star pupil

Great news! Mom's scan was read as "stable", meaning there's been no progress of her disease since her scan in April. The only thing that shows up as possible cancer are those enlarged lymph nodes in her chest that we've been watching for almost a year now - they remain unchanged. The node that tested positive for breast cancer in Mom's abdomen didn't show up on the CT scan at all!

Dr. Tauer called Mom his "star pupil" and wants her to continue with the Tykerb/Herceptin combo for at least three more months - maybe forever. We'd rather get rid of the Tykerb at some point due to the unpleasant side effects, but Trish can definitely live with them if she has to! She will have another CT scan in three months. We gave Dr. T some goodies from our garden (sweet pickles and cucumber apple rings) so he'll have more incentive to keep Trish around for a few more summers. ;-)

While waiting for her scan, Mom met two other amazing cancer-fighting women - a 92-year-old who "fast walks" 2.5 miles five days a week and another woman who's headed back to Haiti on Monday to continue her work with World Vision. I hope their news today was as good as ours! Praise God for "sick" women who don't let cancer run their lives!

We are so grateful for all of our faithful prayer warriors and for the ways that God has answered our prayers!


"Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good!" -1 Chronicles 16:34


p.s. Sorry I'm so late in getting this update posted - I literally fell asleep mid-post last night!