Today, Monday, September 12th, was day 10/10 of radiation for our favorite bada** and she went out with a bang (literally she rang a bell). She also received some sort of certificate that I've yet to authenticate but I'm sure it's lovely. We've been talking about how it was annoying that last week was a holiday and she could only go 4 days, pushing her last day to today instead of last Friday, but I think this is be best possible way to start off a week ever.

She has a doctor's appointment on Thursday of this week just to follow up on the treatment and discuss scheduling future scans and appointments (they'll monitor her every few months for the next bit just to make sure nothing comes back.) Her white blood count is on the rise thank goodness (just in time for flu season 😬) and she didn't have many, if any, side effects from the radiation. She still hasn't turned into a hulk-like superhero yet, but I still have high hopes.

Cancer diagnosis and treatment is really hard to process. I feel like I didn't have time to fully process that my mom was even sick, and then just as quickly, she wasn't. Her official diagnosis was given on May 25th, less than 4 months ago. It really has just been a blip in our lives and we are so immeasurably grateful for that. We know so many people and families are not as lucky as we are. And y'all have been integral in the healing process, from even before we knew my mom was sick. There is absolutely no way that we could ever thank you for the support and love you have shown my mom and our family over these last few months. She has had people literally all over the world thinking about her and praying for her and to be the recipient of that much love and healing can be a little overwhelming sometimes. But there has not been a single day during her treatment that she didn't get a text, call, card in the mail, food delivered to the front porch (or all of the above.) From all of us, we thank you. Thank you for your prayers. Thank you for your kind words. Thank you for your delicious meals (yes, I definitely got in on those too.) Thank you for loving our family. Thank you for loving my mom.



P.S. Suck it cancer