January 3rd, 2011

Once again we are headed to Birmingham for a check up and to see if the new treatment is working on the new tumor. We got up Monday and went for the MRI and then to Dr. Nabors. Good news! The tumor was shrinking and had very little blood supply to it any more although it was bigger over all. We were very excited and thought we were on the right track. So continue Temodar 21 out of every 28 days and Avastin every other week. We will see how things are in two months. In the midst of all of this, we had bought a house(11/14/11), repainted the entire interior and made it our own, closed in the formal diningroom to make a room for Austin on the opposite end of the house from all the other bedrooms so it gives him privacy. During painting over the Thanksgiving holidays, I stumbled backwards over 3 paint cans and broke my elbow right in the joint. I was furious with myself but managed to keep it in a sling for a few days before I started just holding it close to my body. They didn't cast it because it could cause my elbow to freeze up. I learned to listen to my elbow on what I could and couldn't do which was just a blast since we were painting and then moving. Oh well at least our family finally had its own space after 4 1/2 years living with and caring for my Mom. We chose to buy instead of renting when we discovered buying is cheaper and then you actually have something to show for it. We actually moved into our house the 2nd week of December. It felt like home instantly. We also had a liter of 10 boxer puppies that were born 11/29/10. The puppies were great therapy for all of us. We sold all but 1 which we intended to keep from the get go.