OUR ANGEL

FIRST I HAVE TO APOLOGIZE TO ALL CINDY'S FOLLOWERS AND FRIENDS FOR NOT KEEPING HER BLOG UPDATED.  I WILL TRY TO GIVE YOU A SHORT SYNAPSIS OF WHAT HAS OCURED IN CINDY'S LIFE OVER THE LAST 4 MONTHS.

WELL FIRST WE HAVE MANAGED TO KEEP HER OUT OF THE HOSPITAL OTHER THAN QUICK TRIPS TO THE ER.  AS MOST OF YOU KNOW CINDY DEVELOPED APLASTIC ANEMIA FROM HER CHEMO AND IS NO LONGER A CANDIDATE FOR CHEMO.  SHE COMPLETED HER RADIATION IN AUGUST AND HAS STRUGGLED WITH OTHER ISSUES AFFECTING HER LEFT SIDE.  CINDY WAS INVOLVED IN A DRUG STUDY THAT WAS PUT ON HOLD WHEN SHE DEVELOPED ANEMIA, AND OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS HER ANEMIA HAS SLIGHTLY IMPROVED AND WAS GIVEN THE OK TO CONTINUE  WITH THE STUDY.  CINDY HAS STRUGGLED WITH THIS DECISION BUT BECAUSE OF THE RISK FACTORS SHE HAS DECIDED NOT TO RECEIVE THE STUDY DRUG.

I RETURNED BACK TO UTAH JUST BEFORE THANKSGIVING AND SPENT THE HOLIDAYS WITH MY FAMILY AND DECOMPRESS.  THE WEEK AFTER THANKSGIVING MY MOM CALLED AND STATED CINDYS CONDITION SEEMED TO BE WORSENING I ASKED IF SHE NEEDED  ME TO COME BACK RELUCTANTLY, SHE SAID YES.   I COULD TELL SHE WAS EMOTIONALLY AND PHYSICALLY SPENT.  TWO HOURS LATER MY CAR WAS PACKED AND I WAS ON MY WAY TO PHOENIX.  

WHEN I ARRIVED IN PHOENIX I COULD TELL THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG.  CINDY WAS HAVING A HARD TIME JUST KEEPING HER EYES OPEN AND WOULD SLEEP MOST OF THE DAY.  SHE WAS NOT EATING OR DRINKING AND I COULD TELL SHE WAS DEHYDRATED.  WHEN SHE WAS AWAKE HER SPEECH WAS SLURRED AND WHEN WE WOULD GET HER UP TO WALK SHE WOULD PASS OUT.  THERE WERE SEVERAL TIMES IT WOULD TAKE ALL THREE OF US TO GET HER DOWN THE HALL AND TO HER BED.  I TOLD MY MOM I THOUGHT PART OF THE PROBLEM COULD BE HER BLOOD PRESSURE MEDICATION COMBINED WITH DEHYDRATION.  SO WITH HER DOCTORS CONSENT WE CUT IT IN HALF AND WHAT A DIFFERENCE.  WE HAD OUR CINDY BACK!

CHRISTMAS...... I REMAINED IN AZ AND WITH MOM AND TRACY'S HELP WE MANAGED TO GET CINDY TO ALL THE PARTIES SHE WAS INVITED TO.  WE ATTENDED ADRIANA'S ANNUAL GIRL PARTY WE HAD SO MUCH FUN!  THIS YEARS THEME WAS PAJAMAS AND WE ALL WORE ONE OF CINDY'S HATS.  CINDY MANAGED TO MAKE IT TILL ABOUT ELEVEN WHEN SHE INFORMED US SHE NEEDED TO GO HOME, AND WE HAD HER OUT OF THE HOUSE AND IN THE CAR IN ABOUT 3 MIN FLAT!  AFTER WE HAD HER IN THE CAR AND SHE WAS LYING DOWN SHE FELT BETTER AND WE LAUGHED AND SANG ALL THE WAY HOME.

WE SPENT CHRISTMAS AT CINDY'S THIS YEAR.  I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE ALL MY CHILDREN AND CRAIG WITH US AS WELL AS CINDY'S DAUGHTER BARBARA.  IT WAS FILLED WITH LAUGHS AND GOOD FOOD THANKS TO OUR WONDERFUL MOTHER "MARTHA THE II" LOL.  WE ALSO CELEBRATED OUR GRANDSONS FIRST B-DAY.

I RETURNED TO UTAH WITH CRAIG AFTER CHRISTMAS.  MOM AND DAD REMAIN IN AZ CARING FOR CINDY WITH HELP FROM TRACY.  THERE HAS BEEN DISCUSSION BETWEEN MOM AND CINDY THAT POSSIBLY IN THE SPRING CINDY MAY RERURN TO MICHIGAN WITH MOM AND DAD.

I LOVE YOU MY SWEET SISTER,

LOR