One more...

We are 7 days away from Chris' last chemo treatment. (Pause and thank God). As it is with most things difficult, it seems like 6 months has gone by so slowly and yet June seems like yesterday. Despite the amazing fact that Chris is nearly done with his treatment it has been hard to stay joyful. I think we are emotionally "tapped out" and crawling towards the marathon tape with bloodied knees and sweaty faces! We were reminded recently to be grateful for all that we have and what has occurred in our lives.  We had the wonderful privilege of being unexpectedly prayed for during each service at church 2 weeks ago- unfortunately we were late and waiting in the lobby while it was happening and missed it all! Wish we could have heard that beautiful noise.

I feel like Im rambling... sorry about that.

When we met with Dr. B last week he told us that he would have the radiologist look at Chris's scans to determine if he would ultimately need radiation treatment or not. Because of the size of one of the original tumors and the fact that Chris had night sweats, his stage is borderline for needing radiation. If he needs it, it would start mid December and be 5 days a week for 4 weeks, pushing his treatment into mid January.  While radiation decreases the chance of Hodgkins recurrence by 3-4%, it increases Chris' risk of getting other cancers later in life by 3-4%. Lovely. Since he is only 39, he has lots of year left to potentially develop radiation related cancers.  All in all, its not a great place to be decision wise and we are hopeful that the radiologist will be clear and emphatic in their opinion. We are hoping to hear back on that by late this week or early next week.

We are totally enjoying this homework/meeting/work vacation this week and are thankful for the break here at the end of it all. And we are thankful for you!!!