Chemo-update,

First chemo was this past Monday! All has gone well. She has had no nausea or bad reactions!! woohoo!! Next chemo is Monday the 28th at 1pm. Hoping for another good week.

January 16th, a Monday and Grandpa's birthday. Grandpa, Grammy, Amanda, Christian, Miles, and I went to Bagger Dave's for lunch to celebrate Grandpa's birthday. It is also Martin Luther King day so the kids were off school. After lunch Lynn took Grammy home and he met us at the movies. Grandpa and the boys saw The Adventures of Tin, Tin and Amanda and I saw Joyful Noise, Grammy doesn't like to go to the movies, because she can't eat the popcorn. Anywho- movies were great we go home and grandpa goes home. We did not expect gram to get a call from the doctor this day regarding her cat scan on Friday the 13th, a little advice don't get medical tests down on Friday the 13th, aghhh! We were planning on her stomach issues being another bout with diver tics, the reason she can't eat popcorn. Well she go "the call" while we were at the movies. My mom, being a mom, didn't call us in the movie, she waited alone until Lynn got home. She told him, had him call Doug and Eric, another smart mom move, and had them (Doug and Eric) have us call our mom. Well when Doug walked in the house 2 hours before normal, I knew something was wrong, but never thought it would be this. He said: "Lynn called me at work, you need to call your mom." Lynn did not tell Doug or Eric what the issue was just that we need to call our mom. The tears started here.... Until tomorrow.

How this chemo story started, but first the cast!

The Cast in Grammy's Chemo Story:

The STAR:

My mom, Aunt Kathy, Kathleen, Wife, Gram, Grammy, Gramster Hamster, Amanda, Christian, Miles, Drake, and Aria's favorite person in the whole world, x-wife, sister in law, nurse, oh and she's Missie's mom too, step mom, sister, friend, golfer, excellent cook, shopper, on and on.....

GEMZAR-"G" helping Gram kick cancer butt

The villain: Stage 4 pancreatic cancer (&*$$@$$^&)

Also starring:
Lynn-Husband, Dad Too, Dad, Uncle, Smart guy, Grandpa, Golfaholic, engineer, father in law, golfer, I-apple guy, computer dude, did i mention golfer? and on and on..

Audra-yep, that's me-some may say pain in the a--, but for this story I am the daughter. O.h, yeah and Amanda, Christian, and Miles mom

Missie 0r Melissa-my sister and the other daughter from California. Drake and Aria's mom.

Doug: Lucky guy married to Audra-hmm, wait he has to listen to her go on and on everyday, ok still pretty lucky. Oh and he is the son in law and father of Amanda, Christian, and Miles.

Eric-Bless his heart he is married to the great and powerful Missie/Melissa and the father of Drake and Aria also, son in law.

Jeff- Step son, father of Joslyn and Nathan, college student, Navy.

Most special awesome Grandchildren worried about the favorite person in the world "Gramster Hamster"-
Amanda-14, Christian 12, Miles 10, Drake 7, and Princess Aria 4.

Mike-Audra and Missie's dad, the ex- husband, uncle, papa all around good guy

Supporting Cast (By this I mean the most amazing people who we feel with us everyday)

The Carpenter Clan: Kathy's 11 brothers and sisters, their spouses, their children(yep 42 ish first cousin, never counted), their spouse, their kids, on and on. ok in another post just for fun I will name them all with spouse and children in order for now back to the story.

The Larsen Clan: Michael's family, my family, melissa's family, kathy's family who touch us everyday. This is including the wonderful and large Bishop family.

The Saunders Family: Wow, we feel the love from New Hampshire and Maine.

Lakelands Golf Family: Lynn's daily place from April (March ok February) until December or January.

Dr. Al Baghdadi-yep it is pronounce Dr. Bagdady! I believe their is a rap song hear. Oncologist.

Ann-sent from heaven to help us through chemo-chemo study nurse.

Nurses-Linda, Chris, etc. again sent from heaven. Compassionate, empathetic, patient, amazing. I say give them all a raise.

Alati family-we feel the love.

Sheri, Brooke, Stephanie-the ladies that do mom's hair. Awesome!!

Everyone who has reached out on facebook-amazing.

Ok- so I am sure I missed somebody- not on purpose-if I did I am sorry.

These are some of the names you will see in this blog. There will be tears, there will be laughter I promise to be brutally honest and remember this is coming from my perspective so sometimes it will be a little Audra sided.

Enough- I have to go take midterms so I can graduate and teach all the amazing children in America and the world.

Love to you all!!
Ms. Audra

ps-post was not proof read by grandpa so there are probably mistakes, oh well. Today life is good.

Tomorrow the day we got the call from hell!!