Life has been crazy. But a different kind of crazy than I ever imagined. Brandon asked me what I do. I told him I nap and write in my journal. I would also add that I do what I can for my family. I can not drive because of my pain medication. People take Drew and Mary every day for me so I can rest. I have had people drive me to my wound care appointments and people also take my kids to their games, practices and lessons. I have not been able to do a blog entry for a long time because I can not stay awake long enough to finish one. But I just need to type and let people know what is going on.


I did have surgery but they were not able to do a skin graft because they had to take out so much of the muscle. I have an open wound and the dressing has to be changed Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays. They are waiting to be able to do the skin graft. The plastic surgeon, Dr. Bruggeman called on Saturday (he was supposed to be coming to my dressing changes to observe what was happening... but he forgot about me... so the wound care specialist called him and told him this...) and said that my chest wall would not be ready for a graft for 2 more months. Now he is out of town for the week. Hopefully Monday when he gets back we will be able to learn what our options are. We finally got my pain medication to the right dosage so I am able to stay out of pain. What a huge relief! Pain is so hard to deal with!

But we are hanging in here. I am trusting that Heavenly Father knows what he is doing with me. And indeed I have learned so much! I know that He loves me!

Oh, I have to tell the good news! I nearly forgot! My PET scan that I had in April was so encouraging! The cancer that was around my sternum is nearly resolved. So Dr. Dickson, my oncologist said that he will put me on Herceptin (a "light-weight" chemo) Then I will have another scan and if it is just as good then I will only have to have that from here on out! He also said that this is the miracle we have been praying for. Behold... a light at the end of the tunnel!