Below is my facebook status from last Monday

ITS WORKING IT'S WORKING THE CHEMOTHERAPY IS WORKING so they are doing another round starting tomorrow. This week I will be recovering from surgery and him on chemo we will be quit a pair lol


I am so excited to say that there has been improvement in his liver function and it appears that the chemo is working :) so they decided to up his dosage and do another round. I am so thrilled I see him getting less jaundice everyday. I am incredibly optimistic that this is a God inspired course of treatment and will be an avenue for God to work his miracle. This week is slow going for us all not only has he started chemo again I had gall bladder surgery on Tuesday so as parents we are pretty useless this week so I am thanking God for my mom and sister who have picked up the slack with the kids and my in laws who helped shuttle us to and from the hospital. I am so thankful for such and amazing support system between family and my amazing church we are one blessed family.

**please forgive me if this does not make any sense I am typing this with oxycodone and fenergan coursing thru my system lol) **

Love never gives up.
Love cares more for others than for self.
Love doesn't want what it doesn't have.
Love doesn't strut,
Doesn't have a swelled head,
Doesn't force itself on others,
Isn't always "me first,"
Doesn't fly off the handle,
Doesn't keep score of the sins of others,
Doesn't revel when others grovel,
Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth,
Puts up with anything,
Trusts God always,
Always looks for the best,
Never looks back,
But keeps going to the end.

This passage from 1 Corinthians 13 (the message) says it all.Next week we go and find out if the chemo has done any good and then on Tuesday I have my gall bladder removed. So please keep this little family in your prayers.
As a couple we have been through so much but we have also have a deeper love than we both ever thought possible. The first picture above was taken 14 years ago when I was pregnant with my first child the second was taken at Christmas time this past year. In 14 years we have gotten a little (OK a alot) rounder and much grayer but I am thankful for the many trials that we have faced as a couple this cancer journey has defiantly been the hardest but if it wasn't for all that we have been through the inner strength we share would not be there. Gary Robert Schriver I love you more today than I ever dreamed possible you have made my heart almost burst from being so full of love for you. You have sewn into my life helped me grow in confidence helped me achieve dreams and helped me to learn how to love. I am so privileged to be your marathon buddy I love you !!

Chemo is DONE

I am happy to say that chemo is all done. I wish I could say that two days off chemo that he is feeling tons better but I cant. He has continued to be pretty much sleeping 17 hours a day. He is very weak he has to take a break when he just walks to the bathroom :( It is so hard to see our daddy feeling so bad. I have been coming into his room a couple of times a day and I aggravate him a little get him moving around and drink. He tells me I am nurse Helga I smile and say YUP :). Last night he slipped and fell in the bathroom scared the bejebbers out of me I helped him up and Praise God he was okay. He went to the doctor on Monday and I just thank the Lord that he kept his blood levels up. I was begging God so much for him to make his levels good so we would not have to spend the first week in the hospital and thank you God that's what happened. I am not sure what the next week few weeks are going to bring us I am just praying that he feels better. He has had more times this week of just wanting to give up than I want to think about. My poor guy needs strength to fight this nasty didoes. Thank you all for teaming with us in prayer I know we will see our prayers answered this year Yeah 2011 ( that is a faith statement :)