Maddie's Last Assembly at Skyline

Maddie had her last big assembly yesterday at Skyline. She created the Skyline Officer Winners (SOW) video based on the movie Jumanji. It was amazing and she did a great job on an enormous project. The auditorium was decorated in a jungle theme. This year's officers were celebrated as they walked down the aisle. Maddie's escort was her dad, Craig. Here's video of their "walk down the aisle". It brought tears to my eyes and Maddie's!

A few more pictures from the day. Can't believe we're almost done with high school. On Monday we're heading to Hawaii for a family trip. Back on June 1 for yearbook day and the next day is Maddie's graduation. Craig's goal was to make it here and he has and we're so grateful and happy.

Happy 28th Wedding Anniversary to Craig and I today!

The Tumors Are Stable!

Wow, I had such a foreboding feeling that today’s doctor visit would not be good….but it was great!! The tumors are stable and there is really no progression of the cancer!

They scanned his chest also to see if there is something obstructing or pushing on the esophagus and there is no evidence of metastatic disease. Dr. Jones said his digestive problems are typical for pancreatic cancer and she made some suggestions to try and help with that. The tumors, for some reason, like to make it hard for the small bowel to do its job so food gets stalled there and comes back up. For now he just has to eat small meals more often. He also has an allergic condition in his esophagus called eosinophilic esophagitis for which he'll see an allergist. This condition also contributes to the problem with food motility. He started experiencing these symptoms the end of last year and they've just gotten worse. We'll do all we can to figure out solutions but we're relieved it's not because of new tumor growth pushing on the esophagus or stomach.

Craig has really been blessed and the treatment they are giving him is working. Cancer is not winning this battle so far. Thanks for everyone’s support. We couldn't do it without you. That sounds trite, but it’s true! We have such great friends and family surrounding us. We feel very loved and very blessed today.

This was our last visit with Dr. Jones. She is moving to Oregon which is sad for us. Craig gave her a big goodbye hug. She has helped us so much through the last 2 years. We will really miss her!

Scanning tomorrow

Craig will have a CT scan tomorrow. It's been since last October so we're a little anxious to see what it looks like in there and if the Sutent is still working. He's been experiencing a lot of digestion problems and the food is not going down too easily and likes to come up quite often. Let's hope everything is static and the tumors are stable. We'll find out on Thursday at our last visit with Dr. Jones before she moves. Anyone know a good pancreatic cancer doc?