The next phase...

Mom and Dad went to see Dr. Lee Friday afternoon. She was very impressed with how Mom is doing and was SOOO surprised by how much hair she has left.
Mom has one week of free time, then its back to work. Monday, March 29th she will check in to the Corvallis hospital and will remain there for 6 days for treatment. She will receive liquid chemo 2x a day and when that is done she'll be able to come home and recover there. They say she will feel pretty good while she is in the hospital but the worst of it will come after she gets home. She will have about 3 weeks at home while her white blood counts recover, then she'll go back into the hospital again. She'll need to do this 4 times, hopefully the last time will be sometime in July. She should be able to do 3 of the treatments in Corvallis, but probably the last one in Portland so they can do another bone marrow biopsy at the end of it.

So, its almost time for more cribbage and movie watching in the hospital, at least this time its only a 15 minute drive to see her. In the meantime, she's been keeping busy. She drove to church Wednesday night to watch the handbell choir play, Mom and Dad drove over to the coast yesterday to spend the day with us at South Beach campground, and she got her hair cut this afternoon. All in all, she's doing really well. Spring break is this week so we're going to try to get a few afternoons of fun in with the kids before she goes back.
Thank you to everyone who has brought food over to them, it is SUCH a help. They'll still need some help over the next few months as she goes up and down through the chemo cycle. Just give me a call if you'd like to help out.
Love to all!