Praise the Lord, I've got massive shrinkage!

The prayers are working. I can feel it and today I feel like I have tangible proof. I was healthy enough for chemo and just needed a little booster shot for my red blood cells/anemia. Nothing severe though. Jeff and I were THRILLED to hear today that the tumor is a minor 2cm or about 3/4 of an inch square. It also has no decisive edges and is more like a dense mass and not the solid and heavy rock that it was just about 10 weeks ago. And, we're about halfway through the chemo. I've had 8 total treatments and have 8 more to go. There was brief discussion about scheduling MRI's and scans in August before we make our surgical decisions. I'm torn, I welcome the idea of a treatment that is non-invasive as possible ... but I read recently an anology that I've taken to heart: "Cancer is like a terrorist group. You don't try to make peace with it. You annihaliate it and get rid of all the sleeper cells." I like that approach. I can sleep well with that approach for the next 50 years of my life.

And, I had the opportunity to stay home with Rose tonight while Jeff and Grace went to ballet dress rehersal. With twins, and probably all kids, its difficult to find time to spend with just one kid so it's always special to have that time. Rose found this book about a magic carpet with mazes and riddles on every single 32 pages and that was her top priority ... that I read to her. She was adamant that no one had ever read this book to her. I don't know where it came from ... but I read it. And, I loved it. Just watching her answer the puzzles and check the back and feeling her next to me and that closeness you get when reading to a child. We went onto make blueberry muffins and even do some beading (thanks Amanda) before Grace and Jeff came back home.

And, in case you didn't see it ... Ann's Fans (our Race for the Cure team) crested $10,000 earlier this week. I had tears rolling down my face when I saw that on Wednesday morning. My fans rock.

Thanks for all your prayers. God continues to bless us and amaze me ... that's worth getting out of bed for every day.

Ann