strong and when you feel like you can't be strong then let the spirit interceed and be strong for you!!!!! We love you! If you need anything please let us know!
P.S. I know that you know all of this but sometimes it just helps to hear it again. Love you! Laura
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