Vacation

We got home from a week in Cocoa Beach Florida on Saturday night.  It was a great break!  Jason enjoyed sitting on the balcony and got to spend a day on the beach with us thanks to a friend who let us borrow a beach tent.

For the most part we just hung around and enjoyed the down time. That is vacation to us. The Friday before we left we went out for dinner, putt putt and ice cream. Jason was not feeling well so he skipped putt putt. His loss! WE HELD ALLIGATORS! We picked him up after and went out for ice cream. He got a milk shake and then really started missing his UDF milkshakes. LOL

The car ride was interesting. 5 people shoved into Jason's small Civic.... Jason was not able to drive as long as he thought he would and when he did, so I drove. AND I STAYED AWAKE FOR IT! That is huge for me!

Now that we are back home Jason will go back to his regular treatment. He is going to talk to the Dr about his issues though. He has been having a hard time swallowing and he chokes on his food a lot. I'm hoping they move his scan up so we can see whats going on. He is currently at treatment now....so hopefully later today we will have an idea of what is in store for us next.

Noah started a new job and so far he likes it. He is working for a commercial window cleaning place. No high rises for him, the highest he goes is with a ladder.

XOXO

WE ARE GOING ON VACATION!!!

Not much has been happening on the Smiddy front.

Jason is now only taking Erbitux for his treatment. This is a once a week treatment. This was actually the first study drug he took in Chicago. He and Dr Chua decided that his body and mind needed a break. The trifecta of chemotherapy he was on was really hard on him. He had no energy and it was causing him to lose function in his arms. The scan he just got showed that the tumor in his neck has not grown...but it also has not shrank. We are hoping that the Erbitux itself can help maintain the tumor. We would have loved for it to shrink...but the fact that it has not grown is just as much a victory.

We are getting ready to go on a family vacation next week!! My mom came home from RI a week ago and is going to stay with the animals. We are going to Cocoa Beach with Faith's friend and her family. Jason is really looking forward to the break from work and the "normal" life. I think this will be a great time for our family to regroup again. As the kids get older I feel like everyone is going in different directions.  Noah is going into his senior year in HS and is planning on joining the Marines after graduation.  Faith is going to be a Sophomore and Austin a Freshman!! We have 3 high school students!  I'm not sure how that happened! It feels like it was just yesterday that I had them in diapers!

I want to thank everyone who has been there for my family through our fight with cancer. This has been a LONG and bumpy road. We have seen many people come into our lives and go just as quick....but through all of this......we got to see who really cares about us. THANK YOU!