Crazy day in Houston...

Today was a crazy, but good day! Last night my parents were able to get Mary Grace to Houston so Heather was finally able to see her little girl after more than a week.  I think that helped her morale more than anything. Also, yesterday we accepted the fact that Heather would not be able to get her liver biopsy done until next Wednesday.  We planned on heading back to Oklahoma City (and then Kansas City for me) after her last appointment today.  Bright and early we went to the hospital for her to get another biopsy on her left breast (we were told the slides from her first biopsy never arrived at MDA).  Well, we received what we considered great news once she check in! The radiologist refused to do another biopsy because the slides had arrived.  Heather was actually happy to not have the biopsy done...now, it's the little things that we get excited about it!  Then she was able to get squeezed in for her afternoon appointment 4 hours early. Yay! We were happy that we would be able to get an early start back home.  Once we got back to the hotel we packed up our stuff and jumped in the car and started our 8 hour journey to OKC.  We were only 30 minutes outside of Houston when one of the research nurses called and said that there had been a cancellation so they could get Heather's liver biopsy done tomorrow morning.  The car was turned around and headed back to the hotel before Heather even got off the phone.  It's crazy that we're "excited" for her to be getting the biopsy tomorrow because it's painful, but we know her treatment will start at least a week earlier now.  She's very anxious for her treatment to get started. The doctors have ensured her that her prognosis is no worse if the treatment starts this week, next week, or in two weeks, but she just wants to start killing the cancer. Totally understandable!  Now we'll be down here until at least Thursday because Heather can't travel for at least 24 hours after the biopsy.  We'll continue to keep you update...
-Heidi