Another Tough Week

Susan had her chemo treatment on Monday. It was the second of her three treatments in this cycle. She has been experiencing really bad nausea with frequent bouts of dry heaving. Today she is in bed taking it easy. Pray that the nausea and dry heaves are short lived and that she keeps up on her liquids and food. Also pray about a decision not to have the third treatment next week. We plan on talking to the doctor today about that decision. These treatments have been really hard on Susan. We keep looking to God as our true source of strength and peace.

Great Fall Days!!

We have been having beautiful fall days this year. We have been collecting apples from friends and neighbors to have made into apple cider. We took all the apples up by Bonner's Ferry, Idaho to a farm that has a big heavy duty apple press. We made 52 gallons of fresh yummy apple cider. And we all had a great time on such a beautiful fall day. Of course a lot of the cider will go as gifts to friends. And plenty to have in the freezer, to enjoy throughout the year. The picture is at the farm just after making the cider. Susan has been feeling better each day and is ready for her next round of chemo on Monday morning at 10:30 am. Thank you for all your prayers and support.

Here is Nathan by one of the trucks that they have been driving. He mans a 50 cal machine gun. He thanks you all for your prayers. Susan has had a good week considering all that she has gone through with the chemo on Monday. Yesterday and today have been rough but she has been laying low and has been eating and keeping up on her water intake. She is constantly awed by the fact that through God's provisions and the support through all of you, her only job is to get well. She thinks of other woman that have to continue working and provide for their families while dealing with health issues. We are so grateful.

A Family Weekend!

A wonderful weekend with my brother Bob and his wife Penny (from Bozeman, MT) and brother Rory and his wife Connie along with their kids, Dillon and Mikayla (from Gig Harbor, WA). We had great visits and great food provided by several friends. We made carmel corn, carmel apples and carved some pumpkins. We even introduced them to the game of BUNKO. It was soo good to see my family. And then on Sunday my sister Jeannie came over from Chawelah, WA where she is working temporarily as an RN. Jeannie stayed Sunday night and went with me for my Chemo treatment today. I was feeling pretty good through the day but by night time I was ready to go to bed. Gotta keep up on my meds at the prescribed time to stay on top of the pain. I wanted to share with you a picture of the family with my brothers and their families. It was good to have everyone near this weekend. You are all such a blessing to me and my family. Thank you all for your concerns and prayers. God Bless you all!

Great News!

We are just praising the Lord for the results! The tumors were down 50%. Dr. Tezcan was very pleased with the results. What a humbling place to be before our Savior at the Cancer Center. Many other patients today did not receive such wonderful news. Thank you all for you prayers on our behalf. With such good results, Dr. Tezcan wants to stay the course and keep doing what we are doing. It was one of those "Are you serious?" moments. I asked if he thought I could handle anymore. He was positive I could. He also talked about a new chemo drug just approved last week. So there is yet another chemo option. So three more weeks of the current chemo cocktail and then another cat scan. As shocked as I am about doing the hard chemo, I am so thankful and praising the Lord that He continues to give me options. There will come a day when there are no more options. So with that I will continue to run the race. I can't express enough how we appreciate your love, support and prayers.

There's No Place Like Home

Thank you everyone for praying me home. It is so wonderful to be back in my family's presence. My pain is under control but still dealing with nausea especially right after I eat. I have an appointment with my oncologist on Thursday, 0930 am, to go over my cat scan results. Over the past two months, it has been amazing to see the outpowering of love and support and prayers on our behalf. It has truly carried us along. We will report the doctors results as soon as possible. Our email address: dougvetsch@roadrunner.com .

Susan is Back Home!

Susan came home today. It took a little more time than we thought for Susan to finish the prescribed amount of water and food before the doctors would release her. But everyone was excited to have mom back home again. This is a picture out front of the house with some of the corn stalk decorations we got at Carver Farms on Sunday. Susan was impressed with our decorating. We are going to stay up on her pain meds and not get behind like we did last week. Cat scans tomorrow at 10:20 am. Pray for the cancer sites to be radically smaller. Thanks again for all your prayers and getting Susan through this.