More good news

Hello all

We were down to Toronto on Sunday for Caitlyn's routine MRI. She has one after every 2 chemos. Anyway we received a phone call on Monday from one of Caitlyn's doctors with good news. Although I was a little nervous because I always think no news is good news, but they apparently call the family right away when they know you have an MRI.

Anyway the doctor was pleased with her MRI. He stated that the tumour remains the same and possibly slightly better, which is our goal!!!

We are heading down to Toronto tomorrow to get started on chemo for round 3. This will mark the half way mark of the chemo. Hopefully this round will be better for Caitlyn than the last one was.

Anyway, we thought we would share another picture from grad, also. This is two of Caitlyn's good friends, Kae McDermid on the right and Nicole Carson on the left. Both are in Grade nine and attended the grad to support Caitlyn.

Everyone have a great Canada Day weekend!!

The Cobeans

Graduation Day

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Today was Caitlyn's grade 8 grad day!!! It was very exciting!! She looked absolutely beautiful and felt great to boot. She is continuing on and having a couple of very good weeks. She is feeling great and her strength is increasing. Her leg and arm are getting better.
We are heading to Toronto on Sunday for her next MRI and we will get the results on Thurs (28th) when we head down to start round 3 (of 6) of chemo.
This entry is short and sweet but mainly to show Caitlyn off with her grad outfit on.

Rona

Back from Toronto

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We were in Toronto for a couple of appointments this week. Wednesday, Caitlyn had an appointment at the eye clinic. This was a 3 month check up as she had lost the vision in the bottom right corner of her visual field. It seems the same. They performed what they call a visual field test, but there was some problems with the testing so the doctor said that they will just repeat it in 3 months again. She also had an appointment booked for today (Friday) with the orthopedic doctor that fused her ankle in Dec, but we received a call late Wednesday (while we were in Toronto) to say that it was postponed until August. While we had already checked into the hotel room so we stayed Wednesday night. We then went to Sick kids yesterday for blood work and a quick check up with the doctor. Every thing is going well though.
She is feeling really good. Still quite tired but the doctor told us that the tiredness should start to subside soon, as the fatigue is from the radiation. She is pretty busy with her therapy program though which tires her out.
Well all is good so we go with that and enjoy the next two weeks until she starts chemo again.

the Cobeans

Cottage Bound

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This past weekend we spent at the family cottage near North Bay. Caitlyn and 3 of her friends, Emily, Tessa, and Alanna as well as Aunt Nancy, Trish Bernard, myself and her sister Bryanna went. The adults planted the flowers at the cottage while the girls just hung out. The weather allowed them to get in swimming!! The bugs were fairly bad though, as noted by Caitlyn's head!
The pains in her stomach have improved and her appetite is almost back to normal. She is definitely feeling much better. She is back in full swing with physio and occupational therapy.
School is winding up so Caitlyn is attempting to go to school a bit. Her grade 8 trip to Niagara Falls is this Friday and grad is in just over 2 weeks. Both of which she is looking forward to.
We don't have to go back to Toronto until next week for an eye appointment and a check up on her foot. Then the 24th of the month for another MRI and the 28th to start chemo again.
Well, we will keep you posted and hopefully there will be nothing more to report this month, then the fun that will happen with the last month of grade 8!!!!

Rona