The Next Mountain to Climb

Just wanted to say Merry Christmas to everyone!  At this time of year especially, we count our blessings, of which we have many. Each and every one of you are high on that list. Your caring, support, and love is felt on a daily basis.  We just got back from a trip, a cruise. It was very nice. And, we are very happy to be home, just to be with those who are most important to us.  Kristi will be starting some kind of new treatment next week or very soon. While she did fairly well on the trip, the ambiguous pain that affects her is constant.  If there is anything we pray for and need prayers for is relief from it. They may again be reevaluating her medications and adjusting. While having cancer is one thing, suffering from it is worse.  Tamales tonight!  Feliz Navidad y Prospero Año Nuevo! Here are a few pics from our trip:

Kristi had her regular checkup with Stanford Oncologist yesterday. After Christmas she is going to start Kristi on and immunotherapy infusion and maybe have her stay in a low dose of the pill she’s been on.  Right after a Thanksgiving Kristi had influenza A which was pretty bad. She’s fully recovered from that but it’s been hard to tell if going off the chemo pill had much effect on her drowsiness. Maybe some.  We are headed out of town for two weeks. Got an amazing deal on a cruise so changed out road trip plans. Merry Christmas everyone!