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Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Treatment 11

Wow!! Only 1 more! We are super excited!!! :)

This treatment is going well so far. As well as it ever does. For some reason the anti-nausea medicine isn't working as well as it normally does, but other than that nothing is really bad so far, which is good!

Still no word from the surgeon on if they are going to leave the surgery at the current date, but we are hoping it doesn't change too much. It is nice to think we are so close to being done. We are just holding our breath to know if there is anymore cancer, or if it spread. That determines the next year or more of our lives so we are anxious to know. We are praying hard to have no more cancer, but I already decided he doesn't get to have any more cancer so I guess we don't need to keep worrying! :)

Glad things this treatment:

- The staff at the center is so amazing. We have become friends with them all. I don't know what we would do without the staff there. They are so happy and positive. It is great because they are all SO different too! They each bring their only unique personality and spirit. It is great. :) Apart from being so kind, they are so good at what they do. They take such good care of Kent and the other patients there.

- The new friends we met today. Kent was extra talkative today and the other patients talking today too. We met 4 new friends today. They are all at different levels in their treatments and are all emotionally at different levels of acceptance, but I am grateful to meet them and to share stories with them.

2 of the individuals we met today told us how their treatments involve certain procedures and medications that will last the rest of their lives. We hope that they might be blessed in their journey and pray it goes well. As sad as we are that they must continue their treatments like that, we are grateful that the end of Kent's is in sight.

We decided that Kennedy is going to come with us for Kent's last treatment. 2 weeks from Thursday we are going to have him come and help his daddy ring the victory bell! You get to ring the bell on your last treatment. We think Kennedy is going to love the bell! :)

Congrats to our sweet friend who is supposed to finish he treatments next week! You made it!!

Here are a few pictures I thought they were appropriate! Chemo is a journey that isn't easy, and I admire those who go through it.



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The impossible is almost DONE!!!

Thursday, July 17, 2014

Treatment 10

Yay! Treatment 10 is done. We are so grateful it is finished. Kent still never really got better, but they said that is what happens with chemo! We more or less expected this, but we figured it would have happened a long time ago. We hoped with all his other rare side effects, maybe the never getting better aspect would skip him. It didn't, but that is ok. Only 2 treatments left!! The plan right now is to push through and just finish. No more breaks, unless something "scary" happens. I assume that means his white blood cell count gets really low or something.

Have you seen Pollyanna? She plays a game called "The Glad Game". I am trying to make it my new motto! No matter our trials there is always some good, right? So this week in chemo, some of the "glad things" we saw are:

Blessings (Glad things) during treatment 10:
 - Only 2 treatments left!
 - The week off has encouraged us that the abdominal pain Kent has is just another one of those odd side effects. There had been concern about it being the result of surgical complications or that it could be permanent from chemo. It started to ease up during the extra week so the doctor thinks if we give it a few weeks after chemo the pain should be completely gone!!
 - Kent was able to sleep through his chemo treatment! This always seems to help him have a better cycle than when he is awake and feeling it slowly make him feel worse.
 - While  Kent slept I spoke with another patient next to us. We have met him before, but we have never exchanged names. (Why? Who knows!) He is probably in his 50's, but is super nice. I was just reading and he kept leaning over "Excuse me miss, sorry to bother you, but have you heard about..." and he told me about a bunch of sports things. He is so optimistic! The good news though is that he had just found out that day that his test results show he is now in remission. He will finish his treatments, but the cancer is done. I was so happy for him that I started to cry! I am so grateful that he received that news. I am praying we get that news too, along with all of our friends from chemo. I had recently met a young woman whose father has been in remission 3 times and is now it is back and worse than ever. She told me, just before finding our Kent has cancer, that remission is a lie. That cancer always comes back, that it truly never leaves, and anyone who tells you differently is lying. I have been told that several times, but hearing this mans news warmed my heart and gave me great hope for the future! Even if it comes back at a later date he has received the blessing of more time and hopefully less sickness! I hope every patient with cancer gets that ray of hope, of remission. That mans story warmed my heart. He left chemo with a quick squeeze on my shoulder, a good luck, and a skip in his step. I am so grateful for his happiness. :)

There is Sunshine in My Soul Today


The "glad game". Pollyanna's father taught her to play this when she had no friends, old, worn clothing, no toys, and only the very basics of life. She's one of my heroes. <3

Thursday, July 10, 2014

Not Quite Treatment 10

We almost had treatment 10 on Tuesday. However, when we met with our doctor he determined that Kent was too sick to have the current treatment at this time. Kent got really sick this last treatment and he stayed sick the entire time. At the doctor's suggestion we decided to wait an extra week before continuing treatments. That puts all the treatments off a week, but we felt that it was the best thing. They said unfortunately the next few are going to be really tough treatments, that without the break Kent probably would be unable to complete all of his treatments. We are grateful that Kent has the extra week to try and feel a little better. We are especially grateful that treatments are almost done! Hurray!! :) We are so grateful for all the love we have felt, all the support we have been given as we worked through all of this. We are also very grateful to know that our Father in Heaven and our Savior Jesus Christ have been with us through it all.


God is with you. #lds #quotes