I have the best friends ever!!!!!!!

They put together this awesome basket with all kinds of goodies. The tags are gorgeous. The candy is good. There are teddy bears, one for me and one for Madilyn for when I go in the hospital. The are marbles for when I lose mine. And there are googly eyes for when I lose sight of the big picture. There is a candle to see the light at the end of the tunnel. ALL KINDS OF STUFF!!!! And I love each and everyone of them for doing it. It means more to mean than they will ever know. It's not often that I feel as loved as I do right now. All of these people, whom I am lucky enough to call my friends...I am eternally grateful! And I don't know how I can express that to you any clearer. Love you ladies! Here are pictures of a lot of the things in the basket.

Cancer Sucks!

When I went to the doctor on December 1, 2009, I got the news. The news that I have Stage 1 Thyroid Cancer. ummmm, what?!?!?!

I had a biopsy...it was negative. The University of Chicago Pathologists looked at those slides and agreed...it was negative. I had my thyroid removed.



While I was still in surgery, they did another biopsy...it was negative. So when I went for my follow up, turns out there were all wrong! So now I am off my thyroid meds, I am waiting for my TSH to hit 30 so that I can be admitted to the hospital and have a radioactive iodine treatment. This will attack the little bit of thyroid that is left and hopefully kill any cancer that may be lingering. Also, if I have cancer anywhere else in my body, the scans will show it. So, 3 days in the hospital on COMPLETE isolation. Even have to throw my clothes away. Then another 4 days home alone. Can't sleep in the same bad as Steve. I can't even be around Madilyn. Then for an additional 7 days, I won't be able to snuggle my baby! Only a quick hug. NO KISSES! In 3 months, I will go back and have a full body scan. We shall see. If it's gone, we are done. If it's not, we repeat the above!

Merry Christmas!

So we made it through the holidays! Madilyn was an absolute joy this year on Christmas! She got her bitty baby twin dolls and Grandma and Papa got her the stroller. Which she just loved. She also lost her VERY FIRST TOOTH! She was eating the apple that Santa left in her stocking!

December 13, 2009

Today is a big day! We went to see the Nutcracker Ballet. It was a lot of fun and we all had a great time. But it's also Papa's 71st birthday!!!! So then we went to dinner at Lonestar and had them sing to him!

This is Madilyn's friend Harrison. He is a cutie. He called her the blonde Madilyn because he has a sister named Madeline that has brown hair. When he saw madilyn in her dress, he was speechless. They were so cute.

Madilyn's Holiday Program

Yesterday was the school holiday program. I am so proud of Madilyn. She was so brave. She sang her loudest and said her lines loud. And she looked beautiful!!!!

Wow!

A whole month! That is crazy. Things have been super busy! Madilyn has had a double ear infect for the last two weeks and missed several days of school.

We've started girl scouts also. We had our first outing to the Ice Skating ring. It was fun. There were some hickups, but we made it through. And we will start selling cookies in January.

On thursday, I had my full thyroid removed. That was interesting and I'm pretty sure that I don't like it!!!! Not to mention, I HATE being away from Madilyn and I HATE being in the hospital even less. Thankfully, I only had to stay over night.

Madilyn and I are on the mend. Hopefully, Steve won't get sick!