The next step

Waiting and wondering is one of the hardest things to do. Yesterday day we went to our oncologist t see how the scans went and what they said. The PET Scan indicated a10% growth in exciting timers and no new tumors. This is good. The growth is slow but he wanted better results from the chemo. He is referring us to a specialist in San Francisco. I have such a rare cancer that there are not a lot of studies done because there aren't a lot of patients.

I am running a high fever most of the time. They think that is due to the tumors. I am also experiencing more pain it's not to bad right now I know it could be worse. My life is in Heavenly Fathers hands. I find comfort in that so now I get on with living.

For family night we had a sort of picnic in the park. It was a lot of fun. We each had something different to eat. I had a peanut butter and jam sandwich made from Miang's pluot jam. It was yummy. Val had the best honey dew melons he had ever tasted. Also from Robin and Miang. He also had peanut butter cookies that Kim brought over. He was luck to get some Emma and I had some before he came home and we saved some for him. Emma was full from the previous cookies sh had eaten so she had a popsicle. It was lots of fun. Here are some pictures from our adventure.




          
Emma trying the honey dew melon


     


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