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.