Serry Lee: March 2009

How Do I Comment??

1) Scroll to the bottom of the post you want to comment on.
2) Click the word "Comments" (it shows the number of comments on that post.
3) Type your comment in the box under the heading "Leave Your Comment."
4) In the box labeled "Word Verification," type the jumbled up letters just above it.
5) Select the button that says "Anonymous."
6) Click "Publish Your Comment."
7) Scroll to the bottom of the comments on the left--if you don't see your comment there, you didn't post it. If it is, congratulations!

What Can You Do?

Many people would love to visit Serry, or send her something, or just DO something that will lift her spirits. Serry and her family are so thankful for this outpouring of love and support.

Emails/Comments on the Blog
This is by far the most effective way to communicate with Serry and let her know you are thinking of her. She tries to read comments on here every night before bed and is strengthened to keep pushing forward. In addition, her family and friends read through the comments and are encouraged. Please keep posting here. This is the number one answer to "What can I do to help?"

What's Going On?

Serry has Medulloblastoma -- brain cancer. So many people care about our Serry that we wanted a communication hub-- somewhere that friends and family can come to get updates on how she's doing and leave their love for her to cherish. Please take your time here, lift her up in prayer, give her a big cyber hug, and leave a comment by clicking the "Comment" button below any post. Those comments mean the world to her and will continue to give her strength to fight this.

Update: The MRI results are clear. It will take many years of monitoring to make sure it doesn't come back. For now healing is the big priority!

Wisdom

Never, Never, Never give up. ~ Winston Churchill
Attitude is everything
Wag more, bark less. ~ bumper sticker
Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall. ~Psalm 55:22
Once you choose hope, anything's possible. ~Christopher Reeve
The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it. ~C.C. Scott
Some days there won't be a song in your heart. Sing anyway. ~Emory Austin
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear. ~Mark Twain
Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise or encouragement - and we will make the goal. ~Robert Collier
If you're going through hell, keep going. ~ Winston Churchill
When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on. ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt

In Like a Lion, Out Like a Lamb...

Or is it In like a lamb, out like a lion this year? Sure is hard to tell with our weather!!!

There's not a lot to report for you all... Thank you from Serry for all of the birthday wishes. She had a wonderful day and was so grateful that all of you shared it with her! Here's a picture of her birthday night--first time she's been "on the town" since September! This is me, her, and her sister Kaiti. Almost all of us were there--Gentry was in the middle of finals so couldn't make it down.
Serry starts treatment again this coming Thursday. This will be round two of four. I think she's going into it a little better than last time. Last time she was dealing with the recent after-effects of shingles and a sore ear. The shingles have been slowly recovering, and hopefully the pain will continue to diminish. I just got word that this morning she was able to hear out of her bad ear, too!

Leave some love and enouragement here for the next round. I'll keep you updated as I have information!

TOMMOROW'S HER BIRTHDAY...

Yes, that's right, on St. Patrick's Day our Serry turns the big 3-0!!!

Celebrate with us - Give her the best birthday wishes you can!!! :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SERRY. We love you bunches and bunches. And BUNCHES.

HOME!!!

OK - So I'm a little behind here... Serry came home Tuesday! She now has some time to continue recovering from the last chemo before she has to go back in.

In the mean time... think:
GREEN...
Numbers starting with 3...
Celebration...
Irish Bands...

...more on that later!

Yep, She's Still There

All of Serry's counts are still really low, at least as of yesterday. She's got some intense pain going on, so is trying to just keep things quiet and peaceful so she can get through this part. She'll probably be there into this coming week.

Please keep praying for her. She's in pain and would really like to be through this part of it. Let's keep her spirits up! Send her lots of smiles, everyone!

Hospital Visit

Hey all -
I'm a bit behind here, but getting caught up now.

Tuesday night Serry headed up to the hospital because she was starting to hurt and just didn't feel good. They got her settled in the hospital, did lots of tests, and basically determined that what she's feeling is a result of last week's chemo. Her white blood cell count dropped down to .1--which means any issues she's having are exaggerated even more because she has no immune system to fight it off.

The doctors have said she'll spend several days there, so I'm not sure when she's getting released. Every time I talk to someone up there she's sleeping! I think that's good. It gives her body some time to just do it's thing and then start creating more white blood cells!!

So everyone... leave her a quick message, let her know you're thinking of her!

Serry Lee

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