IT IS A PLATYPUS!!!!!

it is not cancer!!!!  it is indeed an infection....we are still waiting for a clear picture of the type of infection...but the biopsy is clear...

this is amazing news...the report two weeks ago said...
1) good news...the original tumors are shrinking (are under control)
2) bad news...it has spread to the lungs

with the latest results and no cancer in the lungs it is straight up good news...the chemo IS working and the lung infection is treatable...

i feel like an enormous weight has been lifted...such relief...smiles from ear to ear...

thanks to all of you for keeping up with us...for hoping and praying with us...

thank you God... for ginny...for health....for time...
kirsten

biopsy, beach and baguettes

well ginny had her pulmonary testing and biopsy today...she feels just fine...friend mary weis took her...thank you mary :)

we hope to have a call monday with information about the next appointment/results...will post once we know.

thrusday erika, chris and the kids headed back to canada...they are making a pit stop in kent washington-they have tickets to watch the races...nascar i think...

i spent the morning on the beach with gal pals sarah and sue...so good to be with them...oh how i love them!

we ate lunch at a little french cafe...mussels and pasta...baguettes and croissants so good...

i fly home saturday...will be good to see my ginny...

will post again next week once we know more....thanks again for hoping with us...praying for and praying with us...
kirsten

a few more days...to wait that is...

well ginny went to mayo today with her entourage (gail, sharon and rita)...thank you gals~

it was our understanding that ginny would have her tests today...she did not...it was a consultation only...the scope and biopsy will occur on friday...

thanks a bunch for checkin in on us...there will be more soon...

on a side note...i am having a blast in california with erika, chris and the kids...we have been to disney and legoland and today the pearson's experienced their first earthquake...a 5.4...

kirsten

california cruisin'

well erika and the kids arrived late afternoon on the 4th of july...the first of four days together...woo hoo...







the hotel provided us with noise makers and hats

dustin crashed early so erika and jayme and i hung out to see the big show

fireworks and palm trees...

we had a great time...so good to be together...

on monday morning i picked the kids up and we went to play while erika and chris regrouped...good to give them a bit of a break and auntie got to play :)

monkey boy dustin

pirate queen jayme

swim time...

we hit the road...(this pic is for auntie ginny)

we stopped at neptune's net for lunch...a biker hangout...king crab and jumbo shrimp for lunch

we arrived in anaheim late afternoon...a swim...some dinner and planning for our BIG day at disney tomorrow...

post script: auntie kirsten is loving time with the family...but wants to be sure that the world knows that she is missing auntie ginny...

TB or not TB

Well it is not TB...grateful for that...Ginny will have more tests on Wednesday...she is feeling great and we are anticipating that the report on Wednesday will tell us she has an infection...thank you for hoping with us!

I flew to LA on Friday...have had a couple of days with friends and today Erika, Chris and the kids are arriving...I will spend the week with them...Disney, Legoland and the beach are all on the schedule...

More updating to come...
Kirsten

a duck? maybe not!

if it looks like a duck...walks like a duck...quacks like a duck...it must be a duck...

but wait...the doctor thinks it could be a platypus!

there was a twinge of anger this afternoon once i realized that the report from the local oncologist last thursday was, perhaps, premature...that is right...premature...

the spots in ginny's lungs may indeed be cancer...but there are two other explanations...the chemo may have caused a lung infection...in the next week gin will undergo additional testing to rule out tuberculosis and other pulmonary infections...a biopsy of the largest lesion will also be done to determine a presence of cancer or not...

additionally...to be proactive and to continue to treat the cancer she will begin hormone treatment (megase)...she will take 4 pills a day....so ginny will get a chemo break!

ginny feels like she was given a death sentence last week and after today she feels like she has been given an appeal...i am holding my breath...these spots may very well be cancer...and they may not...

so ginny hopes...despite my fear...i hope....and we ask that you hope too...

ginny had the TB test today...results on saturday...next wednesday (july 7th) she will travel back to rochester for the pulmonary tests and appointments with docs in the afternoon...our friend rita will go in my place...

i will be in california with my family...taking jayme and dustin to disney...this is a challenge for me as i feel like i need to be here but ginny is insisting that i go...

i will update you, as ginny updates me, this weekend and into next week...

kirsten