Test results 3/30

Received great news from the doctor today. The chemo is working and doing everything they wanted it to do. YEAH!! We are so glad and excited. I am overwhelmed with all the hope this shows. God is great!! I know all the prayers and support helped so much. Thanks everyone please keep praying for continued success. Still have a long treatment plan ahead however we are going to continue to beat this cancer and WIN!!

Tests

At MDA getting ready to have petscan that will show if chemo is working. VERY nervous and scared for the results. Hope it goes well! Will get the results tomorrow when I meet with the doctor. My name just got called...

Chemo week 6

Counts were good today was worried since had a bad cold this week, counts weredown from prior week but still good. Yeah. Lucky still have my hair think cutting 8 inchs last week helped. It's taking some getting used to but happy still have it. :)
Tonight was a rough night nauseous and couldn't sleep. FYI tv is not good after 2am. Lol.
Thanks for all the cards, gifts, and donations words can't express how much it means to me and my family. Thank you so much!

Doctor's appointment today

Today John and I are in OKC with Heather. We met with her doctor this morning and he is still optimistic that her treatment is working. We'll know for sure after her MDA tests later this month. Her doctor is shocked that she still has her hair, but she does! She's doing her 5th chemo right now...and her spirits are still high!

Fundraiser---Heather's Hope Necklace

My cousins (Diane and Debbie) came up with an idea to wear a piece of jewelry to show our support for Heather.  So me and my friend (Maggie) contacted a jewlery designer (Stacy from bellawish) on etsy.com and she custom designed a necklace for Heather.  The necklace is handmade, sterling silver, with 2 charms (a pink crystal and a silver breast cancer ribbon) and a Hope silver disc.  It is absolutely beautiful, I'm so excited to wear it! We decided that it would be a great way for all of her friends and family to show support so we are selling the necklaces as a fundraiser to help raise money for her upcoming trips to Houston and her medical bills that are arriving daily.  I've attached a picture of the necklace.  If you're interested in purchasing one please email me at heidi.birtciel@yahoo.com and I'll give you the details. :)

Optimistic news from the doc

Yesterday Heather was able to see her Oklahoma oncologist before her chemo treatment.  After he examined her he said that he is "cautiously optimistic" that the treatment is working, i.e. he thinks the breast tumor is shrinking!  This is awesome news!  Dr. Alvarez (doctor from MD Anderson) said that shrinking the tumors is the main goal of this first round of treatment.  If these drugs can shrink the tumors then that's the first step to controlling the cancer.  This was the best news that we've heard in months!  The last couple of weeks her attitude has been positive and optimistic so I'm glad that she received this news so it will help her continue to keep the great attitude. She has her MDA appointments scheduled for the last week of March so that's when additional tests will be done and the results will be compared to her original tests.  Keep your fingers crossed that the chemo continues to work!

Heather wants everyone to know how much all of the flowers, cards, messages, comments, donations, etc. have meant to her!!! It makes me feel so good to know that there are so many awesome people out there who care so much about my sister!  Thank you from the bottom of my heart!  You and your thoughts and prayers are helping her everyday!