At the end of the month of June, I threw my cousin, Shayla and her son, Caleb a baby shower!! I had a lot of help thankfully! It was such a special time! I have to show you the cake and some of the decorations, it was so cute!! The theme was Rock Star Monkey. (That is the theme of the nursery also)
We also had a great 4th of July! I told my oncologist I would not be doing my 5-FU (take home chemo) because it would on me for the 4th and I would not ruin my kids holiday! It was such a great day. I had chemo the day before and just prayed for God to get me thru that day! We started off at Jon's brothers house for a BBQ! I made a fruit platter and white chocolate strawberries before we left! It was such a perfect day! Much needed time with his brother Chris, sister in law Angie and niece and nephew, Jenna and Nathan!! They are expecting twin girls in October and we had a fun time trying to come up with names for them! Then we went to my cousin, Shayla's grandmother in law's house (Did you keep up? Her husband's grandmothers) We set off fireworks there and that was also a perfect time! I was EXTREMELY tired when we got home, but I did not get sick!!
Well, you are almost caught up in all that we have been up to this summer! For those of you who don't know, I really like Tim McGraw! I have been to 3 of his concerts. Well my best friend, Krista asked me what I was doing on Saturday (July 14th) I said, "Nothing, why?" That in itself is a miracle that I had nothing to do that day! Well, she surprised me and got me a ticket to the Brothers in the Sun concert!! (Tim McGraw and Kenny Chesney) The sad thing is, I have been so out of it with being sick and busy, I didn't even know he was in concert again!!! IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST DAYS/NIGHTS OF MY LIFE!! I did NOT have cancer that day!! I was normal!! I got to be me again! It was an all girls day and I really needed it!! I can not stop thinking about that day! I was a little worried when I found out it was a 7 hour concert. But I made it through it! THANK YOU SO MUCH KRISTA AND TAWNYA!! I will never forget that day!! Here are some pics from that day!
Mr. Tim McGraw!!!!! :)
Kenny Chesney
OK... Now we have the medical update. I will make this quick because I just wanted to check in and it is late and I have to help decorate the church for VBS in the morning. Things have been good on the cancer front. My numbers have been steadily dropping and I started Avastin this past week. I did not seem to have any side effects from it thankfully. They said I have about a 50% chance that it will do anything. But with God on my side, its 100%! I tried to put off the Avastin until after we get back from vacation, but it was a no go! I have been feeling really good and I am looking forward to finishing the summer with VBS and vacation. I talked to the dr about my panic attack and let him know that I need to be on something to help with the anxiety. He did give me Xanax, but he told me he also wanted me to go to a psychologist.... YA! LET ME JUST PENCIL THAT IN ON TOP OF EVERYTHING ELSE!!
I have a couple of prayer requests. Our church's VBS is this coming week and we need prayer that everything will go off without a hitch. Also, Jonny, is going to summer camp for a week this coming week. Just pray he stays safe and comes home in one piece. We also applied for some grants to help us financially! We are in dire need that these come through!! Our medical bills are through the roof and there is one grant we are applying for this week that will pay for our child care for Caylee if we get approved!
Thank you to everyone who is still here reading this! LOL! This is why I have not been on here this summer too much, I have been too busy making memories!! God bless you all and thank you for praying for me and my family!!
