Chemo 3 Day 8 and Cancer Freeze

 Some of you may have known, but I had no clue that February 4th is World Cancer Day.  What's ironic about that is exactly a year ago from February 4th was when we found out that Momma had a very aggressive Ovarian Cancer.  Here we are a year later and she is still fighting.  But God isn't finished with her yet. 

 It also turned out that on February 4th she was finally able to get the second part to her treatment.  She is supposed to get Gemzar, Carboplatin, & Avastin on "day 1" and then Gemzar on "day 8".  The first time she got day 1 she was in the hospital, so she didn't get day 8.  The second time her levels were too low so she wasn't able to get it.  So we were praising God that she was able to get day 8 on Chemo 3. 

Waiting room selfie :)

 She really has been doing so good.  She is fatigued and gets a pretty bad headache at night usually after day 1, but other than that she would much rather take this chemo than what she had to endure with the first diagnosis.

This past Saturday was The Annual Cancer Freeze 5k.  I was so very excited about it because every dime that they make goes back to cancer patients.  The Cancer Freeze organization surprised Mom when we had her bbq fund raiser and we have really been wanting to give back ever since. 

It is amazing how everyone comes together when you live in a small town.  I had a friend and her Crossfit friends that decided to do tshirts for everyone to wear at the race.  It blew all of our minds the number of people that bought a shirt that didn't even plan to race.  They just wanted one. 

Majority of our family and friends did the race.  It really was a lot of fun just being with everyone and seeing all of the families that are touched by this organization.  I have to say my Dad and Yana did the race and words cannot describe what that meant to me.  He and Mom have been divorced 22 years, but he and Yana pushed all of that to the side and enjoyed the day with the rest of us.

I have several random pictures from the day......

 All of Moms family that participated :)!! 

Although Kyle couldn't be there his Mom found his name on one of the picnic tables :)!!  We knew that was a God thing!

Mother in law, best friends mom, & Momma

Even Mollie Mae wore her #janetswarriors shirt.

Mom had 1 of the largest groups there.

 They had lots of fun things for the kids to do....

Kman and my Dad :)

They even had water sports... hence the "Cancer Freeze" :)!! Kids loved that.

This cancer journey will not bring us down.  It is only making all of us stronger and closer.  For that, I will forever be grateful. 

I love how strong my Mom is and no matter how she feels she keeps pushing through.  She is so brave.

We are all already looking forward to participating next year :)!!!