August 28th

Good Evening Everyone!!

Well Jess had a long trip to get up to their hunting spot but she said that it was fun and gorgeous in spots :) She said that she is feeling better yet again so that makes me feel so good. Hopefully when she gets back she will be feeling better enough so that she can start riding her horses daily. Her balance is real off so it has been hard and she doesn't feel very comfortable up in the saddle... She has been trying but it has really been aggravating her that she can't do what she wants to do and let me tell you those horses know it. But I will let you all go, thanks so much for checking in! Jess said that they have seen a lot of elk up there so hopefully they bring a nice one home :) Please put in a quick prayer for her.. Thanks so much! Love to all, Cindi

August 27th

Good Morning all!

Just another quick note to let you know that Jess is still a little sick but feeling better and better everyday. Don't know why it is hanging on so long but I bet that it has something to do with her white count... It is at a 5 and so that is still not as high as it should be so I'm thinking that her body just can't fight as much as it should be able too. So she will have to watch being around sick people I think... Well she is off to hunting with Jon for a week...I know that I'm sure going to miss her :( But it will be good for both her and him.. Well I'm off for now. Love to all and please still keep her in your prayers! Love, Cindi

August 25th

Good Morning All!

Just a quick line to let you all know that Jess is starting to feel a lot better with her cold and the chemo didn't seem to bother her to much this time.. I haven't talked to her yet today so hopefully she is still the same from last night. We haven't heard from the doctor at all so hopefully all is well there. So I will let you all know if I hear anything. But please keep her in your prayers as she still has a long road of chemo left. Thanks so much!! Love to all, Cindi

August 23

Hi All,

Long day in Medford today... Jess had her 22nd spinal and IV chemo. We left here at 9am and we got back home about 7pm tonight. Of course all the nurses and doctors were happy to see her. It has been a few weeks since we were last there. They were excited about her hair growing and she has also lost some weight :) She is looking so good. She is finally starting to get over that darn cold. I had called up the hospital the day before to confirm her time and the one lady said to be there around 11 am... lol The one nurse did complain and say that we should of been there at 9:30 just like I talked about on the last post. They are just trying to stagger the patients in but this way I got to go to my dentist appt. So I was happy. We then headed over to the cancer center where we went and seen her doctor (who wasn't there today but came to see Jess) lol She said that Jess's liver counts were going up and down but her blood counts were staying up good so they are going to keep an eye on things and she still has to go in every Monday to do blood for that. She said that they had gotten an abnormal result back on her last spinal fluid but she wasn't alarmed and told us not to be so they took fluid again today to double check things so of course it still makes me nervous until I hear from her again. We then headed to the chemo room and the IV chemo went smoothly, so we were in and out of there quickly. Jess was pretty wore out after the long day so I will let you all know tomorrow how she is feeling. Thanks so much for checking in and please keep her in your prayers. Love to all, Cindi

August 21st

Good morning all!!

Sorry I haven't written sooner... Jess has been getting better but it has sure been a slow one.... That sure was a bad cold. Medford called and had her go give blood yesterday to make sure that everything was a go for a spinal on Monday :( plus she has to get an IV chemo... and they weren't sure exactly when that was going to be. Her spinal is set for 11:30 and they told her to be there at 9:30???? and did Jess ask why? NO! Sometimes I wonder about her...would do anything anyone asks without question... Sorry but that really annoyed me.. I told her that they screw up too and I had a dentist appt Monday morn that I had to cancel because she didn't ask. Now we might just be sitting over at the hospital for 2 hours.. Grrr.... Well I'm off for now. Thanks for stopping in and checking up on her. Please keep her in your prayers on Monday. Love to all, Cindi

August 17th

Hi Everyone!!

Just a quick line to let you all what is going on... Jess is still sick (must be one of those bad summer colds) and taking her chemo pills...plus yesterday is the day that she takes the one different chemo pill also... So I don't think that she is feeling that good with all of these in her system plus being sick. She seems to be fighting a bladder infection also with all of this... She wants to wait until next Monday to tell the doctor but I'm thinking that we need to call her today and let her know what is going on. She also had her weekly blood test yesterday so I haven't talked to her yet to see if she heard from them last night to let her know what the results were. So hopefully everything is okay there...Well I'm off for now and thanks for checking in and please keep her in your prayers. Love to all, Cindi

August 14th

Good morning all!!

