Nov 28th

Evening Everyone!

Hope that everyone has had a wonderful Thanksgiving and break (if you work for the school I guess...lol) Didn't really have much to post about tonight but I hated not to say anything since it has been around a week.. Jess has been about the same..off and on.. Her energy level drops after a few hours so that is always hard cause she loves to be busy and now she can't. We all went and got a Christmas tree today. It was fun. We drove about 30 miles and their was lots of snow but it was cold so Jess stayed in the pickup for part of the time... Got Rob's party set up at Mia's and Pia's on Dec 10th at 6pm. So I would love you all to show up and give Rob your support :) Well I'm off for now. I'm pretty sure that Jess needs to go in for her weekly blood draw tomorrow so I will let you all know how that goes. Please keep her in your prayers. Love to all, Cindi

Nov 24th

Evening everyone!!

Just a quick note to tell you all Happy Thanksgiving!! I'm cooking dinner for my family so it will be a busy day for me.. I put Jess in charge of cooking the pies :) Got a call from the cancer doctor in Medford today...they just wanted to let us know that Jess could take the full dosage of extra chemo pills on Monday.. Her liver and blood levels must of been good from her blood test.. I probably would of asked what the levels were but I missed my phone call so I just listened to the voice message..and when I tried to call them back the phone service said that all the lines were busy and that they had been super busy all day... I guess everyone had questions to ask or problems they wanted to discuss before the holidays...So I will just go with the message! Well I'm off for now..It is freezing here and I want to take a hot bath!! lol Please keep Jess in your thoughts and prayers. Love to all and happy holidays! Cindi

Nov 23rd

^^^^JESSI & THE CAPTAIN!!^^^^

at the Silver Legacy in Reno this past weekend!! Cute huh?

Well it is colder than heck here..It is about 9:30 am and my outside temp reads 21 degrees! We had about 4-5 inches of new snow but the wind blew so hard last night it is drifted everywhere! Jess is supposed to be coming this way to give blood and to go to the DMV to finally get her name changed. It just hasn't worked out to get it done yet and it is always so busy... She had to take that extra chemo pill last night and it is the nasty one so hopefully she is feeling okay today. Well I will let you all know how it goes. Please keep her in your prayers. Love to all, Cindi

Nov 22nd

Good Morning Everyone!!

Just got home from Reno last night! It was a really good time. Ended up being 15 of us all total down there so we had a good size group :) We went to the lounges and danced, did a little gambling (but no one won much, we just donated!) and went to Cabelas & Scheels which one is a total hunting store with amazing things to see and the other is an all around store which is like a lot of stores in one! It actually had a full size ferris wheel in it! We had a lot of laughs people watching too.. Jess got a little tired off and on but you all know her.... major strong and she just kept pushing on. We all said that we want to do this again when Rob comes home from overseas in June.. His birthday is the 10th so we can celebrate that and him coming home safe and sound! So it was a good weekend even tho I missed Pat being able to come. The weather here is a little nasty..windy and snowy. Well I'm off for now. Jess has to go give blood today but she wants to wait until tomorrow so she can rest up. I will let you all know how it goes. Please keep her in your prayers. Love to all, Cindi

Nov 18th

Hello Friends & Family!!

Just a quick hello and catch up! Jess is feeling okay...a little yucky now and then and her back has been really hurting her. I don't know what these next spinals are going to bring.. It seems to be getting worse and worse. I'm also wondering about her taking a little relaxer before the spinal..like on the way over..help relax her and maybe relax her back a little..I will sure let you know what we decide. Thank goodness that she has next month off of the spinal! Well I guess that we are supposed to be having lots of snow around here in the next couple of days..Pat's work won't hire anymore drivers so they are short handed soooo we are going to Reno tomorrow and he can't go :( I'm major bummed and wasn't going to go but my kids really wanted me to and so off I go. I know that we will have a fun time but I will miss him.. :( His route is up towards Crater Lake and he can sure get some snow up there! So we will head down tomorrow and be back home on Sunday so really it is a quick trip.. It will be Me, Rob, Jess, Shane, Jon, Gabbi, Christian, Dottie, Deona, Denise, Matt, Rob & Cheri... So there might not be many but I'm sure that it will be a fun trip! I will hopefully post pics! lol Also, found out that Rob will be flying out on Dec 12th..So that made me super sad today but it will only be for 6 months so hopefully it will go fast! Pray pray pray to keep him safe! He will be stationed at Manas Air Force Base..I'm pretty sure that that is what it is called.. Well I'm off for now. Please keep Jess in your prayers. Love to all, Cindi

