Happy New Year! May it be filled with good health, good friends, excellent meals and lots of adventure!
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We had a lot to celebrate today - it was Elyse's last radiation treatment, and thus last treatment period! It was also my birthday, so the former was the perfect present. Oh yeah, it was also the first day of school for Elyse . . .
Last weekend we ran the Hilbert Cheese Head race with our good friend Julia. It was a beautiful course through farm land, and even better beer and buffet at the finish line. This weekend Molly is in town! Elyse has only 7 more days of radiation and then she is done DONE!
Elyse teamed up with Radioactive Man this week. She'll be his sidekick for the next 22 days - what adventures await?!
Elyse got her alignment tattoos today, but more importantly she got her dashing cape. The cape is for her to wear during the radiation procedure. She'll get zapped M-F for 22 days - the whole process takes about 15 minutes. Hopefully she will be done before the new school year.
The lab results came back sooner than expected and Elyse is cancer free!!! There is still a lot to figure out with radiation, but we're going to bask in the glow of this good news for a while.
Things began to feel almost back to normal the weeks after Elyse's last chemo. We had a lovely weekend up in Minnesota. Elyse took a family road trip with Justine and Matt down to North Carolina for some family time. Her energy has been coming back and her skin is tan.
The next step in the cancer battle was surgery, and with no surprise Elyse kicked its butt too. The tumor and 8 lymph nodes were removed, as well as her port (which is named Portia, and we were able to keep). The whole thing went exactly as planned, and now we just have to wait on the final lab results. After 6 months of chemo Elyse gets to ring that bell! Dedicating my 2nd dance with the red devil to my 2nd home - Appleton North High School and the AASD Art Department. Thank you so much for your unwavering support and generosity!
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These posts chronicle the year 2019 : cancer diagnosis, chemotherapy, radiation, surgery and more love and support that we knew was out there.
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January 2020
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