The Journey Continues

Thank you to everyone who joined us in August by doing something active to mark my one year anniversary of diagnosis.  We had a great time doing the 5K in South Weber.  Some of us ran and some of us walked, but we all finished and felt strong at the end.  A special thank you to the Carlson family who came out in full to support us.  You are a family of angels!

Later that day Loren and I went out to dinner for my birthday and I officially took off my Wendi's Fight Club bracelet.  I know my fight continues but having been in remission for a while and feeling pretty good, the time was right for me to take it off.  I really appreciate everyone who has a bracelet and wore it for me and my family. The fight was and continues to be one of the hardest of my life (right there with losing my brother) and I am so humbled to be a part of so many lives and to know of your love and support during this rough time.  

Our journey continues to be one filled with speed bumps on the way to full recovery.  We knew it would be and we


are weathering the bumps which have included 3 separate stays in the hospital for blood infections and one gall bladder surgery along with up days and down days.  Hopefully all that is behind us now (you only have one gall bladder! and my central line which we think was causing the blood infections is now gone).  The only down side is that instead of taking blood from the central line each week I get to be poked with a needle.  But, I would rather have that then go back to the hospital.  

Our three beautiful, talented, amazingly kind daughters.

Our non-cancer lives continue on as well with school starting, soccer games, homecoming dances and horse back riding lessons along with coaching a rec city volleyball team and redoing our kitchen, we are keeping busy and the mom taxi service is back in action!  I am ecstatic that I get to be a part of all the fun!