2/26-The Battle Continues

Hello Loved Ones,

Hope this finds everyone doing very well. It is Trinity's "6th" birthday today!! Woo-hoo!! She is having a great day so far! She brought cookie bars to share at school. Also she's been playing with the one gift I let her open, so far, all afternoon. We will do the others when Daddy gets home from work. And she gets to pick her favorite restaurant for dinner. So far it's a toss up between Red Robin and IHOP. Personally I hope she picks the Red Robin. I love their Whiskey River Chicken Sandwich. And not just because of the Whiskey-;)

Larry and I went to the Dr. appointment this afternoon to go over the results of the PET scan I did last week. The test show that there seems to be a few small areas of re-occurrence once again. Thankfully it is all still isolated to the chest area. Dr. Rigberg said he wished we could have started the chemo earlier yet he understood our circumstances. They are what they are. The chemo regimen is still the same as it was. I will be doing an ovarian cancer drug called Hycamtin. I will be treated one day a week for 3 weeks and have the 4th week off for 4 months. The Doctors concerns are my bone marrow-white blood cell count. It went real low last time and if it goes too low they have to delay treatment until it gets higher. They have drugs that help this and they tend to be costly. He also said that the success rate is 30%. Not the best news...BUT we have God in our camp and lots of people praying!! I have had a lot of peace the last few days. I know God is by my side and walking us all through this valley. I have been totally dwelling on the 23rd Psalm lately!! Thank you all for all the prayer and support you have blessed us with. It means so very much! We will let you know in days to come of more practical ways to help as the needs arise.

Thanks again we can count on our friends and loved ones!! We love you all!!

Peggy and Larry

Round 2

Hi All,

Thanks for all the prayers during this waiting period. Some days I would forget about it all together. Others were not that easy. But, all in all here we are! We have successfully changed from Blue Cross to Health Net PPO. We haven't really used it all that much yet. I'm hopeful that all will go smoothly on the insurance end of all this now. I got my numbers last week and with that was able to give them to the Dr.'s office manager to start setting me up with getting approvals and appointments. Today I heard that Health Net approved my PET Scan. I am set to go next Wed. the 20th. Then we will meet the following Tues. the 26th to go over the results of the scan with Dr. Rigburg. I am assuming I will get going on Chemo the following Monday. I will update that info. once I have that information.

Meanwhile, just keep up all that praying you are so faithfully doing. It is helping this family get through this crisis without too much drama. We really want the Lord to carry the burden and to direct us and for us to clearly know what He wants us to do. Pray for good news on the PET Scan. Pray for peace, as we have been waiting extra time to get to things with the insurance change over. Pray for finances to work out and all doctor bills to be handled with ease. He is our Peace, our Provider, our Healer and our Salvation and so much more.

Thanks you all so very VERY much for all the prayers and support!! I keep praying back that the Lord will bless you much more that you have been a blessing to all of us!! We love you all very much!! Until next time!! Pray for good news!!

Love you, Peggy