Nov 16th

Hi Everyone!

Talked to Jess today and she said that she had a good day... Just laid around and rested all day...Plus, she told me that she drank a lot of water... I hope so.. It is so good for her to do but she has never liked drinking it much... I also had talked to the doctor about her diet...She said not to worry about it right now. If she eats healthy then she is happy but it just isn't something that she said that Jess needs to worry about right now. Lets get her through her year and a half of chemo and then we will worry about it. So that is what I'm going to do. So that is about it for now. I will keep you all updated. Please keep her in your prayers. Love to all, Cindi

Nov 15th

Evening everyone!

Had a big day of chemo today...We were over in Medford by 8:15 this morning.. Had blood drawn, blood tested, doctor visit and then IV chemo.. Chemo went well but the doctor said that we were wrong on the time left for chemo..We thought that she had a year left and she said that it was a year and a half so we will double check with the main doctor in January with that visit. Bummed Jess and I out but we will just plug along and do it cause we have to! Blood at least was stronger this time so that was good. Liver was still a little high but they are keeping an eye on it.. Then it was off to spinal.. It is always a slow deal it seems... They had a little problem getting the needle in so Jess was sore and had a massive headache afterwards so they always have her lay on her back for at least an hour to make sure that the back gets shut back up and so no spinal fluid leaks out. She had that happen once and it was horrible and she had to have a blood patch put in... So hopefully that doesn't happen again. Well I'm off for now. Thanks for checking in. Love to all. Please keep Jess in your prayers. Cindi

JESSI'S 22ND BIRTHDAY~Nov 14th!!

Just a quick note to let you know that today is Jess's birthday! We had a party for her last night at her house with pizza, drinks, cupcakes & a bonfire.. We had a really good time and about 25 people showed up :) Today Jon took her out to breakfast and my good friend Crissy took us out to lunch! So she has had a good day! Tomorrow morning we head over for chemo at about 6:30 am so that is a big bummer! :( But I will let you all know how it all goes. Please keep her in your prayers. Thanks for checking in. Love to all, Cindi

Nov 13th

Good Morning All,

Just a quick note to let you know that all is the same.. We are gearing up for all day chemo in Medford on Monday :( Not looking forward to it at all but we know that we have to do it... It is getting harder and harder for Jess to do it and for me to push her too. So I'm off for now. Tonight we are celebrating with a small party for Jess's birthday tomorrow. I know that we are going to Reno next weekend but I didn't want her day to go by without a celebration of some sort. So we are having cake, pizza, drinks and hopefully a bonfire at Jon & Jessi's this evening. Rob is also getting his promotion today at the base but of course he won't invite us.. Tells us that we don't need to be there.. Brat! lol So that is all for now. Please keep her in your prayers. I know that they help :) Love to all, Cindi

PS. Someone called the other day and yes we still have the account open at South Valley Bank here in Klamath for travel expenses..Thanks!

11-10-10

Evening everyone!!

