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Anne was able to ring the bell on Friday afternoon to signify the end of her cancer treatment. She will be back for periodic check ups this year and some prophylactic antibiotic treatments, but her treatment is over. Anne will have surgery to remove the port that she received chemotherapy through the first week ofContinue reading “Ringing the Bell”

Today was Anne’s last round of chemotherapy. She and Stephen left early this morning for the hospital and they finished in record time today. I was able to join them for lunch, so we could all celebrate the end together. We are so proud of her. Anne has a PET scan scheduled in March, and continuedContinue reading “Last Round!”

Anne goes in for Round 11 tomorrow. It has been a long, hard month for Anne and the rest of the family. We had a wonderful, lazy Christmas and New Year. We stayed healthy – that was our goal. Anne is struggling with bone pain in a significant way between her chemo cycles as aContinue reading “Round 11”

As you can see, Anne is doing really well. She is enjoying hanging out with friends. There was a neighborhood Christmas cookie decorating contest – Anne is #6. We think her sweater cookie has a good shot at winning. Anne, Cassie, and Lillian are planning to go to Discovery place tomorrow, and I think they areContinue reading “Christmas Cookies”

Anne will be 2/3’s of the way through her treatment tomorrow! Last chemo treatment was a bit tougher for Anne and we are expecting tomorrow to be hard. Anne can “taste” the chemo now as they give it to her through her port and it makes her more nauseous during treatment. Anne didn’t finish herContinue reading “Perspective is Everything”

We are halfway through Anne’s treatment plan. We had a great Thanksgiving. Anne was able to eat a lot of her favorite foods. It was an off week for her on her treatment cycle, so she felt good. Because of the holiday, her chemotherapy schedule has changed and she will now have chemo on MondaysContinue reading “Happy Thanksgiving! Half Way!”

We have had an adventurous two weeks. Last weekend Anne, Cassie, and Lillian went to a fall festival, carved pumpkins, and went to the Renaissance Festival. After three days of non-stop activities, Anne was exhausted. She had a great time and slept all day Sunday and Monday to recover. I think it was fun forContinue reading “Positive Vibes and PET Negative”

Anne and I are not particularly good at taking selfies. This was us getting in the car on the way home from chemotherapy. It was a pretty good day. All of her blood work came back very strong and that was fantastic news before starting another round of chemo. The staff where Anne receives chemoContinue reading “Round 4”

This is just a quick update to let you all know that Anne had a great week after chemotherapy. She didn’t have to go to the Emergency Room. She felt pretty good. Her friends came to visit several times. She and Cassie made candles (pictured above). Friends brought us some food and bought us someContinue reading “Favorite Things”