Update #6 - April 2

Dear Family And Friends,

Thank you so much for all your cards, calls and emails -- your support has been overwhelming and my mom is happy to have you all behind her.

We wanted to let you know that my mom's healing program has finally begun, and she will start chemotherapy this coming Monday. She will go to the Wingham hospital at 9am and the doctor will start the chemotherapy treatment there. After about 3 hours of treatment at the hospital, she will finish the last 46 hours of her treatment at home. So sometime on Wednesday, the VON nurse will come and disconnect her chemotherapy pump and her first treatment will officially be behind her. They plan to repeat this treatment every two weeks for a couple of months, and then retest her and see how she is responding to the treatment. We are all hopeful that the treatments will shrink the tumors and take away the pain my mom is feeling so that she can enjoy a great summer with her new grandson.

Linda has had a busy and exhausting week, as she gets herself ready for her first treatment. On Wednesday, she went to Wingham to have a picc placed in her arm, that they threaded up her arm and into her heart. The next day, in London, they flushed the line and changed the dressing. Today the VON nurse came in to make a few adjustments to the picc, and help my mom with some pain management as she gets used to her new medication. It has been a tiring few days for my mom and she has spent much of her time resting and recuperating from these visits. And unfortunately her pain seems to be getting worse, and she still isn't able to eat much, so we are hoping the new medication will work and she can enjoy her Easter weekend before treatments begin on Monday. During the last few days, Dave finished his last day at Microsoft and is now home with Lisa and Cooper, and they are all officially Kincardine residents. We will be living with my parents until we find our own place, which has given us the opportunity to help out and spend some family time together. And it is so wonderful to all be together for Easter.

We hope everyone has a great Easter with their family and friends.

Keep sending your positive thoughts our way for Monday.

Lisa