Good Evening-Or not.

Story # 1

So last night was my Bunko night. The food was Yummy and I had a good time, nice to get out. On my way home ( it took all of about 5 minutes) I noticed a car was following me. Normally I wouldn't care, small town.. But it kept honking at me. I sat at a traffic light waiting for my green arrow & I kept hearing a honking. I looked around, no hand gestures (waving or otherwise) I didn't recognize any of the surrounding cars. So I ignored it. I got my arrow, then turned, the car behind me still seemed to be trying to get my attention, flashing brights at me & then finally pulled over & it looked like they wanted me to pull over as well. I checked & had my phone & purse, my doors were all shut, my lights were on- I didn't leave anything on my bumper, I didn't hit any small animals or children, so I kept driving. The car had pulled off quite close to the turn into my neighborhood. Feeling a little paranoid, I took the long way home to ensure that the car had in fact quit following me. I went home & called my friend Kim (Bunko was at her house) and asked if I had left something there & maybe she sent one of the gals after me to let me know. Nope, she didn't. So glad I took precaution. To all of my friends reading this, if it was you, let me know, so I am not looking over my shoulder Ü

Story # 2

As I was pulling into the driveway Trent & his friend Kasey were leaving on bikes. I stopped Trent to find out where he was going after 9 O'clock at night. He said they were making a Walmart run & that Nic had approved & he would be home by 10. Okay, no problem. I went in, got ready for bed, & went to bed. I laid there awake for a while, ears picking every little sound (thanks to my paranoia). Also, I had had an extremely large brownie sundae for dessert & my stomach was on the verge of exploding I had stuffed it to the max and then some, so I couldn't seem to get comfy enough to drift off. Nic came in about 10:20 or so to get his phone and call Trent, he hadn't come home yet. I hear him call Trent's phone, then I hear Trent's phone ringing in his room. I then yell for him to call his friend Kacey's cell. Then I hear a car pulling into the cul-de-sac & saw very bright lights. The paranoia kicks in again & I get up to look and see if the car looks similar to the one in the above referenced story. No, this on was a cop car with the spot light on. SH**, as I sigh, thinking the worst of my 12 year old son. I march myself down stairs to tell Nic & I hear Trent & Kacey talking to him. In a state of partial slumber, annoyance and anger I demand to know why there is a Police Officer driving slowly around the cul-de-sac using his spotlight. They picked up on my accusatory tone & explained to me that Trent's bike had almost been stolen. It took about 3 times hearing the story, stopping for them to talk to the officer and me asking questions in my tired state of mind, to finally understand and comprehend the story. I am going to try & get Trent to write up a version of his story for posting. I ended up going to bed at about midnight, then woke up about 4:45am to go to the gym for a much needed workout.

Test Results

Well, Doctor Stinnett called with Nic's test results.

Most of the lumps have gone down.

A few of them still look swollen.

However, the PET scan says

Nic is cancer free.

In time the ones that are still swollen will go down.

NO MORE CANCER!!!!

Unfortunately he still has 2 months of Chemo,

but at this point, who cares

LA LA LA LA LA WAHOO WOOT WOOT

* PRAISE GOD *

Thank you everyone for all your prayers and love and support. I don't know where we'd be with out you. We love you all. We are grateful to have such a wonderful support group of family and friends.

Look for a future post, once Nic is done with all chemo & the port is out, we'll be having a party to celebrate.

I love you Nic, I knew you could do it!

Pet Scan

Friday morning is the PET scan for Nic.
His appointment is for 9:30 am. Once there he will be injected with a radioactive dye. Then he will have to go lay in a room by himself for 1 -1/2 hours to let the dye move through his body. He then has a body scan that takes about 30-45 minutes. Once that is done, he is free to go. HOWEVER, he will be radioactive for 6 hours after he has the shot. So.... he can't hold the kids or let them sit on his lap or even next to him on the couch. The first time he had this done it was a little more difficult, being that it was in March. At least the weather is good enough for them to play outside, bummer that it will be so hot though, maybe they won't want to. We won't be getting the results until his appointment next Wednesday.

Bear Lake July 4th

Good ole' paddle boat. Always fun for a ride.

When all else fails, build a sand castle.

I like digging my feat into the sand, nope, it's not the print of big foot.

The girls' first ride on the papperazzi- I think that is what it's called.

Stockton gives it a go! Good Job buddy~

The girls were dunked, for the first time in their lives.

Things got a little hysterical for a while.

Grapes

I made a fruit plate last week. My kids are always trying to find the smallest grape & then argue over who gets to eat it. So last week when I was washing grapes, I found quite a few that were this size that my kids loved.

Treatment 8

TREATMENT 8

Only 2 more months to go-- Pending the PET scan results, which we will find out at his next treatment in 2 weeks.

This treatment, Nic was sick before he even got started. He took his nausea pills before we left for the doctor, but his body knows what is going on. After treatment we barely got out of the building before he had to vomit. Poor Nic.

Ashlee, I just had to tell you that when is ESPN magazine came in this week, I hid it until today, so he would have something to read. Last time he got it & read it twice cover to cover before his treatment, little stinker.