March 2006 - Posts

• March 30, 2006

  Today was the last day of radiation for Samantha. She has been such a trooper through last past 6 1/2 weeks we are all so proud of her. We were hoping to be on our way home today but Samantha's blood counts continue to drop. She was tested today and now has to wear a mask to protect herself from infection. She will be tested again tomorrow to make sure she does not need another transfussion before the weekend. Kurt & Christopher flew in yesterday to suprise her and will be here until tuesday. Our hopes are to all go home together. If her body starts to recover and we see the counts rising that is a possibility. Please keep that in your prayers for her. Love, Audra, Kurt, Christopher, & Samantha Posted Mar 30 2006, 04:25 PM by admin with no comments

• Samantha's last day of Radiation!!!!!

  Samantha's last day of Radiation!!!!! Posted Mar 30 2006, 04:23 PM by admin with no comments

• March 25, 2006

  Samantha has only 4 radiation treatments to go. We had to stop her chemo on Monday as her plateletts were critically low and she had to receive a transfussion. She handled it well and had no side effects. She was retested on friday and her plateletts seem to be recovering slowly. We will test again on Monday and are praying that there is a signifigant increase so she will not need another transfussion and can go home thursday as planned. As always she is in great spirits and is always smiling. We can not thank you all enough for all your love & support. Please keep praying that Samanthas body will recover itself so she can go home and be with her family and friends. Love to all. Audra, Kurt, Christopher, & Samantha Posted Mar 25 2006, 09:30 AM by admin with no comments

• March 19, 2006

  Samantha had a busy weekend with her daddy and brother and was loving every minute of it. She was actually running after Christopher today and has limited the use of her walker tremendously. She continues to get stronger and more amazing every day. It was so hard to say goodbye to each other once agian today but knowing we will be going home in two weeks really helps. We have started shipping boxes home and started the count down. As always thank you all for your generousity, love, & support. Please keep those prayers alive. Love, Audra, Kurt, Christopher, & Samantha    Posted Mar 19 2006, 06:12 PM by admin with no comments

• March 17, 2006

  Samantha has now finished 4 1/2 weeks of radiation and only 2 weeks to go. She started losing her hair about 2 weeks ago and decided yesterday to shave what was left. She remains in good spirits and does not let much of anything get her down. Her steroids are being lowered every three days and we are close to being off them completely. We are looking forward to that as they have so many side effects. Today we spent a few hours at the Memphis Zoo. Her & Christopher really enjoyed it and of course Kurt & I were very happy to have our family together smiling. Enjoy the pictures. I'm sure I will be adding more after the weekend is over. As always please keep on praying for Samantha. Love, Audra, Kurt, Christopher, & Samantha           Posted Mar 17 2006, 05:42 PM by admin with no comments