Shunt

Another busy day. Cole and I cleaned the house this morning for someone to come and look at it but we are thinking it is going to be best to take it off the market and wait. It's funny now that we are taking it off people are calling and seemed to be interested.

Ryan wasn't able to go with me to my appointment today to Dr. Evans. When I took the kids over to my mom's today I found out my Dad was home and he got to come with me. He came to help me remember what the doctor said and remember all the questions we wanted to ask. It was a lot of fun to have my dad go with me. We had to wait about an hour and a half but it was so nice to just be able to sit and visit with him and talk about different things. We don't get to do that anymore. I use to go to school in Burbank for a few years where my dad teaches and we use to be able to visit on the way back and forth when I wasn't sleeping. So anyway it was a nice visit and a nice surprise to have him come with me.

We love Dr. Evans! She didn't have the full biopsy report today. She did have some of the results. Just that it is a very aggressive kind of cancer. Which she said is typical of young women with breast cancer. She is saying Chemo, Surgery, Chemo. She said Dr. Rado will know more and give me more information. She said she was really digging on me on Monday and that it was normal to be sore. I wasn't sore the first day or two but more sore the last two days. She said I am healing really nicely. I also had a blood test on Monday which she had the results for there and we went over them. If you remember my CA count should be between 0 - 40 mine a week and a half ago was 512 I think and now a week and a half later it is 719. So it is raising quickly and she said you should have started Chemo yesterday. So she said she had a cancellation on Monday and that I can have a shunt put in then. So ha again things are falling into place blessing, blessing. So I will have a shunt put in on Monday at 11:40. For those of you who don't know what that is it is a small circle shaped (Quarter size) device they will put in right under my clavicle bone. They make a about 2 inch cut and insert this thing and a tube that goes to my heart. This is for the Chemo. She said it makes it easier for chemo therapy. The put the injections right into it. I guess so I don't have to have an I V each time I go in for a treatment. That is my understanding anyway.

So I see the natural path tomorrow. So he can see the blood count numbers and we can talk about what to do on that end.

Of, course I see doctor Rado on Friday. So I will have the results from the biopsy and the PET SCAN on Friday. More waiting to see what he thinks but it is coming really fast. I am anxious to see what he has to say.

Oh, and I had to go enroll Cole today in school. I was sad. Cole was sad about all of his actvities that he doesn't get to do but I think he is excited about seeing some of his friends again. I am nervous about him and how he and his teacher will get along. I am supose to talk to the vice principal tomorrow and talk about a teacher. So anyone who has had a child in 3rd grade and can recomend a good teacher for Cole. I would really love that.

I want to say thank you again to all the help. I don't feel like I can say it enough. So you will probably hear it a lot. Thank You!!!