You take the good you take the bad and there you have...the Facts of Life

The girls playing ring around the rosey

This week has definately been interesting to say the least. I'll start off with the good and pleasant news. I am now serving on the board of directors of our St. Louis Mothers of Twins Club. I am the Sisters of Support co-chair with another fabulous lady. What we do is match experienced mothers with new or expecting mothers of mulitples. The program is designed to offer support, advice, or any help they can assist the new moms. Right now we are in the process of bettering the program with some checks and balances to make sure we are offering the highest quality of support for those moms who are going through their roughest first 6 months. I also hand out the welcome bags to the new members that come to the dinner meetings that we hold once a month. I really like it so far and hope that I can make a difference in the program and the club in general. On another note, Maddison and Cameryn are now putting together 2 and 3 word sentences. At the beginning of the week, Cameryn said during lunchtime, "All done Mommy" and Maddison chimed in after her, "All done Mommy" I was so excited! Fun times!

Now on a sadder note...We just found out that my mom has been diagnosed with lung cancer (small cell carcinoma) in her right lung that is 5x4 cm. It has been quite overwhelming to say the least for us, I cannot imagine what it must be like for my mom. We do know that chemo is in her treatment plan. She has to have a PET scan and a CT scan of her brain to make sure it hasn't spread. If it hasnt spread then they will do chemo and radiation. Her prognosis as it stands today before the PET scan and brain CT scan is 20-30% survival of 5 years with treatment. If she chooses to do no treatment it could be 3 months. While I am hoping and praying for the best possible outcome I have to be prepared for the worst. Word to the Wise....Don't smoke! OR...at least QUIT NOW! I will keep you all posted on any changes and updates. If you pray...and you would like to add my mom onto your prayer list, her name is Nita. She would no doubt greatly appreciate it, as would I.