Tommy did it! Chemo's DONE ~ AMEN. Like all the other treatments, this last one was hard on him. We were at the hospital ALL day yesterday getting transfusions. Being that we enjoy our extended family at the "Dr's House" it was all good. A wonderful friend and office mate took care of Maggie till Tommy and I could get her around 8 PM. Thank you Angela for ALL that you did yesterday and know we greatly love you and your family.
Now that chemo is done, we'll start the next phase of the treatment which is all about follow up and rebuilding our Tommy. We start with a bone scan and chest x-ray on the 22nd and need to do a MRI, in addition to routine blood checks. The port will be removed from his chest in the near future as well (thinking March).
Tommy will have a BIG "Off Chemo" party from the hospital at the end of this month. He thinks all trophies are called "Piston Cups" from the movie "Cars" so I hope to find him a "Piston Cup" in honor of his chemo being done from Mag's, Dad and I. He has also been awarded a Hero Award and there will be an official presentation for it from the military. And we plan to do a family trip to Disneyland for him next month. His cousins in AZ are planning a party for him as well. Lots to celebrate and that's for sure!!!
Keep visitng back and look for updates. YES, yes, yes!!! Pictures will come...they're a pain to load and takes a lot of time - something I run short on these days.
<>< Kim
Friday, February 8, 2008
Thursday, January 31, 2008
A Miraculous Healing
It IS a miraculous healing to announce Tommy is cancer FREE! And in less than 24 hours, he'll have the LAST dose of chemo for LIFE! As we part our ways from all who have become our extended family here at MAMC, we offer them the Miraculous Medal which is the perfect keepsake token to express our love, greatness and appreciation for the miracle they each have performed in the medical care of giving us back our Tommy!
Friday we will start Tommy's final chemo treatment around 9 AM and will be done around noon, after which he will have 12 hours of hydration, so we will spend our final night and when we awake on Saturday we will be walking out the double doors to the Nursing Tour for the last time as a chemo patient.
Here's the medal that each person we could think of at MAMC who helped in making our miraculous miracle what it was for us...and it was outstanding! For more inforamtion about the medal and it's meaning, please visit http://www.amm.org/medal.asp.
Peace be with you all.
XO,
K <><
Friday we will start Tommy's final chemo treatment around 9 AM and will be done around noon, after which he will have 12 hours of hydration, so we will spend our final night and when we awake on Saturday we will be walking out the double doors to the Nursing Tour for the last time as a chemo patient.
Here's the medal that each person we could think of at MAMC who helped in making our miraculous miracle what it was for us...and it was outstanding! For more inforamtion about the medal and it's meaning, please visit http://www.amm.org/medal.asp.
Peace be with you all.
XO,
K <><
Monday, January 28, 2008
The Start to the Finish Line!
WOW! I cannot believe I am sitting here and able to say we are starting the LAST treatment for Tommy!!! I remember when we started this...not sure if we should...not knowing how Tommy would react...challenging Dr. Forouhar - MAMC vs Seattle's Children...Nurse Becky, trying to give a pep talk and telling me there would be times I'd hate everyone and like them...having NO idea how I would be here and take care of my Maggie Mae - she was only 18 months old when this all started.
Now, here I am today older and wiser in the life of chemo and cancer and I am able to say with MUCH emotions, this is Tommy's LAST chemo treatment. It's just Tommy and I here at the hospital. Daryl is in CA flying for Alaska and Maggie is at home with her "Mama" AKA Auntie Stef (Kim's lil' sista) and nearly 10 year old nephew Kaden.
I want to thank everyone for all that you have done in supporting Tommy and us in getting to this point.
Tommy broke his foot - not the foot with the cancer in it. It was the same foot and bone that he broke 2 years ago. He will get his cast off this week and he cannot wait, he telling Dr. Forouhar today that he wants to scratch the bottom of his foot.
Tommy's hair is sprouting -- hope this week long of chemo treatments doesn't make it all go away. It's been so long since we have seen him with hair, it will be weird to see him with it. Plus he's not the baby he was when he lost it. He's so much more mature and VERY strong minded and willed. Gee, wonder who he gets that from! Aunt Stef says he's a mini me through and through and Maggie is a little of both.
More to follow later in the week.
Love & Peace <>< Kim
Now, here I am today older and wiser in the life of chemo and cancer and I am able to say with MUCH emotions, this is Tommy's LAST chemo treatment. It's just Tommy and I here at the hospital. Daryl is in CA flying for Alaska and Maggie is at home with her "Mama" AKA Auntie Stef (Kim's lil' sista) and nearly 10 year old nephew Kaden.
I want to thank everyone for all that you have done in supporting Tommy and us in getting to this point.
Tommy broke his foot - not the foot with the cancer in it. It was the same foot and bone that he broke 2 years ago. He will get his cast off this week and he cannot wait, he telling Dr. Forouhar today that he wants to scratch the bottom of his foot.
Tommy's hair is sprouting -- hope this week long of chemo treatments doesn't make it all go away. It's been so long since we have seen him with hair, it will be weird to see him with it. Plus he's not the baby he was when he lost it. He's so much more mature and VERY strong minded and willed. Gee, wonder who he gets that from! Aunt Stef says he's a mini me through and through and Maggie is a little of both.
More to follow later in the week.
Love & Peace <>< Kim
Friday, January 4, 2008
Need Prayers!
Happy New Year to you all!!! We thought our Tommy would be done with his chemo treatments at this point...not the case. For the last FIVE weeks we have gone to the Dr House (Hospital) every other day to see if Tommy's blood counts are up and strong enough for chemo, but his little body has been through so much, he's just not rebounding.
Our next attempt will next week on Tuesday. If his platelets are still too low, then they will have to start some tests to see what's going on. Hard not to have a wild imagination but I refuse to give in to them. I have never feared that Tommy wouldn't concur the cancer, in fact he has - the chemo is just protocol, but the cancer is GONE!
Daryl starts his first official flight with Alaska Airlines tomorrow! I'm VERY proud of all that he has accomplished and to have been at his side the entire time of both of his flying careers and support him all the way!! What will be hardship on all of us is having him based out of LAX while we live in Washington. Funny that we waited nearly a decade before we started a family so that our children wouldn't have to suffer the growing aches and pains of their daddy's absence while serving in the military and here we are still living with what we didn't want. The ultimate goal is for him to get stationed out of Seattle in about a year from now. I think the kids and I will be doing a lot of traveling by ourselves to Arizona to deal with the split lifestyle. Nothing like a little sunshine to cure the blues and lots of time playing with cousins.
Keep the prayers going for Tommy and know I love you for them!!! <><
Our next attempt will next week on Tuesday. If his platelets are still too low, then they will have to start some tests to see what's going on. Hard not to have a wild imagination but I refuse to give in to them. I have never feared that Tommy wouldn't concur the cancer, in fact he has - the chemo is just protocol, but the cancer is GONE!
Daryl starts his first official flight with Alaska Airlines tomorrow! I'm VERY proud of all that he has accomplished and to have been at his side the entire time of both of his flying careers and support him all the way!! What will be hardship on all of us is having him based out of LAX while we live in Washington. Funny that we waited nearly a decade before we started a family so that our children wouldn't have to suffer the growing aches and pains of their daddy's absence while serving in the military and here we are still living with what we didn't want. The ultimate goal is for him to get stationed out of Seattle in about a year from now. I think the kids and I will be doing a lot of traveling by ourselves to Arizona to deal with the split lifestyle. Nothing like a little sunshine to cure the blues and lots of time playing with cousins.
Keep the prayers going for Tommy and know I love you for them!!! <><
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