On Monday April 28th, Jane was administered the chemotherapy drug "Gemzar" as planned at MD Anderson. Jane did experience some of the expected side effects such as flu like systems, nausea, etc., but overall she tolerated it fairly well. Nonetheless, as the cancer tumors are still in tact, Jane remains on a regular, daily regime of powerful pain medications to manage her daily pain levels so this is no walk in the park, as you might imagine. Jane will take the next couple of weeks to, among other things, build up her white blood cell count and her general energy levels.
Many people ask us often "what can we do for Jane?". Although Jane loves receiving your sweet notes, flowers, food, quick visits when she is up to it, etc., we continue to rely on the power of your prayers, rosaries, Masses, etc. so please continue to pray for us. May 1, 2014 will mark the start of the 31st month that Jane was diagnosed with a recurrent, metastasized adenocarcinoma and we know that we are not walking alone as we have so many family and friends walking right along with us. Thank you again for everything.
