HI! I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I know we did! After a great dinner, we headed off to Branson for an Old Time Christmas. If you have never been to Branson at Christmas, I urge you to go! It is so beautiful. We enjoyed Silverdollar City and lots of shopping. I loved the water and fire show at the new Branson Landing. Pretty cool! While at Silverdollar City, we caught their production of A Christmas Carol (which we see each year!) and they changed it up a bit this year. New scenes were added that were awesome. Definetly worth seeing. We also saw the Living Nativity. It was about a 20 minute show with great music. You leave feeling what Christmas really is about. Now that we are home I am ready to get all my decorations up! We usually put up 5 Christmas trees, but I think we may only do 3 this year. I love taking picutres of my trees, so I will post some when we get them up. I just love Christmas! Such a special time of year!
This week will be another busy week! Kevin will be making a flying trip to St. Louis Tuesday for work, then we head to Houston again Wednesday morning. Meet with a surgeon Wednesday to talk about my surgery Thursday to put the port in. Have the port put in on Thursday and round 2 of chemo Friday. Then, we won't be back until round 3 of chemo on December 22.
Talk to you all soon!
~Kasey
Monday, November 27, 2006
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Happy Thanksgiving!
We want to wish everyone a Happy and safe Thanksgiving!
A 4-year-old boy was asked to give the thanks before Thanksgiving dinner. The family members bowed their heads in expectation.
He began his prayer, thanking God for all his friends, naming them one by one. Then he thanked God for Mommy, Daddy, brother, sister, Grandma, Grandpa, and all his aunts and uncles. Then he began to thank God for the food.
He gave thanks for the turkey, the dressing, the fruit salad, the cranberry sauce, the pies, the cakes, even the Cool Whip.
Then he paused, and everyone waited--and waited.
After a long silence, the young fellow looked up at his mother and asked,
"If I thank God for the broccoli, won't he know that I'm lying?"
A 4-year-old boy was asked to give the thanks before Thanksgiving dinner. The family members bowed their heads in expectation.
He began his prayer, thanking God for all his friends, naming them one by one. Then he thanked God for Mommy, Daddy, brother, sister, Grandma, Grandpa, and all his aunts and uncles. Then he began to thank God for the food.
He gave thanks for the turkey, the dressing, the fruit salad, the cranberry sauce, the pies, the cakes, even the Cool Whip.
Then he paused, and everyone waited--and waited.
After a long silence, the young fellow looked up at his mother and asked,
"If I thank God for the broccoli, won't he know that I'm lying?"
Monday, November 13, 2006
Monday, Novemeber 13
GET READY! IT'S TIME FOR "A CHRISTMAS CAROL"! (Is Raisa cute or WHAT!) Opening night is this Thursday. Raisa is so excited! She loves theater. Here are a few photos of her. She has several parts, but the one she likes the most is Fan, Scrooges sister.
Here are a few other photos from the show:
As for me, this past week has been GREAT! I feel GREAT! I am back to doing daycare and a few photos sessions (not many, can't get stressed!) I am looking foreward to the play this week and Thankgiving next week. We are heading to Branson Thanksgiving day to spend the weekend. We usually rent a log cabin, but didn't get our reservation in time for that. We just decided last week to go and get away for a few days. It's so beautiful there with all the Christmas lights!
For those of you that have seen Kevin this week, yes, he did break his thumb! He should have the cast off the last of November. I am just so happy to be doing so well, I feel like I could take on the world! You all have a great week and be sure to make it out to see "A Christmas Carol"!
~Kasey
Saturday, November 04, 2006
Chemo-Round 1
(I posted this last night, but I guess it gost lost in cyber space! Here it is again!)
Round 1 is done! All went quite well. They had an "IV Specialist" come to access my vein. She was great. Found a good vein on the top of my left arm, shot me with lidocane and then I didn't feel the IV at all. Total time to administer the chemo was 2 1/2 hours. I had a nice coctail going. First, I had some medication so I won't have an allergic reaction, then a medication to help with nausea, then the first of 3 parts of my chemo (AKA the Red Devil!). The nurse had to stay by my side during that one to make sure it won't leak from my vein--major problemos if it did! Then, we went onto the 5FU or something like that and then the last part which I can't even remember now. (Can't blame it on chemo brain yet, but maybe it was the pill they gave me before all of this to calm the nerves!) Kevin was great! He actually sat beside me and cracked my pistacio nuts open for me for like 30 minutes! We even had room service! They had a menu you could order salads, sandwiches and stuff from (comes with the room too!). Pretty neat. Now that I have this chemo in me, I can just visualize it killing all the cancer cells! We leave Houston at 10:30 tomorrow morning. Ready to be back home again. Now, we won't have to go back until Nov. 30-Dec.1. Then, I will have my port put in and my 2nd round of chemo.
Just wanted to check in with everyone to let you know so far, so good!
