June 2006 - Posts

• June 29, 2006

  Samantha was finally able to start her next round of chemo last night. Although she did not want to do it she did great. She has been very tired this past week and has not been real active. We are still trying to figure out what is causing her to have that choking cough every morning which leads to vomitting. Since she has returned from Memphis she has not had any seizures (we are keeping our fingers crossed) but had quite a few while she was there. Her check up went well no new news really. She has now been off her steroids for 11 days and seems to be handling it okay. Her balance and her eye are looking great. She was very shaky for about a week but that does not seem to be as severe now. We are working on her appetitie or lack of I should say. We don't know how fast her counts are going to drop again with this round of chemo but we are hoping to get her more active while she can get out of the house some. Please continue to pray for her. With love, Audra, Kurt, Christopher, & Samantha Posted Jun 29 2006, 02:10 PM by admin with no comments

• June 22, 2006

  Samantha and Kurt left for St. Jude on Wednesday and are returning home today. She had some trouble with seizures while she was there which resulted in some more adjusting of her meds. We can only hope & pray that this will be what she needs to be without these seizures. Her counts are starting to come up and it looks as though she will start her next chemo round on Monday. They lowered the dose (which her Dr. said is not uncommon) due to her counts not being fully recoverred. It is their feeling that it is better to do the cycle as close to six weeks as possible rather than giving the full dose and waiting an extra 2-3 weeks for total recovery. She is now off her steroids and zantac which eliminates 4 doses of meds per day, with any luck that will help with the vomitting. Although it was very hard for us to seperate we both managed and she is happily on her way back home. Please continue to pray for her and as always thank you for all your support. With Love, Audra, Kurt, Christopher, & Samantha Posted Jun 22 2006, 09:09 PM by admin with no comments

• June 17, 2006

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• June 16, 2006

  Just a quick update from yesterdays posting. We received the CT results which showed no changes since her last scan which was done on May 15th. Samantha seemed to have a better day. Christopher and I took her to the park where we only lasted about 1/2 hour because we left to late and it was so hot. She enjoyed herself though. She spent some time in the pool as well. So far today she has had no seizures and seems to have a little more energy. Hopefully she will be feeling good to enjoy her weekend. Will update again after mondays labs when we know more. Love to all, Audra, Kurt, Christopher, & Samantha Posted Jun 16 2006, 09:08 PM by admin with no comments

• June 15, 2006

  Just a quick update to let you all know that our trip to Memphis has been postponed. Samantha's counts are still on the low side and the doctor felt it best for her to wait to travel until they come up some due to the risk of infection. We will know more on Monday after her labs are done. She did need to have a transfussion of platelets again yesterday and today went in for a CT scan. She is still having seizures and vomitting so we thought it would be best to ask the doctor to order the scan to be sure her ventricles are the right size and that her shunt is working. We should have results in the morning. She has had a pretty rough few days and we are hoping tomorrow will be a better day. We increased her seizure meds agian this evening hoping that will help. As we get results we will update again. Thank you all for your thoughts & prayers, you can not imagine how much they mean to us. Love, Audra, Kurt, Christopher, & Samantha Posted Jun 15 2006, 09:07 PM by admin with no comments