Only One Left!!!!!

Susette had her 11th chemo treatment yesterday. Can you believe it? It went by so fast! That means only one to go! Wow! We're almost done!

The last chemo is scheduled for July 3rd. Then, approximately one month after that, she will have radiation. After radiation, it's all downhill. Our focus, after the last treatment, will be on building her up through nutrition and immunity boosters. If she is well enough, she may return with us on August 10. If not, then she will come over when she's ready.

Yesterday's chemo went very smooth and we were out of there by 1:30pm. A record. We shared the treatment area with a lady with MS who was the same age as Susette. She had had MS for 18 years. She was a white lady born in Kenya and had an English (colonial) accent. She lives in Venice, California and was a bit of a hippie. You should have seen Susette's face when the lady asked her if she smoked marijuana to help her nausea. Susette was very polite and said she had survived 47 years never touching the stuff and didn't see much sense in starting now. lol. Besides, she gave up coffee right before chemo started and she is still having withdrawal symptoms from that.

We shared our faith with her and her Hollywood make-up artist friend and they were pretty quiet. We pray that there were seeds planted. We hope we can stay in touch. God can do anything.

Please keep praying as we are on home stretch! God is sooooooo good. God bless you.

Only Two to Go!

Susette had her 10th chemo treatment Friday. Only two left!!!! Can you believe it? Time has zipped by! This last one, however, hit her pretty hard and she has had less energy than in all previous treatments. PLEASE keep her in your prayers.

i can't believe how well she has done overall for the last six months. She's one strong little Cubana! That's why it grieves me so much to see her so worn out and tired. The only positive is that she is not in the least bit resistant to me (or others) waiting on her hand and foot. It's a true pleasure to serve her. i love her so very much.

We are actually looking at and planning our return to Haiti... i may have to take the kids back a little early for school. If she builds up her health soon, she can join us a month or so afterwards. Otherwise, i may have to return. There are a lot of uncertainties at this point. Her health is our number one priority. Please pray that she can build up her white blood cell count and restore her health.

We are already talking about how we are going to do things much differently when we return -- things like diet, our schedule, environment and other factors directly impacting health.

Well, gotta go. We just love you all so much for caring so much for Susette and including her in your daily prayers. You remain in our prayers, as well. God bless you.