Sheri's Service

Sheri's Service

Friday, April 22, 2011

Well....it's been an interesting week.....

Sorry for the blank space here for a while. This past week was an interesting one, to say the least. Sheri has been having off and on headaches for the past few weeks. It seems to coincide with the timing of her chemo. This week the same thing happened. Her doctor had dropped one of the chemos we had thought was causing the problem. Needless to say Monday, four days after chemo, we woke up, read the bible, had coffee and toast....a normal day. Sheri started to get a headache so she decided to take a hot bath, that seems to help for a bit. A bit later she was washing her hands in the bathroom when she called out to me that she was feeling funny. I found her half way to the floor with no strength in her legs. I had her sit down...when she began to have a seizure. It lasted about five seconds. I got her to bed and immediately called her doctors. I had Sheri's Mom pick up some anti seizure medicine at the pharmacy that the doctors prescribed. She slept a while, so I went to work, her Mom with her. A few hours later she had another seizure, this one lasted a minute or so....so we called 911.....time to go to the hospital. We traveled to Wenatchee with the lights off, as Sheri was doing better. We spent the next day in the hospital doing scans and talking to doctors. The scans came back clear, no swelling, and things looked stable. So the conclusion? Once again the chemo reacted with a few of the Gamma Knife treated spots in her brain to press and give her headaches and the seizures. She is now on anti seizure meds, and steroids to avoid a recurrence, and is no longer on chemo. Each day she is doing much better. Today she went for a massage and shopped for flowers for our yard with her Mom. Yesterday she walked a half mile on the treadmill. They put her through the ringer that's for sure.

We are continuing to look up and trust God, our Healer. One good thing is the scans showed none of the things the doctors were worried about...which is good. Thanks for the concern and support.

Looking up, and getting well!

Brett and Sheri

3 comments:

sweetps123 said...

Sheri,

You come into my mind and heart often, and especially this past week. I felt prompted to stop and pray for you each time I thought of you. It is no wonder why! I'm sending lots of love and positive thoughts your way. May the Lord strengthen you and give your body healing. Love you, Sheri!

Shelby

lisasmith said...

We continue to pray for strength for all of you.

DJ Chelan said...

Good Morning Sheri,
Your smile and true gentle spirit shines brightly in my heart.
I am sending you positive hugs for a beautiful day my dear friend.
Hugs, Heidi