March 19th

Dr. Mccune has decided to stop mom's R-CHOP chemo. He feels that it is doing more damage than good at this point. He says we can always do more treatments if needed, but he dosn't want to put her body through that anymore unless absolutely necessary. And since the cancer cells are no longer in her spinal fluid, that works for us! We do want to have an MRI done while she is in the hospital so we can see how much is left of the original tumor that was next to her brain. We know it has shrunk just because mom's face has more movement and feeling back in it, we just don't know how much. So we are going to check with him about getting that and to see if mom can be classified as in remission yet or what else needs to be done. But, no more R-CHOP for now.

So mom will finish up her stint in rehab (they originally gave her 10-14 days) and then come home and try and get back to normal.

If you wish to visit mom, wait until around 4:00pm or so because by then she is finished with her OT/PT and will be in her room. If you come earlier, you run the chance of just sitting in her room for 30 - 45 minutes while they work with her. She is in room 664. If you would like to call her, the number to her room is 770-793-6664. Make sure you limit your calls to about 10 minutes so she doesn't get worn out. And also please limit visits to about an hour. If you want to send her a card, you can mail those to my address:

Krista Cadenhead
c/o Lindsey Kirk
504 Georgia Way
Woodstock, GA 030188

Yay!

~Lindsey