Me again!!

Hi Everyone! It has been sooooo long since I last blogged. So I thought I would catch you all up on the goings on at the Terry's.
*This Friday is Steve's last (hopefully) chemo treatment. He will see the doctor for his PET scan results, but we feel that all is well. From what we can tell, it looks like his cancer is in remission!! Yeah!!
*Just about 4 weeks ago, Tracee and Rees got married! It was a beautiful day and a wonderful evening reception. They are living in Tempe and working an schooling!
*Joshua is now in stationed in Korea at Fort Humphries near Seoul. He is having fun exploring the country and working. He will be there for a year.
*Keegan is still adorable and my favorite grandson!
*Kristen is expecting again in May!! Yeah!!
And most recently...our kids and Steve's mom surprised us with a beautiful weekend in the mountains for our 30th wedding anniversary! We stayed at a darling bed & breakfast lodge. What a terrific family we have!!

Here is what we found from our kids when we got to our room, (picture taken after some of the strawberries were devoured):

We went on a hike to Walnut Canyon and visited some awesome Sinagua Indian ruins. It was a beautiful day. It was so worth the trip...except for the 280 stairs back out. I highly recommend this hike, it was fascinating:






On our last day...we picked up Keegan and went to a pumpkin patch...he preferred to drive his trucks through the pumpkins! Then we went out to the woods and built a camp fire and let Keegan and the dog run around. It was a great weekend!!

Well...my little guy is a mountain dweller!!

Thursday and Friday, Jamon and Kristen and Keegan moved to Flagstaff! We had wonderful help from Rees, Tracee, Uncle Danny and some friends from the ward on this end and once up in Flagstaff we had help from 8 missionaries and the Elder's Quorum president!! All went well and the kids are so excited to start this new journey!! Their apartment is on the NAU campus and is small but perfectly clean with new paint and new carpet!! We already miss them like crazy, but we know they are happy and that matters more than anything!! I told Kristen I need a "picture a day" sent to my phone!!

Keeg's couldn't quite understand why all of his stuff was outside. At one point, he looked in his empty bedroom and said, "oh no!!"
And they're off:
One tired little boy:
There is a play ground right outside and down a few stairs:
Ughhh, unpacking!
Welcome home, Kristen!

Days 5-8

Well....at least we can see a pattern! Steve is feeling like crap; nausea, headaches, fatigue, just overall gross. We think we figured out that days 5-8 after chemo are gonna be bad! Steve has been sleeping alot, when he isn't trying to work. Finally, yesterday, the anger and bitterness came. I wondered when it would rear it's head. But, at least it is out and we can deal and move on. I think Steve can be mad if he wants to be mad! I just feel helpless as a spouse. There isn't anything I can do.
Thanks for allowing me to vent. Otherwise I might just run away to Tahitti!

At least we have this angel to help us smile!!

My poor man!!

Hi everyone. Yesterday sucked...really bad! Steve is not feeling well. He is tired; he is flushed from the prednisone; he is worried about his eyesight changes; his BP is not normal for him; he hates to be down; he is tired! I hate cancer in ALL it's forms! Maybe today will be better. I hope so.
Love and hugs,
Wendi

It happened AGAIN!

Well, the good news is that Steve IS NOT allergic to Demerol. The bad news is that he seems to be allergic to Rituxin, the best chemo drug out there!!! Steve had his second treatment today. About half way through the Rituxin, he started feeling the scratchy throat, and the tickling ears and then he started getting sinus crap again. In a few minutes, his eyes started hurting and he let the nurse know that he was worried about another allergic reaction! Sure enough...his eyes began to swell and then they kept swelling. So...again they stopped the Rituxin and gave him IV steroids and more benedryl. He hadn't had Demerol this time so it is pretty obvious the reaction is caused by the Rituxin. The doctor said we will try it one more time in three weeks, although they will spread it out over 7-8 hours. If this happens again, we will then have to come up with a new game plan. Yuck!
This is right after we got home:
This is later tonight:
The other good news is that he still has his hair! He is such a trouper!!

Steve is doing Awesome!!!

Hi Everyone! I thought I would let you all know that Steve is doing great!! He is feeling good and already has more energy. His hemoglobin levels have already come back up, too! Kicking cancer's butt for sure! He has been climbing at the rock gym with Tracee two or three nights a week and working in the back yard on his patio. He is feeling so good just in time for another chemo treatment on Friday! He is the man!!