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Funeral arrangements

stephanie — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:04:51 +0000

Sunday we will have visitation at Thompson’s Harveson and Cole Funeral home located at 702 Eighth Ave. Ft Worth from 4:00 to 6:00

Funeral will be on Monday at 1:00 at All Saint’s Episcopal Church located at 5001 Crestline Rd. Ft Worth

Burial will be at Greenwood Memorial Park located at 3100 White Settlement Rd. Ft Worth

God speed Stephanie

stephanie — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 03:10:24 +0000

She passed away late this afternoon. We are looking at Monday for her Funeral. I will keep you posted. We have alot to do in the next few days.

John

We are near to the final hour

stephanie — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:30:00 +0000

Hospice came out yesterday and supplied us with a bed and a few other items. Her final hours are near. She is not in pain and we are here by her side.

Latest update

stephanie — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:37:03 +0000

Yesterday she was able to talk and walk. Today is a different story. She is unable to get up, drink or eat by herself. We are doing the best we can to meet her needs. She responds to touch and voices. She opens her eyes but I’m not sure what she is looking at - it’s normally the wall. The kids and I are doing fine.

Thanks to her Mother! Without her I’m not sure what I would do.

John

Stephanie update

stephanie — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:46:28 +0000

She is no longer able to post anymore. We are down to weeks, days , maybe hours. We have stopped all chemo. She is not in pain and is at peace. Thank you for all your prayers and support.

John

Brain Cancer Confirmed

stephanie — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:53:25 +0000

My mom picked me up and we had lab work done and then met with Helena. The head ct showed I had cancer in the frontal lobe of my brain. The spot is small about 5mm in size. They believe it can be managed quite successfully with a radiation procedure called Cyberknife. I called John and he left work and came to the center to meet the doctor at 12:30 today. We will use next week preparing for the procedure and it will be completed the week of the 17th: Tues or Thurs. Once again we find ourselves with a gift from God. After the radiation oncologist reviewed all the results. He did not believe the symptoms I was experiencing were related to the brain tumor the size of the tumor was too small. He looked over my labs and noted my ammonia level and liver function tests were all elevated. This could produce all the sign & symptoms I am currently having.

Gathering the pieces

stephanie — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:46:52 +0000

I had my visit with the cardiologist Feb 27 and it went well. I had to stop by The Center to pick up my lab work from the previous Friday. We were running a CT for screening to check to if the new drug was effective. I noticed my tumor markers were quite high after leaving. I spent 3 business days trying to make contact with my team at the Center. I didn’t hardly sleep for many of the days; I was so anxious. We have our chest & abd scan for Monday.

Tumor Marker	Range	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb
CA 15-3	0-31	183.7	-	-	400.6	-	155.2	1232.0
CA 27-29	0-38	430.0	678.0	655.0	727.7	691.5	363.7	1997.0
CEA	0-3	-	-	-	1.8	2.1	5.6	3.4

I gathered my fan club: John, Mom and Kim (my sister) and we went to clinic March 5th. I have been having dizzy episodes and confusion this past week. I felt sure it was related to my anxiety and lack of sleep. This appoint was scheduled to review all my test results from my screening: lab work, chest xray, and CT of the chest and abdomen.

After reviewing my complaints, lab work and ct scans. A STAT Head CT was scheduled for the afternoon. Our next visit with Dr. Young will be March 7th. We can not take Avastin if we have a brain tumor.

Cardiologist Visit

stephanie — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 22:34:53 +0000

I saw my Cardiologist today. We were anxious to see how I am recovering with my heart. Dr. Lander is very pleased. While I do still have some shortness of breathe; my heart rate and blood pressure are great. I will see him again in April for a repeat echocardiogram. Here is a link with information about an >> echocardiogram << and >> congestive heart failure << .

Health is stable

stephanie — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 22:32:55 +0000

It has been a couple of weeks since I posted an update. This tends to means things are going really well or I am in the hospital too sick to post. In this instance I have been well & busy resting up so I can see David’s baseball games. It is still cold outside and the cold really wears me out.

Last week I took a big whooping shot in the hip (Faslodex) and have struggled with nausea most of the week. I was at clinic yesterday and I saw Dr. Young. My blood counts were good so I was able to get my infusion of Avastin & Zometa. They also gave me an injection of compazine to try & break this nausea cycle. I was able to eat dinner last night, some breakfast this morning and then watch the boys play a game of baseball. I have missed two games this week.

This was a good game to watch it was for the championship of the consolation bracket. It was day time and a bit warmer. David started the game pitching and pitched 5 2/3 innings with 7 strikeouts and no runs. He came out with the score 3-0, runners on the corners and two outs. They brought in Daniel to pitch. He did a great job. The boys had a couple of defensive errors which allowed David’s runners to score. In the end, we tied the game but won on most runners advancing on the bases.

Next week I will see the Cardiologist and will we will get an update on how my heart is healing. We pray it is getting stronger. I continue to struggle with fatigue and shortness of breathe with stairs and exertion. I must be honest; I know God is not through with me here for it is his healing powers that brought me home. I am thankful for everyday he gives me to be here with my family and friends.

Great Oncology Visit

stephanie — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 22:43:44 +0000

I had a visit with my oncology team today. All my lab work looks great. They drew tumor markers at my prior visit and they dropped significantly (good news). We will repeat them at our next visit and see how they are trending. They had been rising consistently which was one of the reasons we changed chemo treatments at Thanksgiving. At least it would be nice to know that the chemo that nearly killed me had a positive impact on my cancer. She could not find the enlarged lymph node that we found at Thanksgiving and the liver was smaller by palpation. All in all a fabulous visit!