March 21, 2011 by Colleen

    Good Morning. And I mean that. We are so ready to start treatment.  I feel like we are at the starting line of a Nascar race. Vroom! Vroom!  Sara is doing great. We are adjusting her meds so she is not so rummy.  As far as visitors, she is pretty much concentrating on her every 2 hours meds.  Also, the SCCA housing facility is full of people who are here to be treated and heal so is not conducive to visitors. We allready cause enough commotion because she requires three caregivers.  When she comes home she will be thrilled to see everyone on a limited basis and get on with her life.  Her cancer is treatable even though it is extremely rare. The reason it is taking so long to get to her chemo treatments is that she could not take oral meds. During the past two weeks and her time in the hospital was to get her able to to swallow medication instead of IV.  She is on an IV for nutrition that is called TPN. She actually gained weight on this.  Now that she can take oral meds, she can start her chemo.  Dr Lin is confident we will see rapid results  and Sara will be up and at it.  So please spread positive thoughts.  Sara is very popular {she got that from me} so everyone wants to know what is going on.  But the truth is, it is a minute by minute operation and nothing can be planned. Anyone experiencing this will heartily agree.  So if I do not say what is going to happen, it is because I cannot say what is going to happen.  It is very tedious and requires a lot of concentration. Any distraction or unecessary commotion can lead to severe discomfort for Sara. I take the time to update this blog because I know people want to know stuff. But even doing this causes me anxiety because I am not by Sara every minute.  I do know one thing, She will kick cancers ass.  Cancer should have read the memo about MY Sara Dalebout.  Thank-you again.  The Dreamteam.