Well I ache, but it isn't my head, it is my heart. How did we let that one get away? Oh of course we can use the old saying it wasn't meant to be. Darn it anyway! I guess another season full of Sunday after noon's enjoying the lazy boy, fire place and games will have to be memories for another year. It was a fun year and I enjoyed the season very much.



I am feeling really well, The only difficulty I am dealing with right now is my eye sight. Things are a little hazy, so it is hard to even write a email, forget about the check book. I am sorry ahead of time for all and many of my writing mistakes. I am doing the best I can for now. Dr's say it will get better as the swelling on my brain goes down.



Again thank you is way to simple to express to all of you for your thoughts and prayer's. I am so richly blessed because of all of you. To my family, thanks once again for your support and always being here for me. For all that wanted to be there and honored our requests to support from afar thanks so much. It gets over whelming at times. I hope in time to get back to all the emails and phone calls. For now please know all is going well, life is good. God is great.
Love always
Sue

Going home!

Picture: Sue is in ICU with all her family members Derek, Barb, Ashley, Keeley, Holly, Drew and Steve (photo by Ed). She is going home this afternoon - and she is anxious to do so. She enjoyed a hamburger, fries and another Diet Dr Pepper for lunch - things are getting back to normal quickly.

Sue and I are thankful for all the kind wishes and prayers we have received from everyone. Also, the staff here at St Mary's is so wonderful...how fortunate we are to have the best people in the world minutes from our home!

Sue enjoys reading your posts so please feel free to drop her a note. It will be plenty of rest when she gets home and oh yeah, that Vikings game tomorrow - watching it from home, as she predicted we would be.

God Bless - Ed

In Recovery...

Here she is, in the middle of asking for a Diet Dr. Pepper! She also is already making sure she tells the doctors that she will be leaving by tomorrow afternoon! All reports have been good, and she is doing great!

The Gang's All Here!

Finishing Up

We just received a call from our communicator...they are finishing up now, and everything went well! Now we are all waiting for them to finish and for Dr. Parney to come up to the room and fill us in on the details of the surgery.

Nancy, Barb, Derek, Rachel and Ryan have all joined us in the waiting room, and we are all anxious to see Mom. I will keep you posted as we hear more!

Holly

In Surgery...

Mom asked me to keep everyone updated on today's sugery. So far we don't really have much to report...just that she went into pre-op at 8:00am, and surgery began at 9:00am. So far so good!

Grandma Delores, Uncle Mark, Dad, Drew, Keeley, Steve and I are here in the family waiting room and doing great. We will keep you updated throughout the day as we hear more!

Love,

Holly

Thank you all so much!

I wanted to write to thank all of you for your blog postings, cards, emails and calls. I am so richly blessed by all of your love. You can't imagine the warmth and strength I get from all of you. Not a day goes by without hearing from many. Thank you seems way to simple, please know how deep my love is for all of you.

This week has been busying with tying up loose ends. Of course we never get it all done but at least Ed knows where to find things and how to pay the bill's if something was to happen. I think my stubbornness of making sure things are done the "right way" will bring me through the surgery with flying colors, plus seeing thee Vikings ! I never realize what a control freak I really am.

Just to give you all a little up date of our plans Steve and Holly are on the road right now. They are through Des Moines and so far the travel is good. If not they will stay in a hotel and finish the travel in the morning. I will do another MRI and pre-op in the morning. Then our hope is to spend the rest of the day Thursday just being together. Holly has agreed to update the blog on Friday - we don't know yet where I will be on the schedule. My mom, brother, sisters, some nieces and nephew's are coming to be together with Ed and the kids while I am in surgery. I am hoping to be home for the game on Sunday evening - at the latest.
Love and peace to all
Sue

January Update

Good evening!

It has taken me a few hours to get my thoughts together, plus try to get rid of a nagging headache. Ed and I met with the surgeon today. After listening to the pros and cons we have decided for me to have another brain surgery on Jan 22nd (3 is a charm right!). A big part of me really did not want to tell anyone. It would be so much easier, and less attention to just let people know after the fact. But things always have a way of getting out and I thought you might as well hear it from me. Dr Parney will do surgery on the right side which is the larger of the two. As always there is always a risk with any surgery. But I will do anything possible to make Drew and Keeleys wedding in May, and my niece Rachel and Lucas in June. This we feel will give us the best chance. I know people are always wanting to know what they can do for us. Just your prayer's, especially for Ed and our children (all four of them). this whole journey hasn't been easy on them but they have handled it with such grace.

Love and thanks again for your support.
God bless all of you
Sue

January Update

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year!



We were just told that the spots they are watching have on both sides almost doubled in size. They are still not sure if tumors or scar tissue. They will take me off of both my clinical trail and chemo drugs at this time. Because if they are tumor's the treatments are not working. Dr Buckner is going to meet with the radiologist and surgeon to get their opinions on the last scan. If possible they will biopsy one of the spots to see if they can get a better idea as to what is going on. For now we will let the drugs I have been on work out of my body. Then hopefully have a biopsy and regroup. If they are tumor's we will try a new chemo drug, possibly SAHA with Bortezomib. In all honesty I am trying my best to stay very optimistic, however I am also a realist. I know what my prognosis is, and how very blessed I have been thus far. So for now we will wait and hope for the best. God continues to hold me in the palm of his hand.

Christmas with Ed, myself, Steve, Holly, Drew and Keeley was celebrated Dec 17th in Kansas. Holly and Steve did such a wonderful job hosting our Christmas, everything was perfect. Drew and Holly put together some fun games for the family to share together. The laughter was plentiful and we had such a great time. One of my many wonderful gifts was a family picture which the kids and Ed set up to have done at the Owen's home.

On Christmas day dad's mom Arlene had Ed and myself at her place to celebrate. She did such a wonderful job. Then on the 26th we travelled to Sartell (just north of St. Cloud) my sister Barb and her husband Steve put together a wonderful time for all of us. We had teams and a huge scavenger hunt. Followed by a delicious dinner, gift opening and time to remember our favorite memories of the pass. The laughter and remembering of all our precious time together will remain with us always.

That's all for now, again I will keep you posted as we wait for more information.
Once again God's blessings to all
Love
Sue