Just a quick note to let you know that Jess had to go get her blood done today...They are getting ready for the spinal we have to go to on Monday :( It is not something that any of us are looking forward too! It is a horrible thing :( She seems a little tired and quiet... I'm sure that she has lots on her mind.. Found out that Rob got his new stripes for his uniform! :) He has been promoted so I'm pretty excited for him. He got a Thyfoid spelling? and Anthrax shots yesterday to go overseas.. They wanted to give him his small pox vaccine but it is a live virus and he can't get that and then be around Jess so he will have to get that one once he is over where he is going.. Wow, it has come up fast it seems.. :( Well this weekend is Jess's birthday!! She will be 22 this Sunday! We are going to have a small party to celebrate at home and then we are going down to Reno on the next weekend! :) We don't have any set plans..We will just do whatever sounds good at the time.. lol Well I'm off for now. Please keep Jess in your prayers. Love to all, Cindi

Nov 8th

Hi All,

Had a great but way to short of time in Bend!! It was a super fun birthday and Jess enjoyed herself even though she says it is kinda boring at a party when you can't drink at all.. lol She seems to be still tired off and on, and I suppose it is from the chemo pills still. Her back was real stiff today and she says it is from all of the spinals which I could totally understand.. Plus it is getting cold outside for a week of storms I think... I know that she is sure dreading the one(spinal)next Monday as I am too :( We will have to go in tomorrow or the next day to get her blood drawn. They always like to check the levels before they do them. Wow, do the boys tattoos look good!! It is just so amazing to me how much the three of them love one another. I know that I raised them but being around kids all day at the school you don't always see siblings so close :) I will try to get a picture of them on here so that you guys can see what it looks like. Jess's nose looks super cute to of course :) Well I'm off for now. Thanks so much for checking up on her and please keep her in your prayers. Love to all, Cindi

Nov 6th!

Morning everyone!

Just getting ready to go to Bend...It is my niece Laura's bd today and they are having a party up there tonight so my whole family is heading up there.. Pat is at home driving hay truck so he will be here keeping the fort down.. He isn't much for traveling to Bend.. Yesterday my kids all went to Ashland and the boys got tattoo's for their sister and Jess got her nosed pierced. You can't go into one of those places without getting something done! lol :) The boys have a 3x5 lime green cancer ribbon on the back of their left shoulder which reads "My sister fought & won" It is pretty sweet and it was Rob's idea and he wanted to get it done before he heads overseas on Dec 7th. When Shane heard he was all over the idea.. lol :) Jess was pretty touched and excited about them doing this for her. The lady did an amazing job on them! Jess wants to get a ribbon wrapped around a butterfly on her wrist which will say "Survivor".. when her white counts come up and stay. Well I'm off for now.. Please keep Jess in your prayers. Love to all, Cindi

Nov 4th

Morning everyone!!

Just a quick note to know that Jess is still feeling the same. She went in yesterday and had her blood drawn again to keep an eye on her levels.. If something is wrong I'm sure that they will hopefully let us know today. So that is about it. Well this weekend is my niece Laura's bd in Bend, then next weekend the 14th it will be Jess's 22nd bd. Wow, how time flies. Once again, on the 19th of this month we are all heading down to Reno for the weekend. Don't really have any set plans but we just want to get away and have fun with the family and friends. Rob is heading overseas on Dec 7th..it is crazy how close it is now. Starting to freak me out a bit.. I'm sure he will be fine but a mother doesn't have to like it. lol Well I have to get ready for work. Love to all. Please keep Jess and Rob in your prayers. :) Thanks again, Cindi

Nov 1st

Well Jess had to go in for another blood test today... She takes that one chemo pill every Mon (except when she gets it in her spine) and that is the one that is toxic to the liver. The doctor's office called today to remind us about it (since Jess should of went in this morn!) lol and also to tell us they want her to do another blood test on Weds to check it again. I asked them if it was real bad but the nurse said that it was high but not bad so they told her to take a reduced dosage of chemo today. I also asked about her white blood count just to see where it was at and it is low but not as low as it has been so it is good and bad. So that is what is happening right now. I will sure be happy when she is done with all of this... Well I'm off for now. If you have any questions or just want to drop me a comment I would sure love to hear from you. Sorry I'm not as vigilant at my posts as I should be. I think about it and then I get busy and tired. Please keep Jess in your prayers if you can. Love to all, Cindi