more hair pictures

update

Mom took another ca125 test. The test came back at an 11, as long as she's below 35 its good. So very good news!! She will do this test again next month and talk with the doctor about the results. I'll keep you posted.

hair

Mom's hair is growing back! She's a little dissappointed its not coming in purple. :-)

visitors

Mom's sister Peggy, her husband Tom and their daughter Colleen all came out from Indiana to visit with us and see how mom's been doing. Dad drove us all to the beach and through the redwood trees on saturday. Sunday we had Easter dinner and Tony and Sheila came over.

doctor update

mom had her doctor's appointment today. He said the ct scan and pet scan were good. Basically everything is looking good at this point. She will go back in other 3 months to take another ca125 test to make sure the number stays low.

swimming

Mom is swimming again but of course taking her time and going slow. She is feeling well and is sleeping much better now that she's swimming again.

update

Mom and Dad came over sunday night for dinner with Dela and I in Larkspur. It was fun eating and hanging out for a bit.

Mom has a CT scan tomorrow and a doctors appointment on the 19th.

update

That last chemo treatment was definitely the hardest, but finally today mom is feeling much better. She is starting to getting her energy back.

In the middle of March she will go in for a CT scan and then a few days later meet with the doctor for the results. I will add the dates when mom lets me know.

Chemo is done

It was definitely the hardest chemo treatment for mom, but she made it through it and we are all very happy she is done. Mom made the nurses brownies and they loved them, they were all gone by the time mom left.

Moira says,"tell everyone how grateful i am for all their love, prayers and support"

last chemo treatment!

Mom's last chemo treatment is tomorrow, so please lots of prayers and good thoughts! We really appreciate it.

update

Mom had shortness of breath for two nights in a row at dinner time, so she went into the cardiologist and had a chest xray and heart eco/ stress test. The x-ray showed she was fine and the heart eco/stress test showed her heart is fine. The doctor did notice a slightly lower red blood cell count, so it is easy for her to just change her diet slighty to bring the blood cell count back up. She is feelign much better now.

chemo threatment #5

Mom finished chemo treatment #5. She's home and doing well.

update

A test mom took on Tuesday showed her white blood cell count was extremely low at a 2.4, so for 3 consecutive days she had to go in and get a shot to bring her white blood cell count back up, to stimulate the bone marrow and it raised the blood count to 20 by Saturday. Hopefully she will recoup faster after this Wednesday's 5th chemo treatment. Mom was able to celebrate this good news with her parents and brother Jamie and his wife Mary as they were here visiting. Dela and I were able to come and celebrate, too.

4th chemo treatment

Mom finished her 4th chemo treatment yesterday. It was a long day but she was feeling good afterwards.

updates

Mom's CA-125 test is down to 7 and the doctor said it probably won't go lower than that. but just as long as its below 35 it is good. And he says after all 6 treatments she will have an 80% chance of never getting ovarian cancer again. Very good news.

Mom's neuropenia (low white blood count) is back again after her 3rd chemo treatment, so please don't visit her if you are sick.

Mom was learning some water arobics, but since she has neuropenia again, she probably won't go into the pool till she is done with chemo, we'll see what the doctor says.

Thanks again for all the prayers and dinners.