One more week down

Welcome back to another installment that is the cancer blog!! Just a quick update on me, last Saturday the parents and I were in Bloomington to help Scott celebrate his birthday. Sunday we went and packed up all of my stuff out of the house in Indy to bring back to Rochester to get ready for the big move in August. It was mostly me supervising my parents packing everything as I had no energy to actually lift anything. Monday and Tuesday were bad days, I was extremely exhausted and had no energy to do anything. I spent all day Tuesday on the couch watching movies and sleeping. The rest of the week though I was able to work and felt a whole lot better, even made it out to the ball diamond Friday night to watch some softball.

So my next round of chemo isn't until Aug. 5th and I'm hoping to actually work an entire week this week. I know I'm probably the only person who is excited about going to work, but being at work is a great distraction for me and I'm able to have somewhat of a routine and be normal. So the news we got last week wasn't the greatest news but I trust my team of doctors and if they think that doing chemo first is the best way to go then that's what we are going to do.

I've also posted some new pictures from chemo and from the wedding I went to a couple of weeks ago. I want to spend the remainder of this post though talking about my support team. Everything that I have read and everyone I have talked to says the way to get through this is to surround yourself with positive people and a strong support team. And I think Team Thomas pretty much rocks. I couldn't ask for a better team. First and foremost are my parents, who have been my rock in this whole thing. They are the first people I call when I have any news from the doctors. So early on in my diagnosis they would have to listen to me crying and yelling and they were able to calm me down and let me know that I wasn't alone in this. My brother Scott has been to every appointment and treatment, and I don't know that I can express in words what all he has done for me. He reads my blood counts and explains to me what my they are, as well as help me understand what side effects I'm going to feel with the different drugs they are giving me. He's also been great at making me laugh when I need a good laugh. The rest of my family, the Thomas's and the Dittman's have been amazing with just taking care of my parents and brother as well. And to everyone who follows this blog, comments, sent a card, a gift, prayed, or just asked how I was doing I consider you all apart of Team Thomas. To see the amount of love and support towards not only me but my family has been very overwhelming and humbling and makes me want to fight even harder to beat this disease. You are all going to be invited to the "I survived cancer party" this time next year!!

So in closing I would like to say that everything is a fight for me. But, I will fight everyday because I have a lot of people praying and pulling for me to win this battle and that's what I plan on doing.

Thank you Team Thomas for everything you have done and continue to do for me and my family! Keep those prayers coming I truly feel them and know they are working! :)

Peace, Love and Hope
Kaitlyn