Thursday

Niece Becky and her daughter Elena came to spend some time with Aunt Barbara. We enjoyed their visit very much. Today at radiation they (boosted) Barbara's radiation. The way Barbara explained it to me was that they narrowed the radiation field but kept the intensity of radiation the same. They told Barbara that they do that toward the end of her radiation.

Our prayer is that it will kill the cancer cells

Wednesday

Barbara felt pretty good today. We went to the procure lunch. There were 4 people who finished their treatment. Only one of them had brain cancer. After the lunch we met another person who had the same thing as Barbara. His wife and I talked while Barbara and her husband were getting their treatment. I realized again how fortunate we are. We feel that we are just where God wants us. We are able to live with family. We have a support system with friends scouts and family. We have good insurance.

Barbara received a revised treatment schedule. They have added 3 more days of treatment. We thought we had only 7 more days but now we have 10 days of radiation. I don't think it is bad it is just that for this type of cancer they give 33 treatments. So we will be staying with David and Sarah another week.

Thank you so much for your prayers cards and phone calls.

Tuesday

It is spring break for OKC schools so leanna is not working this week. So we went to cost Leanna and Brian. Then we had lunch and then went for radiation. Barbara is just so fortunate to be able to have proton radiation. Also we are very glad that we have good insurance. Radiation is very expensive. So far the insurance is paying most of the cost. After radiation my insurance counselor called to make sure that Barbara is doing alright and to determine if there is anything that the insurance company needs to do.

We are just blessed by this whole process. Thanks for your prayers

Monday

Today is 100 years of Girl Scouts in America. Barbara went out to breakfast with some scouts to celebrate.

Barbara had radiation the we saw dr Keole. She has started losing her hair and he said to make sure she kept her head covered when outside as it would get sunburned easy.

We called dr Fink today and informed her that we are done with the chemo. I am sure she knows that but wanted to keep her in the loop. Dr Keole also wrote her to keep her in the loop.

So everything is going as the doctors have planned. They say Barbara may get tired but that is what happens when you take chemo and radiation

Barbara is do so well. She just wants to keep fighting this cancer that is in her brain

After radiation Barbara walked in the driveway. Notice the flowers. Isn't it amazing how God allows the flowers to bloom in the spring

Final day for chemo

Today we went to church. Learned that we need to know what we believe then why we believe it and that we are commanded to tell others using the Bible

Barbara felt good all day. David and I took the limbs and wood to a friends woodpile. Thanks Wes for helping us

Tonight Barbara takes her last chemo. She is excited that she is at day 42 but concerned that she won't be taking something that kills the cancer in her brain. Please pray that she will be relaxed about this

Tomorrow we continue taking radiation. Eight more days of radiation

Saturday

Barbara felt much better today. She was tired but not exhausted. David and Sarah wanted the pine tree in the yard cut down, so the rented a bucket lift and we cut the tree down. David and I were in the bucket cutting the tree off by small sections. We had AC Wes Brian and Mike on the bottom catching and stacking the limbs and trunk. Thanks guys you made it possible.

We started the Star Wars series. We were going to watch them all but with cutting down the tree we got a late start

So we will continue them as time permits. I think that Star Wars might be David's favorite or at least one of his favorites.

Don't forget to set your clocks forward We get an hour less sleep in the spring.

Sunday is coming I enjoy going to church and learning about what the Bible says.

Radiation day 22

Barbara had a very bad day. No energy. For the first she didn't want to eat. I made her eat breakfast then she slept. Then I made her eat lunch and then we got ready for radiation. She was very weak and was having trouble moving. We did radiation and on the way home she said we needed to go celebrate my birthday with AC and Virginia. It was like she was a new person. She had some of her strength back.

So we went to eat with AC and Virginia and then played a game. Barbara seemed to do just fine.

She has done 40 of 42 chemo and 22 of 30 radiation.

Thank you for your prayers.