Saturday/Sunday visit

Hi everyone:

After going out for dinner with her friends Cindy, Sheri and Geraldine on Friday evening, Kathleen came over to our home for a visit on Saturday afternoon and night. With our neighbors Kevin and Denise (who know Kathleen well), we sang, danced and looked at some of the dozens of photos we've taken of Kathleen and her family (nuclear and extended) over the years.

Kathleen's still here, relaxing and deciding whether or not to satisfy a craving for Wendy's. The photo above was taken just moments ago. Kathleen says she's been feeling "pretty good", although she needed to break away from the chaos for a while last night to nurse a headache.

Kathleen has her next treatment of drugs (IV and injected) this coming Thursday.

Below are some more photos from last night. The slightly edited picture is Kathleen's way, I think, of telling me I'm #1.

Love,
Brian

Facebook

Hi everyone:

Anyone who has a Facebook account should know that Kathleen also has an account. I just posted a bunch of older photos of her there.

Love,
Brian

Under the weather

Hi everyone:

I just chatted with Kathleen. She's having a less-than-stellar day. Her back is bothering her (a daily hindrance, even with pain meds), and she's feeling flu-like symptoms which are affecting her appetite. Of course, the fact that I awakened her from a nap to ask her how she was doing probably didn't help (sorry, kiddo.) She did say that she's been "so-so" over the past few days.

I found interesting, high-level overviews of metastatic breast cancer at http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/03/22/cancer.qa/index.html, http://www.webmd.com/breast-cancer/features/metastatic-breast-cancer-chronic-condition and http://www.mbcnetwork.org/uploads/FinalBrochure_p7.pdf. A more comprehensive, medical description of cancer that has spread to the spine can be found at http://espinedoctor.com/diagnosis_cancer.htm. As one of the overviews suggests, you can only read so much into what is offered in these documents, as each individual is unique.

I'll share more photos of Kathleen next time we see her.

Love,
Brian

A few struggles

Hi everyone:

We haven't seen Kathleen much over the past week, so there hasn't been much we can report. However, Kathleen told me today that she had a couple of rough days this week in which her pain was breaking through the pain meds. This weekend, she visited with a childhood friend who was in town from Ohio. That's all I can share for now.

Love,
Brian

Leaving comments

Hi everyone:

We've received several questions about the "comments" feature on the blog. I made an adjustment. To leave a comment, you can select either name/URL (you don't need to add a URL, just your name), or select anonymous, both under the "select profile" tab. That's about it. If you have any problems, write us at omara_croft@yahoo.com.

Love,
Patty & Brian

A weekend of visits

Hi everyone:

Kathleen went out for two lunches this past weekend -- first with her sisters and cousins, and then with her aunts (Sue and Joan). The girls forgot to bring the camera for the former, but remembered to bring it along for their lunch with Sue and Joan. Here are a couple of pics. Kathleen is still doing pretty well, although it's easy to tell when she's not feeling well. She doesn't complain much, but the discomfort is written all over her face. We were happy to see her for a couple of days this past weekend.

Callahans...please take/share pics when Kathleen is with you, so we're not just showing one side of her life and activities.

Love,

Brian