HI All,
Sorry again for the delay in posting again.
Well, a lot has been happening… In the beginning of April, mom had another CT scan. The scan showed that her tumors had grown slightly. Not great news. In addition, Mom has been experiencing many painful and difficult side-effects from her medication, Tagrisso, that she has been taking since December. Her hands are red, have rashes, bleeding, and cracking. She is bruising easily and basically wears gloves almost all the time incase her hands decide to bleed. Very painful! Also not so great news. Because of the intense side-effects the doctor decided to change some things. During the month of April, Mom is going to take as much medication as she can stand, given that the pain in her extremities isn’t unbearable. Next week she has another CT scan to see the outcome of the past month – whether or not the tumors have grown or maintained their size. If the tumors have maintained size or are shrinking, we can rejoice and she’ll most likely stay on Tagrisso. If the tumors have grown, she’ll be taken off the targeted oral therapy, and have a 9-week- long round of IV Chemo (once every 3 weeks). What happens after that varies. The doctor is hoping that the short hiatus from the Tagrisso will help with decreasing the negative side-effects on her hands, and the month of IV Chemo will attack and shrink the tumors. Then after that they will decide what the next course of action is.
As you can imagine, nerves are a bit high. Only God knows what is best and what will happen next.We appreciate your prayers for Mom and prayers that God will guide not only the result of the treatment but the decisions of the doctors as well.
Thank you all for your encouragement and prayers. We are hopeful that good outcomes are in the near future and appreciate the army of support you have provided.
I’ll keep you updated after the next scan.
Jeanene's Journey 
Thank you so much for keeping us all up to date on Jeanene’s progress. I will be praying for her and I am glad that she and Ron have been able to do some fun travelling together.
Hugs,
Deb Calderon
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Thank you for updating us. Lifting your mom and all the family up to the One who loves us all beyond our understanding, forever. Jeannine and her loved ones are consistently in my prayers. She is loved, and she is a sister in Christ now and forever more.
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Thanks for the update. Continuing to send love and support to the whole family. I’m so glad they got to travel! Hugs Janene!!
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We still love you all and still keeping you all in our prayers and thoughts. Love from Preast household.
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Thank you so much for the update Janae. We continue to pray for your mom.
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Whoops this is Jim and Karen Engle!
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Good morning Janae, I was given your moms name by Pam Cress. I also am walking this NSCLC journey and would love to connect with your mother. If she is amicable, please give her my phone number 509-520-1948. I return to SCCA in Seattle on Friday for my scans. I have been off of chemo since last June. I could only dream of a continued chemo vacay. It has been such a delightful reprieve. Happy May to you’all. Warmly, and with hope, Donna
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Thank you for the update! We are praying for your mom every day!
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Thanks so much for keeping us posted on your mom’s condition. She and your family are continually in my prayers. Her courage and trust in the Lord have long been an inspiration to me. I’m so glad that your folks have been able to have some fun adventures in spite of the challenges they continue to face. Blessings to all of you!
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Kathy Stephenson
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We will continue to pray for Jeanine.
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