Amy's 'momentary trouble'

I sit here feeling completely humbled and blessed because of the outpouring of love and generosity we have received from our family, church and community friends. We truly do not know how to adequately thank each of you and simply saying Thank You! falls incredibly short of the mark. We thank the Lord daily for granting us the privilege & blessing of knowing each and everyone one of you! Please know that you have and continue to enrich our lives.

Amy finally got some relief from her back pain in the form of a new pain medication. Although it does make her somewhat sleepy, it does appear to be working. She continues to itch, but in my opinion/ observation, it doesn’t seem to be as constant nor does it seem nearly as intense. Our biggest prayer is that her BR level will be low enough on Monday for her to start the Chemo/Radiation treatments and that the stent will not become clogged anytime during treatment.

As the week winds down, I sit back and see that Vinny is well on his way to feeling better, Trevor had a slight set back today and stayed home from school, but seems to have kicked strep. Hope is on her way to feeling better as well, but she really had me worried for awhile (104.2 temp WOW!). Brittany never fell ill, but she can be really quiet at times and I worry that she’s internalizing all of this too much. Even Feliz our dog seems a bit out of sorts as she’s used to Amy holding her in her lap (because of the itching, she hasn’t done so), but instead remains content in lying on the floor beside our bed. Amy herself has had quite the week; two stents put in, expectations high, disappointment, frustration, anger, tears, sleeplessness, pain and yes…itching. But along with that came; prayers, support, visitors, well wishers, blessings and of course love. Me? My week was filled with keeping people informed, keeping just enough pressure on the doctors to keep them sharp, caring for Amy and the kids, running and picking up the kids, trying to keep life as normal for the kids as possible, keeping plugged into my faith and into my civic and occupational responsibilities and of course the blog.

As stated yesterday, this is a reminder for those of you who are going to participate in wearing something purple on Monday in support of Amy’s first day (hopefully!) of Chemo/Radiation treatment as well as support for Pancreatic Cancer Awareness. I would just LOVE for Amy to see over 50 comments to the blog stating who will be wearing purple!

This is Amy's story as seen and told by me - V