Celebration!!

By all the shamrocks
In old Killarney
Tis a joy to know you
And that's no blarney.

Hello, friends! As I'm sure most of you have heard by now, we have good news to share! Jane's cancer is mostly gone! The CT still shows a couple of spots, but because they are so small, the CT can't accurately diagnose whether they're cancer or scar tissue. Jane said that Dr. Bender was beaming when he walked into the room and said that this is the best news that we could have hoped for. And this is exactly what we were praying for! The awful, terrible, no-good, very bad chemo did its job! No more of that awful stuff any time soon.

Jane and Randy got to celebrate the good news with the entire family in Burlington last week. We stayed two nights at Pzazz in Burlington and had a great time! The boys had a blast in the arcade, bowling, in the go-carts, and even just playing with beach balls in the rooms. All of us--especially Connor--enjoyed the water. And a few of us adults even snuck away for some time at the casino. Here are a few pictures from our trip:

Ann Marie and Randy on the go-cart track

Jack and Connor deep in conversation

Thank you to Martha and Terry and Jim and Teresa for being such good local hosts!

Next up for Jane: rest! She's feeling better every day, but is still pretty tired and feeling the last few bits of chemo that are left in her. She'll continue to have labs drawn every few weeks and get Avastin, which is the clinical trial drug. She'll also have CT scans every three months.

Thank you once again to everyone for all of your prayers, positive thoughts, cards, e-mails, comments, hugs, food, and gifts. We couldn't have survived these last six months without you, and we are so grateful. We'll continue to update the blog with cute grandson pictures every once in a while. Hope you all have a wonderful summer!

Jodi's Run

There's the joy of old Killarney
In these wishes meant for you,
There's a bit of Irish blarney,
There's a touch of magic too--
There's a wish for lots of laughter
And good luck (be sure of that)
And a wish that all you're wishing
May come true in no time flat.

Just a quick note with two updates: first, Jane is doing great. The side effects of this last chemo were fairly mild. Mostly she was just wiped out. She's starting to get her energy back though, which is a good thing because her post-chemo party is just 9 days away!

Second, Jeff and I ran in an ovarian cancer awareness 5K on Saturday. It was in City Park in Denver, which is right near our house, so it worked out perfectly. It was really nice to feel like we were doing something, albeit small, to contribute to the larger cause. We wrote on the "Wall of Honor" for Jane!