Round three

October 23, 2011

Round three over and we are still amazed at how well mom is doing.  After talking to several people and recalling the cancer patients we have heard  about in the past, I think how you react to your treatment all depends on the type of cancer you are afflicted with and the course of treatment that you are prescribed.  She has been very fortunate not to have to deal with the sickness and the hair loss.  I think that is one of the hardest things to deal with when you are fighting for your life.  You are so sick trying to fight it that you begin to wonder which would be worse.

So, when the next round of chemo is done it is the beginning of the tests to see where she is and if she is a candidate for the stem cell transplant.  After the conference call with U of M, it looks like all of this may take place during the holidays.  Once they confirm that her cells are in the best shape for a harvest, they will do that and then the week following, she will go in for the month long stay at the hospital.  I believe that during this time she cannot have any visitors because her body will not be able to reject any sickness or virus’.  Dad will be her caregiver and will stay with her during this time.  It will be really hard to know that she is in the worst shape ever and me not being able to help her or my dad with any of it.  I believe that will be the time when I will need to pray the hardest.