~Kasey
Round 1 is done! All went quite well. They had an "IV Specialist" come to access my vein. She was great. Found a good vein on the top of my left arm, shot me with lidocane and then I didn't feel the IV at all. Total time to administer the chemo was 2 1/2 hours. I had a nice coctail going. First, I had some medication so I won't have an allergic reaction, then a medication to help with nausea, then the first of 3 parts of my chemo (AKA the Red Devil!). The nurse had to stay by my side during that one to make sure it won't leak from my vein--major problemos if it did! Then, we went onto the 5FU or something like that and then the last part which I can't even remember now. (Can't blame it on chemo brain yet, but maybe it was the pill they gave me before all of this to calm the nerves!) Kevin was great! He actually sat beside me and cracked my pistacio nuts open for me for like 30 minutes! We even had room service! They had a menu you could order salads, sandwiches and stuff from (comes with the room too!). Pretty neat. Now that I have this chemo in me, I can just visualize it killing all the cancer cells! We leave Houston at 10:30 tomorrow morning. Ready to be back home again. Now, we won't have to go back until Nov. 30-Dec.1. Then, I will have my port put in and my 2nd round of chemo.
Just wanted to check in with everyone to let you know so far, so good!
~Kasey
Friday, November 03, 2006
Back at MDA
Well, we're back here again. We got in yesterday and had to attend a "Chemo class". We met with my Oncologist again today and had blood drawn. She again seemed real pleased with with our treatment plan. She thinks I will do well with it. I KNOW I will. I was telling Kevin today that I have this really weird sense of absolute calmness about me right now that I can't explain. Here I am in a fight for my life and I am just as happy as I have ever been. I almost feel strange feeling this way. I am not sad or scared anymore. Kevin told me that it was just faith kicking in right now. I KNOW I will come out of this just fine. I told my Oncologist (who likes statistics) that I will be her statistic that will walk back in her office for a 10 year check up. I think I told her that more as a promise to myself.
We start chemo here in about an hour. It should last around 3 hours. Time to sit back, relax and take care care of myself for a few months. This cancer picked the wrong person! I have been reading some books by Charles Capps ("God's Creative Power for Healing" and "The Tongue-A Creative Force (thanks Joni!)). VERY good books! They teach you to call things that are not, as though they were, until they are. When you are sick and confess that you are healed by the stripes of Jesus, you are calling for what God had already given you, even though it is not yet manifest.
That is something I have repeated every day:
"By the stripes of Jesus, I am healed".
And, I truly believe it!
Have a great evening everyone! I am off to my first Chemotherapy!
~Kasey
We start chemo here in about an hour. It should last around 3 hours. Time to sit back, relax and take care care of myself for a few months. This cancer picked the wrong person! I have been reading some books by Charles Capps ("God's Creative Power for Healing" and "The Tongue-A Creative Force (thanks Joni!)). VERY good books! They teach you to call things that are not, as though they were, until they are. When you are sick and confess that you are healed by the stripes of Jesus, you are calling for what God had already given you, even though it is not yet manifest.
That is something I have repeated every day:
"By the stripes of Jesus, I am healed".
And, I truly believe it!
Have a great evening everyone! I am off to my first Chemotherapy!
~Kasey
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
November 1
Hi!! It sure has been nice to be home for a whole week! Nice to have a few of my daycare kids around too! I hope everyone had a great Halloween! Here is a photo of Raisa and Larson dressed up last night. Raisa was a fortune teller and Larson was an "invisible medival monster!"
Aren't they cute! Well, you can't really see Larson, since he's "invisible" and all! Today is All Saint's Day and Raisa got to pick a Saint and dress up for it for school. She chose Saint Kateri Tekakwitha. Here she is in that outfit today (thanks, Mom!).
Raisa will also be in the upcoming production of "A Christmas Carol" at Coffeyville Community College. Opening night is November 16 and I believe tickets will go on sale next week. Another show worth seeing!!
We will be leaving again in the morning for Houston. Will have my first round of chemo Friday. We are planning on coming back Saturday. They won't be able to put the port in until our December chemo session, so this one will done by IV. Thanks again for all the cards, prayers (and dinners!!) this week! I am so lucky to be surrounded by such great people!
ANGELS EXIST, but some times, since they don't all have wings, we call them FRIENDS.
~Kasey
Aren't they cute! Well, you can't really see Larson, since he's "invisible" and all! Today is All Saint's Day and Raisa got to pick a Saint and dress up for it for school. She chose Saint Kateri Tekakwitha. Here she is in that outfit today (thanks, Mom!).
Raisa will also be in the upcoming production of "A Christmas Carol" at Coffeyville Community College. Opening night is November 16 and I believe tickets will go on sale next week. Another show worth seeing!!
We will be leaving again in the morning for Houston. Will have my first round of chemo Friday. We are planning on coming back Saturday. They won't be able to put the port in until our December chemo session, so this one will done by IV. Thanks again for all the cards, prayers (and dinners!!) this week! I am so lucky to be surrounded by such great people!
ANGELS EXIST, but some times, since they don't all have wings, we call them FRIENDS.
~Kasey
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