Cookies and Cake.....and now we wait!

Sorry it's taken me so long to update. It's been such an emotional journey we've been on that it's taken me a few days to decompress and gather my thoughts. So, you can tell by the blog title that everything went well last Thursday.....and "yay" it was the last time!

The day started bright and early. Kaitlyn had to be at the infusion center by 9:30 and, of course, we had to get breakfast out of the way first. Since it was the last time for the potent chemo drugs the girl wanted to look her best. So, that meant anything and everything orange. Lorraine Severns helped the cause this go-around with some beautiful orange straps for Kaitlyn's switch-flops. For those of you not familiar with those sandals I recommend a visit to Flirt in downtown Rochester. Not only did Lorraine provide the orange straps but she also made Kaitlyn some gorgeous orange earrings. So along with those items, she also sported a pretty orange scarf on her head and a nice orange top. Her Dad and I got her an orange bead for her bracelet from Flirt as well. It was to celebrate the last of the grueling chemo drugs.

We decided a head of time that we wanted to celebrate so we brought two dozen cookies to the nursing staff at the infusion center. Those gals have all been super and have the most compassionate hearts. They sure made it easy for us every time we went. Not to be out done, Kaitlyn's friend, Andhra brought a nice chocolate cake with a big "No More Chemo" written on it and a great orange and pink balloon bouquet. The nurses were in heaven and promised to share with the other patients that were due in that day.

Kira Jump Kimmel, a high school friend, stopped in for a visit with us as well. It was sure good to have her with us! She's had some medical problems of her own due to a hit and run that she was involved in in Indy. We are wishing her all the best and including her in our prayers. Love you Kira!

Other than those two gals, we ended as we began....with Scott, Kaitlyn and I. It seemed appropriate to do it this way. Scott said Kaitlyn's lab results still looked pretty good despite the double infection she had been fighting for a week. Her platelets were a little low but we knew about that ahead of time and it didn't stop the chemo process from taking place. At just a little under four hours it takes along time for those drugs to get pushed thru and by the end Kaitlyn was pretty tired and sick. All I can say is that after watching that girl go thru this process this summer, I don't think I'll complain about a headache ever again in my life. I probably don't say this enough....but really she's my hero.

So now we wait. Her immune system has to get back on track and then we will meet with Dr. Kennedy's office to discuss surgery. In the meantime, Kaitlyn will still go every three weeks to the infusion center for herceptin. It's a twenty minute infusion and everyone tells us that there are no side effects from it. We're holding them to their promise:)

It feels good to know that this part is behind us now and maybe, just maybe, there might be a light at the end of this tunnel we've been in. To try and tell you all in words how much your prayers and comments have meant to us.....well there just aren't enough to do that. Seriously, without all of you we don't know how we could have done this. Evey time that girl started to feel down or a little depressed...one of you would send her a card or a message on facebook or comment on this blog. We just know that it was God making sure she knew how many of you cared. Thanks so much for caring and praying and sending cards and care packages. You all will just never know what it has meant to us. That's enough rambling for one night, so you all know the drill....you keep praying and she'll keep fighting. God Bless you all!

Peace, Love and Hope,
Lisa