Mr. & Mrs. Mendez

Congrats Mommy and Joe! They tied the knot on February 20th, 2011!

Update!

Sorry it has been so long since I updated: MOM IS DOING GREAT!

Her last PET scan for cancer came back negative and her blood tests are normal!

Her brain incision has healed really good, but it is still tender and her hair has grown back so pretty! She is back to work and her normal self!

Here is a picture of us in last month.

Thank you to everyone who has prayed for her and been here for all of us.

BACK TO WORK!

Mom went back to work today! She was super excited to get back to her normal schedule. She is feeling much better and said she had a good day. With the new year it is crazy to look back on how much she has been through in 2009, but we are ready to start fresh in 2010 with a healthy year! We're proud of our Mommy!

Sick :(

Mom has a cold :( GET WELL SOON!!

Tests...

This week mom has lots of tests and appointments to make sure she is well and ready to return to work. She thought she would be able to go back next week but her doctors are ordering a few more things for her to do before she does. She will have blood work done to check her liver, heart, kidneys, etc. and also to check her cholesterol, iron and other levels. It has been 6 months so she will have another PET scan to monitor her cancer and make sure it has not returned. She will have an appointment with Dr. LeBranche to check on her infection and to monitor the progress of her hysterechtomy. She has been experiencing hot flashes which they will also talk about her options for that. Since she had breast cancer, there are not many options that do not involve hormones. The doctors do not want her on hormones because they may lead to a reoccurance of the cancer.

Mom has been doing really good, she is just waiting to hear that everything looks good so she can finally go back to her normal schedule. Hopefully soon Mom!

Thanksgiving 2009*

Halloween pics!

A lil late but here are a couple Halloween pics! We all went to mom's house...

The latest...

So it has been a while since I have posted an update but mom is doing better. She has been slowly healing after the last surgery. She says it has been harder than the brain surgery because of the pain, but she is doing good. A couple of weeks ago her head incision was scabbing and itching a lot so she went into Dr. Spetzler's office to have it looked at. It eneded up being infected so they had to scrape the infection out from the incision and put an antibiotic on it.. OUCH! Mom said it was horrible but it has now healed much better. Just last week she went for her follow-up with Dr. Lebranche, who performed her hysterechtomy. Apparently there is an infection in the lower incision so mom has been put on anti-biotics and she will have another appointment w/ Lebranche again soon to check on it. Because both incisions have been infected we are just trying to boost mom's immune system with lots of vitamins to make sure it doesn't get worse. Other than that, mom is feeling good and looking even better! Her hair looks so good! It's growing fast and its super curly!

On a side note, it will be 1 year since mom's brother Uncle Raul passed away on November 25th so we will be thinking of him this Thanksgiving.

Race 4 the Cure!