We are finishing up our month off from treatment - which went by incredibly too fast. This past month was a blast filled with birthday parties, engagement parties, Nathan's "end of radiation celebration", a trip to the Bahamas, and ended with my 10 year high school reunion. We lived it up over the past 4 weeks! Nathan has been pretty good this past month. He's had some major headaches here and there, but, for the most part, he's felt well. Below are some pictures to document our fun...
Last weekend of August:
Stewart & Jenny's engagement party on Nathan's last weekend of treatment
Nathan, me, Jack, Stewart (my brother), Jenny, Miller, Katie (my sister), Eloise (our neice), my mom, Beth, and my dad, Buddy
1st weekend of September:
Jack and Nathan at Simms' 2nd birthday party!
Nathan, Hannah (his sister) and Simms (our nephew)
Jack, obviously having a blast!
Nathan & friends in Knoxville to celebrate Nathan finishing radiation
James, Nathan, Walter, Paul, Cal & Carson
2nd weekend of September:
Nathan's "End of Radiation Celebration" in Chattanooga
Nathan and his mama, Gretchen, celebrating in Chattanooga
Alex, Nathan & Stephen in Chattanooga
Nathan and Matt
Girlfriends celebrating in Chattanooga
Kate, Hannon, Meredith, Liz, baby Grainger, me, baby Thomas, Lindsey, and Katie
Our sweet Jack playing football at the party
3rd weekend of September:
Nathan, Jack and me in Knoxville to cheer on our Vols!
(Clearly, it hasn't been helping them...)
(Clearly, it hasn't been helping them...)
4th weekend of September:
Our view from our room in the Bahamas
Nathan and his dad, Buddy, on the beach
Nathan and me swimming with Palmer, the dolphin
Nathan and me in the Bahamas
Nathan's dad, Buddy, his stepmom, Debbie, Nathan and me having a great beach day!
Now, back to reality. Ugh.
We are leaving tomorrow for Vanderbilt for a follow up MRI to see how well Nathan responded to those 6 weeks of chemo and radiation back in August. His doctors wanted to wait a month after treatment to run these tests, because his brain was too swollen to do them immediately after treatment. Because of the swelling, they wouldn't be able to tell if there was any regrowth and if he responded positively to treatment. So, tomorrow is the big day! Nathan goes in at 3pm for labs and 4pm for his MRI. We are spending the night in Nashville tomorrow night, and we meet with his doctor on Wednesday morning at 8:30 to discuss the results and our next steps. To all you prayer warriors out there, please pray for good results from this MRI and specifically that there isn't any regrowth.
Thank you for all of your support and prayers. We truly appreciate each one.
Love,
Elizabeth
So glad you were able to enjoy such beautiful times with family and friends during your respite. Continuing to pray for God's healing.
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ReplyDeletePraying!! I received word today that one of my best friends from college, Kathryn, found out yesterday that she has a malignant brain tumor. She is currently in Birmingham at UAB where her doctors are planning her first surgery on Oct. 13th to try to remove most of the tumor. Following your posts and seeing Nate fight gives me so much hope! I hope she will FIGHT LIKE NATE!!! Prayers to y'all!
ReplyDeleteSending prayers your way...God is the ultimate healer #fightlikenate
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