The Plan

Hi, it is Noelle again with the update. I promise, I will get Mom updating her own blog asap, but in the interim, I know you all want news. We (Mom, Dad, Maddie, Kate and Aunt Rose) met with the oncologist for the first time today and surprisingly enough, we all did not fit in the examining room! That left Aunt Rose coloring with Maddie and Kate in the lobby (to the joy of all of the other paitents!) The Doctor seems very good and without going into too many details, the prognosis is good. He paitently answered our many questions and explained why he thought chemotherapy was a good option for Mom. Her type of breast cancer is very responsive to chemotherapy and will help clean up any stray cells in her body. She will be starting chemo in mid December and will have 6 treatments, one every three weeks. As you can expect, no one really wants to go through chemo, but as I read this post to her over the phone, Mom wanted to make sure I include how strong her faith in God is. She knows that God is in control and will take care of her (and us) through the tough time ahead. Honestly she is more peaceful than I am and infinitely more graceful as a paitent than I ever was.