Carli's Blog Site

Carli is running around trying to figure out what to take with her to Honduras. It's hard to believe that she will be leaving on Saturday.

She created a blog site to update us while she is in Honduras. The address is: carlihonduras.blogspot.com.

It will be fun to read of her adventures! I hope that she can get to a computer frequently. Please continue to pray for safe travels.

GOOD NEWS!!!!

After a 2 1/2 hour wait in the doctor's office, at least the news was good!!! PTL!! I was beginning to worry that we had waited so long because he was keeping us till the end to take more time with us...but that wasn't the case! He was just behind d/t the holiday, and they were crazy busy trying to fit in all of the chemo people who usually come in on Mondays. So, that was needless worrying on my part. I keep praying for peace, and it just doesn't completely come to me!

He came in the room with a big smile and said that all is clear. He said that he was concerned about a spot in her upper right abdomen from the last CT, but in going over it with other radiologists, and comparing this CT, he thinks that it is NOT lymhpoma. He just talked again about staying healthy, especially concerning her heart d/t the effects of the Adriamycin. But, she is heart conscious already, so hopefully will not be a problem in the future. She is up to running up to 2 miles, and feels good, so that was encouraging to Dr. S.

He wants to see her when she returns from Honduras and will do a chest x-ray at that time. Then another CT around Thanksgiving. He will see her every 3 months for 2 years, and then every 6 months until 5 years has passed. I am still going to need prayers, as I said before, I still do not have complete peace about this whole thing. I think that it is just part of being a Mom. I do think it is ironic, however, that in my reading through the Bible I am now in the Psalms. I guess not ironic, but another sign of God's timing.

Carli is definitely more calm than me...on the way there this morning she said "let's just say we're going to visit friends"...and she did get to see her favorite nurse, Debbie, so we did see friends!! :)

Then we went out to lunch ( it was 2pm and we were hungry!) and then to WalMart to get her "supplies" for her trip. I can't believe that she will be leaving on Saturday already. Prayers for safe travel and health while she is in Honduras are coveted. I will try to keep you all posted when I hear from her this summer. She will have access to email, so that will be great.

TARA PASSED HER STATE BOARDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

First time, and the computer shut off after 75 questions, the least amount that you can do...which means she did really well...she is so excited!!

Carli made it through the CT with some nausea and bad memories, but it's over and now we wait...I am reading the Psalms and they say it just how I am feeling...my emotions are all over the place! One minute I am very calm, the next worried, the next a little crazy. Just like David!

Tara took her State Boards today...I feel that she passed...but she won't know until next Tuesday. What a day...finding about the CT and sTate Boards...both can be life-changing!!

So, be thinking of Carli on Tuesday at 11 am, and of Tara as she waits to get her results...wow.

Carli has her CT scan at 2pm tomorrow. Please pray that she will still be in remission!

The photo is of the contrast that she has to drink today and tomorrow...she hates it and it makes her sick...so she labelled it :)

Carli and Kelsie are now home...with all of their stuff...and appetites...and laundry...I kind of forget what it was like to have everyone home! We still don't seem to have any extra time...not sure what's up with that!

Carli has met with Kathy from CAMO and Kristen who is finishing her PhD in PT at Walsh. So, the plans for the summer in Honduras are coming together, and she did real well this semester at GCC, so the future in PT looks bright.

Carli will be working with handicapped/special needs kids in Santa Rosa along with a licensed PT. What great experience! Hopefully will look good on her resume and application to PT school.

PLEASE BE IN PRAYER FOR HER ON MONDAY and the week to follow. She has another CT scan on Monday, and won't find out results until the following Tuesday. That doesn't seem to bother her...but it makes ME crazy!! I am still trying to trust God for her future, and not worry about what "might" be. Consider the lillies of the field...and the sparrow...how could He not have what's best in mind for CARLI??

We went out to dinner last night and then stopped at my dad's. He got an electric scooter to ride around the neighborhood, and Carli went on a test drive. We laughed so hard at her riding around OrrVilla on her 3 wheeled scooter. Ted is thinking that maybe we could get one and not have to replace my car...funny guy...

Hopefully we will hear from her this summer and I can post updates for anyone who is interested. If she has access to the internet, maybe she can post some updates, too. Please pray for a good CT so her plans do not have to come to a halt again! Thanks in advance :)

Carli's commissioning at GCC

The commissioning service during chapel today at GCC was very nice. 8 students are going on mission adventures for the whole summer, and their expenses are paid for by the "Red Box Mission" program at GCC. They are going to China, Romania, Ireland, Romania, and I forget where else! Carli did not have them mention anything about why she had to postpone her trip to AFrica...she really doesn't want anyone to know if they don't already. She said that it was nice today because last year everyone was very sad for her and many stopped to pray for her...not that she minded the prayers, but she just didn't want sympathy.

We took the girls out to lunch, Carli's roomie went along as the Gerber daughter #4, and then they had a sorority meeting so we went to the outlets for a few minutes and then home. What a whirlwind weekend!

Tara's graduation!

We had a great day at Tara's graduation from the BSN program at Capital University. It is hard to believe that she is now going to sit for her boards, hopefully pass the first time, and take a "real" job at the James Cancer Center. Wow. We are so proud of her, and of Todd for his patience while she worked and studied. She made some great friends and her preceptor from Riverside was there with her little girl. Then for dinner we went with Tom and Susan to a great Greek restaurant in Powell, Ohio. Yum! All in all, a very happy day!

Not being technilogically savy, I tried to download a photo from Carli and Kelsie's All College Sing, but I couldn't get it to work. I'll try again after I ask how to do it! That was the only bummer of the day...Carli and Kelsie sang tonight with their sorority. The evening is always a lot of fun, and is part of the GCC Parent's weekend. We are going out to GCC tomorrow for Carli's commissioning for her Red Box Mission Trip to Honduras this summer. It is hard to be everywhere at once! This was Carli's last time and Kelsie's first time to sing...bittersweet!