Jodi has skipped three chemo treatments now and seems to be healing well. I guess more time is needed to really know. She has been working more this week, but is still very tired at the end of the day, sometime her days are a lot longer than other days, but she is still tired none the less. She looks better each day and tells me she is ready for her hair trimmed. YEA!!!

Doing good!

Jodi is doing good today. Now that she is off chemo for awhile, she seems to be doing better each day as her body begins to heal from all her surgeries. She is just taking aleve to control the pain. She tells me she will work part of the day tomorrow. She still gets so tired. I love you, my amazing Jodi. :}

Happy New Year

I got to spend the last day of 2010 with Jodi. She has a bit of a cold, but feeling pretty good. . She is healing good. Her antibiotic had a reaction with her pain med. so she is not taking the pain med.Because she is not doing chemo treatment now, she can take some aleve or advil which helps with the pain from the drain site. She is so tough! she was able to get out and do some jeeping with Tom on Thursday, which helped her emotionally. Love ya Jodi.... Hang in there.

Christmas 12-25-10

My sweet Jodi spent part of Christmas with us. She is so sweet and loving. We are so blessed to have her in our lives.

Surgery again 12-27-10

Poor Jodi had to have surgery again last night, 12-28-10. Her other incision split open and Tom had to rush her to the emergency room. They did the surgery right there in the emergency room and took out her other expander. She is so frusterated and upset. She has endured so much. She is really trying to be strong and positive but it is weighing on her. She got one drain taken out from the surgery last week and a new drain put in. She hates the drains. The medicine they prescribed for her (antibiotics and pain medicine) don't go together and made her throw up so when she spoke to the doctors office she asked that they change the pain medicine rather than the antibiotics because she was worried about the costs to the insurance company. The antibiotics are in the $1000's and she was worried about them. That girl amazes me. Always worried about everyone else.

Surgery on 12-21-10

Tylia and her mommy at the hospital awaiting surgery. She had just got her IV put in and they had to poke her so many times. Her veins kept rolling and they were hurting her. But she still fought to smile. She is my hero.

Jodi and Tylia at the Dickens Festival

I took Jodi and Tylia to the Dickens Festival to see Santa. I got Jodi a new hat and she looks so cute in it. We had to get her a children's hat because the adult hat was too big. Tylia asked Santa to help her mommy with cancer and make her better. We had a great time. I love spending time with my girls. Fern, thank you for sharing your daughter with me. I love her so much.

Another Set Back

Well, We were in the ER with Jodi last night to have the other Expander removed. Same thing as last week, only the other side. Now there are no expanders, and no Chemo treatments. Hopefully there will not be anymore set backs and her incisions can heal. We are praying for her recovery!!! Thanks for your love and support!

Up date on setback

Just a quick message to let everyone know, Jodi had to have another surgery on Tuesday Dec. 21st. One of her incisions came open again and exposed and contaminated the expander. It was removed and the Chemo treatments will be post poned for at least a month. Hopefully that will give her skin a chance to heal. She is amazing!

Jodi' healing progress

Jodi is healing from her second surgery. It has been 12 days. She is not healing as fast, I think for a couple of reasons: #1 She is undergoing Chemo Treatment each week, which slows down the generation of new cell growth. #2 She has had to work enough to keep her insurance, so she is not getting the rest she needs to heal. She has not been able to remove the drains from the surgery yet, which indicated she is not healed enough. She is in pain most of the time, and amazes me with her upbeat attitude. The report came back form the infectionious desease control lab. Everything lookes good, but Jodi shill has to take antibiotics for the next three weeks. Her hair is still growing, she said, "It will probably fall out on week 12". who knows .... but she is assured it will fall out again. It does not seem to be curly at all. Got a new hat!! Cute and not as itchy. Lia told Santa all she wants for Christmas is for her Mom to get better. That was a surprise, I'm sure she still want toys too, but it is good to see her recognize the different gifts that make life more meaningful. We love you Jodi, and are thankful for sharing your MARCH TO VICTORY with us.