Round One, Round Two.....Round Four

Some of the things that we take for granted, that we don't think are special, that are so mundane and everyday that we don't know we take them for granted. Wake up and decide "I'm going to run to TJ Maxx I need a shower gift", go to lunch with a friend, your daughter asks " want to take a ride I need shoes"  or watch your son play hockey. The past month our fighter stopped chemo and started a hormone therapy treatment, less fatigue, less pain, her body had some energy. What a month, the roller coaster slowed down, the bumps felt manageable and the turns less fearful. Reenie was able to start enjoying herself, she was able to shop, drive over to her moms, catch a game and do yard work all things we fell are pretty routine but to her pretty special. The month was capped off with as our warrior put it " the best day I have had in a long while"

that was last Sunday also Mothers Day. On Wednesday Reenie had her second hormone treatment scheduled and it was also an appointment with her oncologist Dr. Baridi, we would review the last month and her latest tumor markers and a decision would be made to continue this course or start a new one..well we are starting a new one. The markers showed what we feared that the hormone treatment hasn't really helped yet (we were told it may take 6 to 8 weeks to see results) and we don't want to wait to see if it will work on its own. We all decided, Doctors and family that we want to start a new chemo, the month off was awesome, I think it helped Reenie's body get healthy, her mind get refreshed and she knows how it feels to "feel good again" and that is our ultimate goal. We are starting 3 cycles (3 months) of Taxotere given each week along with the monthly hormone treatment, we will draw tumor markers each month and a PETscan in July. We had a PET done on Monday to give the doctors a baseline of which to work, the tumor markers and PET showed the cancer has increased, but has not spread to any organs or to the bone which is always the fear, the doctors have had success with this treatment so our 'Pink Warrior' has a positive outlook and a renewed sense of fight, the last month was like the minute between rounds only she didn't just sit on the stool and listen to me coach, she enjoyed life .....

Love to all, thanks for all the prayers and thoughts

Reenie asks that you "pray longer,faster and harder"