" Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass... It's about learning to dance in the rain."

Friday, January 29, 2010

No chemo... yet

Courtney had another MRI and oncologist visit yesterday. The MRI showed a pea sized something in the back of the surgical site. The radiologist can't say exactly what it is, and we're betting that it's some debris from the surgery. As our oncologist put it, "It's still the result of the dust settling." Rather than start chemo right now, we're going to wait another 3 months, get another MRI, and see what we're dealing with. In the meantime, Cortney is doing a little better each day. She has her ups and downs, but seems to be experiencing a general upward trend. Of course she's frustrated that she's not all the way back to normal yet, but I think that's good as she continues to push herself. We just need to make sure she doesn't push herself too far. We're making some pretty significant changes in our daily lives as we become more aware of the need to help Courtney stay as healthy and strong as possible, and realize that we could all benefit for that too.

5 comments:

Rebecca said...

What kind of changes are you making? Maybe they'd be good changes for all of us.

Love you guys!

eve said...

so glad to hear she is still improving. you are all still in our prayers regularly.

lizmurdock said...

I'm glad to hear that you are feeling better Courtney. Rick and I listened to your recording of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," the other day and loved it. It was just beautiful!! Jason, you sound awesome on the guitar!! Sure love you two.

Anonymous said...

I'm so happy to hear that things are looking up. We too will continue to keep you in our prayers...love you guys!

J and M said...

I can only imagine the amount of shifting which has to take place. You guys are brave and can do it!!!! m, j, e, m