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