What Happened?

Well, I thought I'd fill you in on what little I know. Thursday my principal walked into our room, that's nothing new, but Brett was right behind her. That was something new. I could tell by the look on his face that something was wrong. He just said "We need to go." I honestly thought something was wrong with his mom. So I showed Heather what we were doing for the next 30 minutes before my kids went to Specialists. Yes, it was towards the end of the day. I grabbed my coat and purse. Then as Brett and I walked home hand in hand he told me that my doctor had called him and told him the cancer had moved to my brain. There were several spots and it was inoperable. We were both in shock...feeling quite numb.

Brett was at his mom's house making her a milk shake when he got the call. He said he looked down and saw water drops on the counter and realized that they were beads of sweat. He was white as a sheet. His mom asked what was wrong and he told her. He just said "I have to go home." He came and got me and now we are on a new adventure.

We are doing better emotionally now and ready to do what we need to. I did ask my doctor about possible seizures and she said the tumors aren't located where they should cause a seizure, but she didn't think I should be driving with the kids in the car alone. That made it easy. I won't be driving at all until next Wednesday when she thought it would be ok. I don't want to put anyone at risk at all.

At this point I'm on steroids to shrink swelling in my brain. I will begin radiation on Monday and be on it for three weeks. After radiation on Monday, I will meet with my doctor and hopefully get the next steps set up. I'm guessing there will be chemo and a PET scan, but we will be more definitive after we talk to her. The steroids make it a little hard to sleep, but some non addictive sleeping medication took care of that last night. Yeah! That felt good.
We are hoping, praying and believing. Yes, God is in control and we will trust him no matter what. Thank you all for the words of encouragement to my kids, husband and me. They mean so much. Thank you also for the prayers. God hears them and answers prayer. I still hope he answers them with healing. He is capable.

Looking up always,

Sheri