Radiation is Over.... Chemo Too For Now...

Patti’s last radiation treatment was this morning and her chemo pills are gone.  Thanks so much to everyone who has made the last six or seven weeks so bearable.  We are in such a new and scary place.  Patti has kept up on dietary ideas and if sleep were a prescription medicine, she might have overdosed the past week.  People who meet Patti and talk to her on the phone are blown away by her attitude and her optimism.  Her doctors are so complimentary of Patti's fighting spirit.  And her vitals and blood work are better than mine.  She will make the Big C her hostage and squish it like a bug!!!

On Sunday (Mother’s Day) Mary Catherine came home from Ole Miss after the Spring Semester.  She’ll be with us all summer and the added fun will be great.  She’s likely to take a summer job and keep the house busy with high school and college friends.  Those of you who are parents know how much fun that is.  And how much fun it is to complain about it.

Saturday we leave for Santa Rosa, FL and our annual Cabinet Meeting.  Don’t ask about the name, nobody knows the answer.  But for 28 years, four families (fathered by four fraternity brothers from UGA) have gotten together at a beach in the South and watched our kids and guts grow like weeds.  This Meeting will feature the first two members of the third generation.  If everyone shows up their will be 27 including spouses, children, children's children and significant others.  A photo of most of the group from last year’s trip to Saint Simon’s Island is attached.

 

Next for Patti is another MRI in about two weeks.  This will tell us if the tumor has taken a hike as expected.  More chemo will be scheduled sometime during the summer and another MRI every couple of months is the normal schedule.

This blog will take a short break for vacation and because there are no doctor visits or similar for a while.  Please, please continue the cards and calls.  We are all part of Patti’s family now.