Sat 19 of June

Well today is Sat the 19th and it is my husband's Pat birthday! So him and the boys went camping up at the Sycan for the weekend!!! Exciting!! :) Jess and I have been hanging out at my house doing girly things :D Riding horses when she feels like it, watching movies and just relaxing. So it has been really nice. The doctor called her yesterday and said that her counts had come up enough so that she doesn't have to give blood anymore this week plus no more shots!! So we both were pretty happy. So the next thing in store will be going over to Medford on Tues morning for blood count and chemo plus she will have to be starting her chemo pills for two weeks if everything is going alright. So I will keep you all informed. Please keep Jess in your prayers. She is still getting tired off and on so she is going to try to make some nutritional smoothies to help her out. So that is all for now. Enjoy the rest of your weekend. Love to all, Cindi

Thurs June 17th

Well not much to report today. Jess is on and off with how she is feeling. She wants to do so much and get back into shape but if she does a lot on the one day she is feeling like heck that evening and most of the time the next day. I totally understand how she is feeling. She has two big horse shows in July that she really wants to ride in. And that is what she lives for. So I'm hoping that we can get these white cells up and the chemo done so we can go up to Portland and get her scans done. Then we can see what the next two years will bring. Hopefully something not to hard on her. Yesterday we went and had her blood drawn up at the cancer center and then her other bone marrow shot up at the hospital. We have to have her blood drawn again tomorrow and hopefully we get good news. So I will let you all go. Thanks so much for checking up on her. Please keep her in your prayers. XOXO Cindi

Tuesday the 15th

Well we headed over to Medford this morning only to find out that her white blood count was worse! Even after the two marrow shots.. The doctor seemed surprised but told us that her body has been through a heck of a lot and it is just tired... So they had already accessed her port so they took that out and gave her another marrow shot and sent us home. Why couldn't her little body of held off for about another week..:( So tomorrow we have to go up to the cancer center and hospital for blood drawn and another shot then blood drawn again on Fri. So hopefully she picks up or I don't know what they are going to do. We have to really keep an eye on her temperature to make sure that it doesn't go over 100.5 or it is off to the ER. She can so easily catch anything right now so it is watching what she eats and everyone washing their hands, plus her too. So it was definitely not the news we had hoped to hear today. So that also puts us back another week to go to Portland. So please keep her in your prayers and I will let you all know how she does tomorrow. Thanks for checking in. Love to all, Cindi

Monday the 14th

Morning all!!

Well Jess had to have another bone marrow shot Sat morning before we took off for Bend. Between the two of them she ended up feeling like she was major stiff and sore and kinda like when you work out hard and everything aches... She also got a little tired up there but all in all I feel like it was really good to get her out and visiting. I know that if felt good for me mentally. I also didn't know that I like to karaoke! lol But anyways we head to Medford tomorrow morning for chemo. Please keep her in your prayers as we are hoping that her white cell count is up and she can get started on chemo so we can get it done! The doctor said that two bone shots aren't bad but after that they can get painful and she might have to use some pain meds so we are hoping that they have come up now. So we will find out tomorrow around 10:30 so I will let you know how it goes. Thanks so much for checking in and I will update tomorrow night. Love to all, Cindi

Fri the 11th

Well we headed up about eleven this morn to get Jess's blood drawn for her white blood count up at the cancer center. She said the tech did a better job so that was good to hear. I hate to know that it is hurting her. We then did a couple things around town and then went out to my house to pick up one of her horses to start getting them moved down to her house. We were at her house for about an hour when Jess's doctor office called and said that her count was still way to low and that she was going to have to get the bone marrow shots and we had to be up at Sky Lakes infusium center to get the shot in an hour. So away we went! She said that it stung a little and we have to be back up there in the morning at eight to get another one! :( So hopefully these will help her get back on track....The said to expect bone aches and some pain so if we can't handle it with over the counter that they would give her something stronger. She had also received her chemo pills which she has to take for two weeks and three times a day!! Yuck! But with her counts they also put those off until we see the doctor on Tues again. We will then try our 4 days of chemo plus her spinal and pills!! I kinda hope that we can get going so we can get them done but another part of me hates to see her go through this but I know that we have to sooo.... Well please keep her in your prayers!! Love to all, Cindi

Don't know who saw this thank you so I decided to post it :)

The family of Jessica Kelly-Unruh would like to give thanks to all the support that they have received for their daughter who is battling cancer. Jessi is a 21 yr old 2007 graduate of Bonanza High School. In Sept 2009 she married 25 yr old Jonathan Unruh of Malin, a 2003 graduate of Lost River High School. In Oct 2009 she was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Lymphoma. She has been receiving treatments and tests in Portland at OHSU and in Medford at the cancer treatment center for the last nine months and is now in remission. Because of the severity of her cancer, treatments and tests are required for the next two years between the two cities. The support has been strong with lots of prayers and help from their community and the surrounding communities. Sorry that we can't mention everyone but please know that we do appreciate you. Here are a few: The Bonanza School, Big Springs Market, SEOPHC, Mr Vieira and his six graders, Ashley Petersen & Sam Gallagher, Tim, Tom and Jim Cuthbertson, Haley Cantrell, Malin Cafe, Lost River School, Big R, Bonanza Fire Dept, Heather Nichols, Mike & Diane Tyrholm, Kingsley Air Base are just a few of the supporters. There is also lots of family and friends and we can't thank you enough. Help is still being accepted and needed as the family travels to and from treatments and tests. There is an account set up at South Valley Bank 5215 S 6th Street, Klamath Falls, Or 97603 Attn: Jessica Kelly-Unruh Fund. The family states "We couldn't have done it so far without everyone's help, thank you"

Weds the 9th

Took Jess into the cancer center here in town to get her blood drawn. The ladies in there were very happy to see her there. It is funny but they act like Medford. They kept calling her "Their Girl" lol She said that it hurts to get it drawn since her veins are very deep and tiny (plus some of the chemo's affect them) They weren't allowed to use her port since they aren't qualified to do so :( Bummer... So I headed out to look around as she got it done and asked if they had a wig room. They were very happy to tell me that they did so when Jess got done we went in and looked around. We ended up finding one so now she has a short one and a long one. So that made her happy which in turn makes me happy. lol She called Medford since they wanted the results pronto so hopefully they got them later today or in the morning so that we can see how her blood is doing. We are hoping that all is well so that she doesn't need to get the shots. Jess also told me that the chemo pills finally got approved so she will get them delivered to her house tomorrow sometime. With approval they are still $50 but that is a heck of a lot better than $500! But with taking them we now have more chemo going in to her so I'm a little worried what her blood will do then. These type of pills always seem to do a number on her insides and last time ended her up in the hospital so lets keep our fingers crossed and prayers said so that this doesn't happen. Well I will let you know if we find out anything tomorrow. Thanks for checking in and please keep her in your prayers. Love to all, Cindi