Today Caitlyn had the first part of her dose for the new trial Avastin. She seems to be tolerating it well. No side effects yet and hopefully not any later as well. On November 19th she will get her dose of Avastin and Irinotecan. The combination of the two of these drugs are or we hope more effective then just the Avastin. Alone we know does not work on it's own. The Avastin is supposed to cut off the blood supply to the tumor and the Irinotecan is supposed to tell the body to not try and repair itself. Let's pray this works.
We continue to live for each day that is in front of us. It is not easy I have to constantly tell myself "be happy for today. Today she is feeling good and is healthy". It only makes the pain hurt more when you think about the future and try and plan for Christmas and Thanksgiving and think "will she still be healthy then?" So that is why we have already bought our Thanksgiving outfit and have already worn it twice. My suggestions to all moms that see this posting. If you already have your children's holiday outfits, let them wear them now and when ever they want to. It is a very freeing feeling to let go of all those restrictions we put on ourselves that go along with planning.
Please continue to pray for our family and all other family's that are going through an illness with a loved one.
Kara
There are two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle.
-Albert Einstein
