Chemo III

Margo seems to be adjusting to life with chemo and cancer as well as can be expected. She was told on Thursday (day of chemo) that they would make an appointment on March 10 for a new PET scan to see the status of the cancer. This is just just two days before the 4th chemo treatment. We are hopeful that it comes back clear which means that there will be 6 chemos total (three more) including the one 2 days after the scan. When she was there for chemo there was another patient that had just found the results of her scan (that she was still positive for cancer and that she would need additional chemo treatments); she was crying and understandably distraught. This whole process is still quite sobering. Margo did say last week that if it weren't for losing her hair, she felt pretty normal. It is always the best just before the next treatment.
Kirk and I administered to Margo as we have done the night before each of the treatments. I anointed and Kirk sealed the anointing (this time). Kirk gave Margo a beautiful blessing. It is such a blessing to have the priesthood; and I really believe that it helps Margo so much to go through the chemo.
We had some time off on monday and tuesday last week and arranged to visit Margo's folks in St. George. Ardith will be 90 in a little over a week and Mel is 95. Dad suffers from dementia or mild Alzheimer's and so does not really understand what Margo is going through. Mom, I think, gets it to a point, but they both do not completely understand the gravity of the illness and treatment. It was good for us to see them.