Wow - I'm behind!

Well, now that two months have passed since I last posted...I'm attempting to get back on the blog bandwagon!! My, how time flies!

This morning, I picked up my Mom from the Austin airport. We are headed to Houston this evening. She'll have a day full of appointments and treatment tomorrow.

The last three chemo treatments went well. Dad and Taylor joined Mom on one trip, then Melanie, then Mom and Dad went again. This last time, Mom started her new regimen which only includes chemo by IV, not in pill-form (the chemo pill was the Xeloda, which was some heavy hitting stuff). It's been a relief for her not to have to take the pills anymore.

However, the chemo by IV has more potential for making Mom sick in the first 24 hours after the treatment. So, we'll come back to Austin tomorrow evening and she'll stay with us until Thursday morning to make sure she isn't miserable on the flight home.

After this trip, Mom only has two more chemo infusions to go! And she'll probably never want to go back to Houston again!

Once the chemo treatments are done, she'll finish up with six weeks of radiation in Midland. The doctor said they usually wait a few weeks between the last chemo treatment and starting radiation, but since Mom is doing so well, she may be able to go straight into it.

We're thinking she'll be done by Thanksgiving!


I'll post some more tomorrow, once we are in the middle of things.

As always, we covet your prayers for safe travel and a painless/side effect-less day at MD Anderson.