Chemo #6

Not much to report on this Chemo update. There has definitely been a decrease in energy level since having chemo last time. About 5 days after last chemo, Libby was feeling really really tired and ended up sleeping 5 hours straight in the afternoon. Luckily I was able to be home to take care of the kids.

Libby and I celebrated our 5th anniversary this past Saturday. The best 5 years of our lives. We took he opportunity to have a date night and went to 54th Steeet for the first time. There was a 45 minute wait when we arrived, but we didn't mind since we didn't have to wait with kiddos.

Libby will be having another PET scan in two or three weeks. We will find out the results of which when we come in for the next treatment in three weeks from today. At that time, the doctor may determine that sh will not need to do a 7th and 8th treatment and just have to have radiation only for three weeks. We are praying that she not only doesn't have to have a 7th and 8th treatment, but no radiation either.

That is all for is update. BW will be turning 2 in a little over a week. Will post birthday pictures on our next update. Thanks for all your prayers and support. To God be the glory.

Chemo #5

So here we sit, chemo treatment #5... Hope everyone had a great 4th of July. We celebrated a little early on the 1st at the Haslet 4th of July celebration parade and fireworks. Our city doesn't offer any 4th of July events so we, since last year, have been going to a nearby city to celebrate. It's a small town parade with a fun fireworks show once it gets dark. Our friends joined us to celebrate with their daughter for her first parade and firework show. We did a picnic in the nearby park for dinner and then walked down the street to watch the parade. I think we shall continue to make this a Weigand family tradition. Below is a family picture we took while there and you will see the t-shirts Libby and the kids made. Very cute design, in my humble opinion. I did add my personal touch by helping outline where the stripes should be (a little OCD about having straight stripes).

A week ago from last Wednesday, Libby did another PET scan to see the progress of shrinking/eliminating cancerous cells. Her first scan before chemo showed she had several locations above and below her diaphragm in her lymphatic system where cancerous cells were growing. We just found out the results of this last test this morning. We were told that the PET showed no more cancerous cells above her diaphragm and the ones below are in remission! God is good! The largest mass, which was about 15cm long in her abdomin, is now about 6cm. With this news though, we were told there is a good chance Libby will still need 3 more treatments after today. Not sure about radiation treatment. That will be determined for sure at a later time. Thank you for all the support and prayers. We have amazing friends and family who are helping us get through this one step at a time.