Well everything is about the same but I just wanted to drop you all a quick line and let you know. The chemo pills though are hard on Jess's insides so I get a little worried about that. She sure has to take them for a long time and that can get hard on her. She is still fighting her cold but it has gotten better so that is going good. You guys should see her hair.. it looks so cute :) It is growing good now! She is hoping that it grows enough soon so that she can quit wearing a hat or wig..It gets really hot on her head with this 90 degree weather... Well I'm off for now..Thanks for checking in. Please keep her in your prayers. Love to all, Cindi

August 12th

Good morning all!

Isn't that a cute picture up above of the kids? I took that a couple of weeks ago over on the coast in Brookings :) It was only a overnight trip but it was fun.. Well I just wanted to drop you all a quick line and let you know that Jess was still feeling the same. yuk! I went down to her house yesterday to visit with her and check how she was feeling. Her poor lil body is just so sick but still no temp so that is good. So I will just be keeping an eye on her and I will let you all know how she is doing. Thanks for checking in and please keep her in your prayers and sending positive energy :) Love always, Cindi

Aug 11th

Just a quick line to let you all know that everything is the same... Jess still has a super bad head cold and feels horrible.. I guess that it is okay as long as she doesn't get a fever but it always scares me. She is still taking her chemo pills daily and then on Monday she has to take an extra different one. Which is the same kind of chemo that she gets in her spinal. Thanks so much for checking in and I will let you all know how she is doing. Please keep her in your prayers! Love you all for being so supportive! Cindi

August 9th

Sorry I haven't been on lately....It has been fair time here and Shane had his last steer there. His name was Clifford and he was super cute! lol So we have been there from early morning to evening and wow were we all beat. Jess ended up picking up a bad head cold but she has caught one of these before and we called the doctor and they said as long as she didn't get the fever then she will be okay..but it makes me nervous and I hate to see her like this..she is going through enough without being sick too. I gave her some extra c and some cold medicine so hopefully she can sleep good. She just over did it at fair but she loves being there with all the kids and animals all day! So I will let you all know how she does. We did have some good news today though. Monday is blood drawing day here in Klamath as you all know so we headed up there kinda late today since Jess slept in but after wards we had to stop and pick up a few things at the store when her phone rang and we seen it was the cancer center in Medford... Immediately I got nervous but they were just calling to let her know that her results were EXCELLENT!! Awesome!! So her body must be finally rebounding back. I was worried with the chemo pills that she would keep going up and down but they said that they were super good... (they didn't use those words) lol but I was so excited.. lol :) So if we can get her over this cold maybe she will be feeling a lot better and could do more stuff. But I will keep you all informed.. Thanks so much for checking in. Please keep her in your prayers. Love to all, Cindi

August 3rd

Hi All! Sorry I haven't written sooner. I sit down at the computer to do so and then I get side tracked!! I almost did again today but I told myself FOCUS!! :) Well Jess has been having some off and on days. It is just those darn chemo pills... I don't know if she is going to be able to handle the 84 days in a row of them.. They just tear her insides up... But I'm trying to get her to eat things that help like the Activa yogurt. It really seem to ease it. We ended up going to the coast just for over night but she got major sick on the boat. I didn't want her to go but she really wanted to and I hated to really push it because she really has never gotten any kind of sea/car sick but with all that she has going on I was worried and she really got sick out there. So if she ever wants to do that again I will make sure that she is prepared before hand. Yesterday she went in and got her blood drawn from the cancer center in town. I was kinda worried that it might be low but we haven't heard anything yet and we have found out that no news is good news!! :) So hopefully we won't hear anything... I don't want to jinx her! lol Well I'm off for now. Thanks for checking in. It is fair time with Shane and his steer so the next few days will be busy busy!! Please keep her in your prayers and send positive thoughts! Love to all, Cindi