This just in.....

As many of you know the first MRI after all the radiation and CHEMO treatment was to be completed in May. Well I had the first test a few weeks ago and the 1st doctor thought it looked good but we had to wait for the official report. We waited almost 2 week and saw the neurosurgeon and got the official report. We should have known somthing was wrong when he came in asking "so what did the 1st Dr. tell you?"..... that can't ever be good. Well he thought that there was something that needed further investigation. So back to the MRI machine for some super duper tests.....I only had to stay still for 2 hours this time! Well that test was on Friday at 6am yeah that's right 6am, yikes! Then we had to wait over the holiday weekend for the results. To make matters worse our Friday's Dr. appt. got moved up to Tuesday (today), the same day we meet with the neurosurgeon, so we thought for sure it was bad news and they both wanted to be there. So all weekend we worried and discussed the big life issues contemplating what our future had in store for us and the family. Well it turns out all that worrying was because our CHEMO Dr. has jury duty and was not going to be there on Friday! Anyhow we meet with both Dr.'s and they both said that the radiology report came back stating that the spot they see most likely is not a tumor but they can not definitely rule that possible out. So basically they don't know if it is or isn't anything! Well you are asking so what does that mean? It means that we all wait another month and see what the next MRI comes back as and they monitor me a little closer for a while. As far as Hallie and I are concerned this news is just fine considering what the alternative could have been.

I hope everyone had a great holiday weekend and got to spend some time with the family.

Happy Mothers's Day.

Hey Everyone! Happy Mother's Day. Hope all had a wonderful and exciting day, and had an opportunity to speak to those important females and took a minute to say thank you. Thank you for dreams, hope, discipline, and most important love. The mother has helped us learn, grow, experiment and succeed in all of these wonderful areas. Again to all mothers, young and old, thank you for all your hard work. I especially want to thank my mom for all her love and support over the years and to my mother-in-law who raise a wonderful daughter whom I love dearly.

As for me I am so glad that Friday night was my last chemo pill for this month. The increase in my milligrams has had much more negativity than all the other previous chemo pills. As I described to Hallie, it just makes me feel "blah". The more I felt this it seemed as though a better description is just constant nausea. As all the previously pregnant women know once you feel nauseous you struggle to eat. Well, with no eating your body reminds you that you are hungry with headaches, growling tummies, and basic hunger pains. So the patterns repeats, nausea, hunger, headache......AHHHHH. Anyway I'm looking forward to this next week to get back to normal hopefully really quickly so I can return to the great eater that all my fire department brothers know that I am deep inside.

Our Family Addition!!

Well everyone has been waiting to see our new addition since our announcement. As you can see she is a very cute Chocolate Lab named CeCe. I fell in love with her and convinced Hallie that Hunter would love to have a dog and he has wanted one for a while. Since Easter was right around the corner we decided to get her. Well little did I know that the dog would actually be Hallie's and not Hunter's. She listens to everything Hallie says.....nothing that I say. Hallie can yell at her from another room....she will stop whatever she is doing........and go find her. If I yell at her to stop chewing on.... oh any number of things....she just looks at me and well......laughs..... This is would be fine but after the 1st two weeks Hallie went back to work so my days have been....well very long!!! Of course once Hallie comes home she is just a perfect Angel. I know that Hallie thinks I must be having issues again because she never misbehaves for her and Hallie can't understand what I am taking about. (ps. check out those PAWS......huge!)

As for me I have started my 3rd round of Chemo, I did so well with the first two rounds (Ha, Ha) the doctor decided to increase my dose. Well in a few days I will let you know how that goes. I am not feeling that great already so I am sure it will be a long week or weeks. Well, at least I can just rest and feel better in between rounds with CeCe.

Finally don't forget Mothers Day is on Sunday and whether it's your mom or some other fantastic women remember to take a moment and say "I Love you" or "Thanks for all you do". Its the little things in life that go a long way and you will have made someones day!