June 22, 2006

Samantha and Kurt left for St. Jude on Wednesday and are returning home today. She had some trouble with seizures while she was there which resulted in some more adjusting of her meds. We can only hope & pray that this will be what she needs to be without these seizures. Her counts are starting to come up and it looks as though she will start her next chemo round on Monday. They lowered the dose (which her Dr. said is not uncommon) due to her counts not being fully recoverred. It is their feeling that it is better to do the cycle as close to six weeks as possible rather than giving the full dose and waiting an extra 2-3 weeks for total recovery. She is now off her steroids and zantac which eliminates 4 doses of meds per day, with any luck that will help with the vomitting.
Although it was very hard for us to seperate we both managed and she is happily on her way back home. Please continue to pray for her and as always thank you for all your support.
With Love,
Audra, Kurt, Christopher, & Samantha