TREATMENT DAY

Today Angela was "introduced" to her new drugs. She is now receiving a new chemo drug (added to the two she is already taking) and a new nausea pill. Time will tell if the new chemo drug is working but I can tell you that the new nausea medication IS working. She called me today after her treatment and she was having trouble deciding between a cheeseburger from Wendy's or homemade lasagna that we brought her last night. Does that sound like someone not feeling well??? When we last spoke it sounded like the lasagna won...............but I am sure she'll change her mind a few times before she gets home.

She will continue with her treatments every other Wednesday (new chemo once per month). The next MRI is scheduled one month from now with the next visit to Duke in two months. David will post more details at a later date regarding her treatment plan.

Angela seems to be doing well. I am sure that you all can understand that she has been a little down lately BUT she still remains positive and focused on a full recovery.

Please pray for Angela to continue to have the strength to fight the battle.

Thanks for the prayers,
tammy

PS - Angela just called to say that the lasagna was great.......guess she didn't change her mind!

Setback

I wish I had better news, but the tumor appears to be growing again. Dr. Reardon, her doctor at Duke, is adding another chemo drug to the "cocktail", Carboplatin. We're waiting to board the plane. It will be a long ride home.

We're Still Here!

We survived Gustav. Angela said she is leaving to find a far away island next Labor Day. Last Labor Day it was a brain tumor. This Labor Day it was Gustav.

We have no power like the rest of Louisiana, but we were very fortunate to have no damage to our house. The boys and Kat clung to my legs as we ventured out into the early part of the Hurricane on our front porch.

Angela is doing fine. As I'm typing this we are sitting in the luxury of air conditioning at Dr. Staggs' office getting her biweekly round of chemo. I'm sure she'd skip the chemo if she could even, if though it comes with AC. We're gearing up to go to Duke on Sunday. We're going to miss all this heat and humidity here.