Thank you!!!

My mom will be returning home to Bowling Green, KY, on Saturday, July 8th, following her treatment at Vanderbilt(VUMC). Her treatment has gone well. She is very tired and will be recovering between treatments at her house and in Bowling Green, KY.
Her next treatment will be in about 10 to 14 days. After her second treatment, my mom will have another brain MRI to see if the treatment is working.

Keep my mom in your thoughts and prayers. Thank you!

Special thanks to Joyce Cloutier for keeping an eye on my mom's pool while we have been at Vanderbilt.

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Treatment started

The next round of chemo started Wednesday, July 5th. My mom is in good spirits and is very positive about her treatment. I spent the entire day with her and held her hand through it all today.

Her doctors are very positve about her treatment.

The only negative right now is that her memory is failing her a bit. It should be better after the steriods and treatment have a little time to work.

She is in Room 11028 at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Although she can not have any flowers in her room, she enjoys us hanging the comments from her guestbook on her wall. So send kind words to let Rita know you are thinking of her and we will make sure that she seems them.

Thank you for all of the many prayers and wonderful words of support. It means so much to MY MOM and our family during this time.

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Relapse

My mom has been pretty low energy lately. Noticing that, I decided to move her appointment to visit Dr. John Greer at Vanderbilt, and luckily got TODAY!! My mom had a return scheduled visit with her doctor for mid-July, but something told me not to waste a minute.

Today's visit went something like this, first the brain MRI and then the office visit with Dr. Greer afterwards. Leslie was with my mom the entire time. The brain MRI showed that, sadly,her cancer had returned. Dr. Greer and my mom discussed her options.

My mom has decided to try a different treatment. She will be admitted into Vanderbilt on Tuesday, July 4th to begin treatment.
My mom and her doctor feel that a different type of chemotherapy may be effective.

At this time we do not know everything about the treatment. We will post again soon after the family researches, investigates and discusses the options. Of course, my mom always has the final say and we are doing as much research as we can at this time...find something we should know?----PLEASE send it on!

Many thanks for your prayers at this time.

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