Well, we officially got the news today that moms PET scan showed that her cancer was decreasing in size/number. Mom went in yesterday for her second PET scan to look and see at where her cancer was at after five chemo treatments and she met today with the doctors to discuss the results. Natalie was able to be at the appointment with mom and hear the great news for herself. Natalie said that the nurse, Pam, who reguarly works with Dr.Ward, came in the room and said, "so are you ready to do the Happy Dance," boy are we! These have been some tough five weeks, not only dealing with all the side effects the chemo causes, but also mentally not knowing if the chemo was even helping to get rid of the cancer.
Mom of course was so happy, just like the rest of us. She is making so much progress in the past month. Her weight is trying to stabilize and she is making more effort to eat by mouth and use her feeding tube less and less. She is looking better also. Her hair hasn't fallen out and from what the nurses are telling us it most likely won't with her type of chemo treatments, it just gets really thin.
We wanted to thank all of the family and friends who have been able to come by and visit mom during the past five weeks. Her brother Allen has been able to fly out twice to spend time with her...and it has been so nice for mom to have family and get some more support.
Lets keep up the progress.
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