Thursday April 19,
2012
I sat down at my computer this morning to find this touching letter from my 13 year old daughter. I am amazed at her
maturity of spirit:
I love you mom! You are the best creature
on this entire planet!! I hope that I'm making a difference from who I was to
who I am. I'm trying hard to help you and I hope that you know that I love you.
If there is anything that you want me to do for you just ask or even just text
me. I'll always get around to help you be amazing. If there is one thing that I
am glad about for this experience, it's the chance to be more like you. It's
also more than just your life in God's capable hands, each of our lives are in
his hands and he can do anything to us at any time. One thing may just be
curing your cancer with an unusual speed. He can do anything and will do
anything to help us. I know that he loves you and me with more love than anyone
can imagine, and I have felt it towards me and I know he feels at least the
same amount of love to you as well. I know that through this experience you
will grow stronger and help others to grow stronger too. I love you and know
that we will get rid of this cancer. I know that you will live a long life and
that you'll even be able to help me raise my future children. You will be the
greatest grandmother in the history of the world. It always seems that when
parents become grandparents, they become even nicer and even better. I know that
it may seem impossible, but I know you will be, and that you'll be able to help
all of us kids. Thanks for being there for me for my whole entire life, even
before I was born. I love you Mom. You are truly the greatest.
-love your loving daughter, Lexy
Wow!
I had my 2nd chemo appt today. My sister in law,
Jenny, came to take me. Things went really well. We met with the oncologist
first and asked her a list of questions. She scheduled me for a chest CT scan
on May 8th to see how the cancer is responding to the treatments.
Then my third chemo apt will be on May 11th. That will be my half
way mark. I told her that I’m feeling pretty darn good. She was encouraged by
my ability to endure the treatments so far. I asked about summer plans,
boating, water, etc. She told me that I can’t be in the sun because I’ll burn
too easily due to my skin cells turning over so quickly. I was also told not to
be in the water if we want to do Sand Hollow. No water, no sun, that doesn’t
make boating sound like much fun. We’ll have to figure something to do as a
family this summer. The nurses were able to access my port to administer the
drugs without any problems at all. Yay! While the medication was being
administered, I worked on my list of people for the wedding invitations. Jenny
& I visited and it really was a pleasant day.
There was a woman in the
clinic that was getting her treatment for breast cancer. She was cute and happy
and had the funniest t-shirt on. She explained that she never thought she’d be
getting a ‘boob job’ at age 60. Then she showed us the shirt. It simply said,
“YES, they are fake! The real ones were trying to kill me.” I laughed and
laughed. A positive attitude and a sense of humor really do make all the
difference in getting through difficult things in life.
Me & my cute sister-in-law!
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