Survivor!

Yesterday was Mom's appointment in Portland to have a bone marrow biopsy and meet with Dr. Fleming again. Everything went really well! They say the biopsy is just to confirm what the blood tests are telling them - no signs of leukemia!
She'll be going to Dr. Lee's once a month for a year for blood work and back to Dr. Fleming in January for a check up. She should be going back to work for a few hours a day on Monday if all the paperwork gets finished. She's slowly feeling better and getting stronger.

How amazing!

ps - if you aren't doing anything on Saturday, join us at the courthouse for the Soroptimist Walk for the Cause, Run for A Life. It starts at 9am.

What a great week!

The past week has been so good for Mom. Dave and Kari came on Saturday morning. Kam and I picked up Kari and took her to the lake in Prineville with us and Dad and Mom picked up Dave and took him back to Albany. We got home Monday afternoon. Dave, Kari and Mom headed to the beach on Tuesday and came back Wednesday...they had a great time! This was just exactly what Mom needed - a distraction!
Anyway, Mom finished up the last of her antibiotics Tuesday morning. This morning Kam took her over to have the central line removed (it barely bled) and have blood drawn again. Then they had a doctors appt with Dr. Lee. Great news - everything looks good, the counts are rising quickly and Dr. Lee says she is now without restrictions. She can eat, play, sleep, work...whatever she wants as long as she takes it all a little at a time. She goes back to Portland on the 28th for (cross our fingers) the last bone marrow biopsy to be sure there are no signs of leukemia cells.
I am cautiously saying - she is in remission! (technically she's been in remission since she left the hospital in Portland but now I can say it and feel like I can mean it). I'm still having a hard time with saying that it's over. This has been a life changing experience for all of us. It has affected the course of our lives and I can't say the journey is over, its just changing paths again. Life moves on and we go about our daily business but I think we'll all always carry this with us.

First day home again

Mom's first appt was this morning at 9:30 and her friend Vikki took her over to Corvallis. Mom said the gals in the infusion room were really bubbly and nice and had no problem with her line, other than to ask why she had that rather than a regular port. Mom and Vikki went out for coffee after and then Mom spent the rest of the day at home, resting up. She sounds so much better already!
Tomorrow is her 62nd birthday and I'm so glad she'll be at home to celebrate it. Dr. Lee even told her she could go out for dinner, not sure where they are going to go yet...The kids made her cards before they left for Prineville with Kam and I'm going to drop them off for her at lunch. I'll be gone after tomorrow, so no more updates until next week. Have a great Labor Day weekend!