Wednesday, June 6, 2012

All we need is love

Ummm what else has been going on lately?

First off we finished another week of treatment, another one down in the books. My sister flew in from Chicago for treatment this week so we got to spend some quality time together and she cleaned my house & helped me plant flowers. Bonus! Plus she can always make us laugh.

Unfortunately, this is Brandon's "crappy" week, lots of bloodwork, low levels, no immune system, throw a blood transfusion in there and worst off he gets stir crazy. Probably doesn't help that I keep a pretty close eye on him and most likely I am driving him nuts. But that's never stopped me before so I will continue to nag. :) (only because I love him) We just hope this week's end comes sooner than later. We have a total of 3 weeks off woo hoo! An additional week thrown on there so Brandon's levels can increase and so a energetic Brandon can stand next to his best buddy when he ties the knot in a couple weeks. I'd say our oncologist is pretty awesome.

For all you facebookers out there and maybe some of you that are not, you may have seen a video interview of us floating around. Brandon and I were asked by our friend Tracy to do an interview for the recent Coaches vs. Cancer dinner & golf weekend. (the CVC was the charity we did the 5k) Anyways the video was pretty emotional for us, it brought us back to November/December in this process, which was a time we were very confused.. We feel like we are now on the right path and our strength truly comes directly from our awesome families and caring friends. Thanks for all the love.

A few special encouraging moments kicking off the month of May/June....
Happy Camp! Woodward officially has started for the summer!
Happy 14th Anniversary to my Sister & Bro in law!
Happy 45th Anniversary to Mom & Dad Tort!
Happy 9th Anniversary to my Brother & Sis in law!
Happy 17th Anniversary to my Sister & Bro in law!

Now if that's not inspiration for Brandon & I, I don't know what is!

Monday, June 4, 2012

Bach-ing it up in the Palm Beaches

It makes me smile knowing Brandon has the energy and strength to do things that make him happy. His friends make him happy.

A couple weeks ago Brandon, the best man, took his best bud Noah & 7 other of their closest friends and hopped on a plane to West Palm Beach. Bachelor party time! The guys enjoyed a long weekend of fun in the sun. A getaway was just what the doctor ordered.

Memorial Day Fun!

We had a nice long memorial day, earlier that week we went to Penn expecting to start another treatment BUT Dr. Staddon sent us home. That was a first, Brandon's platelet level was too low to treat him and Brandon was feeling awesome so he suggested we enjoy another week off.

We spent the week going to dinners, spending time with friends, and most importantly feeling good. Memorial day weekend was spent with my sister and brother in law and with the Ream family. We BBQ'd and pool hopped between our pool and our parents pool. Overall we got a good tan, B got some exercise in the pool and he began to train for Rio 2016.

Hope you all had a happy long weekend!