April 16th Spring update

Hey everyone,

I would like to wish you all a belated Happy Easter greeting!

I have been notified by several individuals that I have not presented an update since Laurie started her second round of chemo. For that I do apologize.

Laurie’s last two treatments, this past Monday and the week before, went very well and her only side effect was not being able to sleep the night of the treatments because of the steroids. Once the steroids wore off she was fine and had a great week last week and so far this week has been good. The first treatment was a “double dose” of Herceptin which kicks off the treatment and then and also included a “double dose” of steroids. The second treatment had the normal dosage of Taxol and Herceptin and the double dose of steroids. Her treatment next Monday should be the “normal” dosages of all three so we anticipate a good night’s sleep that evening and a good week following the treatment.

We understand that after several Taxol and Herceptin treatments she may experience soreness in the joints but that has not occurred yet and we are praying that this continues.

We enjoyed celebrating Easter with our family at Laurie's sister Carlene's home. We also celebrated Brooke and Ridge's 8th birthday last Tuesday. Quite a week of celebration!

We were blessed to have Martha from Oak Hill ES prepare our meal last Thursday evening. The Teriyaki chicken, brown rice, salad, and cherry dessert were the perfect ending to an eventful Spring Break day! Thanks Martha!

We will be away this weekend at Rehoboth Beach for Forrest’s baseball tournament and are looking forward to getting away to the beach even if it is only for a couple days.

Laurie’s next treatment is next Monday. Please keep us in your prayers and thoughts.

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