My mom congratulating Nathan at his Law School Graduation.
Throughout the entire spring of 2012 my mom went to radiation at Dana Farber in Boston 5 days a week. I would go with her on Friday's because I didn't have class. She would drive in because she didn't like how I drove. We would talk, listen to music, and honestly sometimes it almost felt like this Pancreatic Cancer monster did not exist. Of course once we got to Dana Farber reality set in. The weekend of May 18th was my brothers law school graduation. My moms oncologist knew how important it was for her to make it there. She made a deal with my mom that they would disconnect her from her chemo pump for the weekend. My mom was so happy, she was able to be free with out her chemo for the first time in 5 weeks!
The drive to NJ was as uneventful as ever. Well besides my mom yelling at my dad to "SLOW DOWN!", "You are driving like a lunatic!" haha those were always said during any road trip. Sadly my dad never learned. We arrived at Nathan (my older brother) and Amanda's (my brothers fiancee) house and settled in.
May 19 2012, Nathan graduated law school. My mom was so proud. She looked so incredibly happy. Not only was she proud of Nathan, but she was so proud that she was able to be there to see him accomplish this milestone in his life. Once again, for how sick my mom was SHE NEVER EVER complained. She forged on through any and all pain, or discomfort she had. Another big announcement that was revealed this weekend was that my cousin was expecting her first child! My mom was thrilled!
On our ride home, we talked to my mom and she said that we needed to start planning Amanda's bridal shower. She wanted to have one around us, because she could not travel to Pittsburgh. As soon as we got home the planning began. She had to finish her final few days of chemo and radiation, and then another CAT scan was ordered...For some reason, I had such a bad feeling about this one. I begged my mom to text me as soon as she talked to the oncologist. I got the text when I was at home giving my dog Sherman a bath. "Tumor looks the same", "No change". Such a relief. Once again I was able to look into the future with my mom. She was doing great she was an a-typical Pancreatic Cancer Patient, which is something nobody could complain about. She continued to work everyday, go shopping, and work in her garden. She met once again with her oncologist to work out a plan...and my mom once again looked to the future, and was determined to make it to my sisters best friends wedding, and the bridal shower we were planning for Amanda...
"You have powers you never dreamed of. You can do things you never thought you could do. There are no limitations in what you can do except the limitations of your own mind."Darwin P. Kingsley
My mom, Nathan, and my dad
On our ride home, we talked to my mom and she said that we needed to start planning Amanda's bridal shower. She wanted to have one around us, because she could not travel to Pittsburgh. As soon as we got home the planning began. She had to finish her final few days of chemo and radiation, and then another CAT scan was ordered...For some reason, I had such a bad feeling about this one. I begged my mom to text me as soon as she talked to the oncologist. I got the text when I was at home giving my dog Sherman a bath. "Tumor looks the same", "No change". Such a relief. Once again I was able to look into the future with my mom. She was doing great she was an a-typical Pancreatic Cancer Patient, which is something nobody could complain about. She continued to work everyday, go shopping, and work in her garden. She met once again with her oncologist to work out a plan...and my mom once again looked to the future, and was determined to make it to my sisters best friends wedding, and the bridal shower we were planning for Amanda...
"You have powers you never dreamed of. You can do things you never thought you could do. There are no limitations in what you can do except the limitations of your own mind."Darwin P. Kingsley
As I read your blog it vrings tears to my eyes...I only met your Mother one or two times but she was an amazing woman...this post made me chuckle when you talked about your Mom and Dad came to Elmira it never failed he always got a ticket! Keep your head up kiddo...miss you :) -Cassy
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Cassy! Also thank you for reading my blog! Miss you!
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