Dinner With Sandy At Fuddruckers

Hi Everyone,

We're taking Sandy to dinner at Fuddruckers in Buena Park this Wednesday, May 26th. We'll be there from 5-9pm. If able to, please come and join us. Below is a link to a flyer to print out and bring with. Fuddruckers will give a percentage of the sales to Sandy for all orders placed with a flyer in hand. I'll have extras with me for those who aren't able to print one out. Thank you and we hope to see you there!
flyer here.

Friday's Dr.'s Appointments

Hi everyone,

We had two appointments on Friday. The first was with the radioligist to see if she would be able to receive radiation and the second was with the Oncologist (basically her primary doctor through all of this). The radioligist has refused to do radiation on Sandy, he thinks it's too dangerous due to the radiation she received 12 years ago. The Oncologist wants to start Sandy on chemo and refuses to give up on the chance that she can get radiation also. He's a good doctor! I'm making phone calls and trying to find medical records that would explain in detail exactly what kind of radiation Sandy received the first time. After the doctor has those in his hands, he'll make a decision on whether she can receive more radiation or not. Sandy's continuing to get stronger. We do physical therapy exercises for both her brain and her body every day. Her balance is getting better, she took a couple of steps by herself yesterday! Thanks again for everyone's support and I will be posting again soon with more updates.

News From The Doctor

Hi everyone,

At the doctor's appointment today we found out that they were able to get ALL of the tumor out! The only thing that still needs to be removed is what they call the "bed" which is where the tumor lived inside Sandy's brain. On Friday we'll find out if Sandy will be able to have radiation to try and get rid of this. If they can, it can stop the tumor from growing back. I know Sandy won't be ready for the Haunt this year, except for maybe a "Sandy Night" if possible, but if all goes well, she'll be ready for Haunt 2011!

Sandy's Getting Stronger!

Hi everyone,

Sandy has been home now for 4 days and she's doing great! We do a lot of physical therapy exercises throughout the day and they're definitely helping her to get stronger. This Wednesday we have a doctor's appointment where we should find out more details about how successful the surgery was. We'll find out how much of the tumor they couldn't remove and also how much radiation she will need. I'll be posting a new blog Wednesday evening to let everyone know what we find out. When you have a chance, please check out Christine's (Syren's) on-line store. She is donating a portion of all sales on her site to Sandy. Her link is: http://www.getmailled.etsy.com/ Thank you to everyone for all the love and support that you've been giving. I know it's helping Sandy get better much much quicker!