December 5 Update

Today was a spectacular day! We are blessed to welcome the newest member of the Curry family. Keeton William Tommy Curry was born at 5:10PM 12/5/09 weighing in at 6lbs. 15oz. and 20 inches tall! We are honored for this blessing and thankful for a very smooth labor. Ally was amazing and extremely graceful through the entire process (Bill notes that she looked better than Todd did right after the labor!)...both baby and mom are healthy and happy. Nancy is thrilled to be a grandmother, though she doesn't look like she could pass for one (as seen in the photo above).

As no one has slept much in the last 3 days, we are calling it an early night. Signing out, Uncle Mike.

November 24th Update

We met yesterday with Dr Anthony, an oncologist here in Spokane. We had a long introduction meeting. Dr Anthony did a review of the two PET scans with us, displayed on the big flat screen TV. It was very easy to see and understand the improvements......the cancer is less active and there appears to be minor improvement in the bones. The meds are working! We have scheduled Nancy's next "routine" visit for Dec 15th here in Spokane.

We did have some discussion on the timing of removing the cancerous lump. Dr Anthony may favor sooner than later. Our Seattle doctors I think may tend to wait a little longer. We are doing some additional homework, trying to figure out what may be best for Nancy.

It is exciting to have great doctors in both cities to work with.... and it will be really nice to not have travel to Seattle in December for treatment.

Todd and Ally were just told the baby date (C-Section) will be Dec 4th. Grama is pretty excited about this.....as is Grampa.

Thanks again for all the calls and support. Happy Thanksgiving!

November 19th update

Nancy had her next scheduled appointment and treatment on Monday. She flew back to Spokane Monday night. Other than being tired and a little achey.....she is doing well. She did get to review the scans with her Oncologist. the cancer has stablized and there is some improvement.

Next Monday (23rd) we will meet Dr. Anthony here is Spokane. Our probable plan now is to have the next one or two treatments here, and the next full review and scans in Kirkland in February.

Nancy's main focus now is to in the next few weeks become a grandma. Yesterday she set up a small crib in our guest bedroom..... go figure.

Thank you all for the thoughts and prayers.

And as far as the Seahawks visiting Green Bay; this should not be much of a game.

October 30th Update

What a wonderful phone call. Our Oncologist, who is on vacation, got the results today and just called Nancy.....the medications are working, all looks good, no meetings next week, no change in meds.......hooray.....what a praise! Nancy is so happy.... So our next appointment is a standard meeting on Nov 16th.... Life goes on.......Packers versus Brett Favre and the hated Viks (chuckle)..... Thank you all for your support.

October 27th update

Nancy is feeling better. She will be flying to Seattle this afternoon, dinner with Mike, tomorrow in the am PET Scan, then lunch with a friend and fly home. We have a phone call Monday between 11:00-noon with the results. Thank you for all your support.

October 25th update

Nancy has not been feeling well the last two days. She is extremely tired, and achey. We hope she feels better prior to the trip to Seattle Tuesday for the PET scan. Thank you all, BC

October 19th update

Today we visited the Hospital. Nancy's blood tests were all in line. She also had a treatment for the bones. Everything was standard until we met with the Oncologist. Nancy has had some backaches in the last couple of weeks....and she tires easier. Although all other indications are positive, these two factors are reason enough to have a PET scan next week. They want to make sure that, at a minimum, the cancer is no worse than the baseline. It is very early to expect much improvement, as the estrogen inhibitor is slow moving. So next Wednesday we will have the scan we were originally going to do mid-November. We should have those results the first week of Nov. Nancy flew back to Spokane on the 9:00pm flight. Thank you all for your thoughts, calls, and prayers.