Happy Birthday Karri!! Final Chemo is 10/15 - hooray!!

Happy Birthday Karri!!  Final Chemo is 10/15 - hooray!!
The actual date of Karri's birthday is October 8th but we've been joyfully celebrating all week long. She's been able to go out to eat, see movies, watch Allie play volleyball, and attend church. We love watching her enjoy her favorite foods again. We are so grateful for all your support; it has been critical to help her to celebrate this birthday with gratitude for her return to good health. She continues to improve steadily each week. Pictured here: Allie (14), Brandon (24), Karri and Jerry, and Abby (6). Matthew and Jordan are away at school. Love from all of us to all of you.

Sept 13th: Happy Birthday Jerry!

Sept 13th: Happy Birthday Jerry!
The Robisons (sans Jordan away at school) celebrate. Karri has had a good weekend too! She is eating a healthy normal diet without nausea, and with the benefit of an epidural shot, she is beginning to regain some mobility. While her back pain is not entirely diminished, she has begun to get around with a cane instead of a walker - yay!

June 22: Welcome Home from the hospital Karri! Good Luck w/Chemo

June 22: Welcome Home from the hospital Karri! Good Luck w/Chemo
The Robisons with Mother's Day gifts and the "Wrap Yourself in Our Love" quilt made by friends from church. L to R: Matthew, Brandon, Karri, Jerry, Jordan and Allie

May 31st - Jordan's Senior Prom photo op

May 31st - Jordan's Senior Prom photo op
Despite looking great, Karri is fighting post surgery complications including serious infection and debilitating, persistent nausea.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Spring Break!

Hello Everyone! I don't know if anyone even checks in anymore because it's been so long since I've written. That's because things have been going so well lately that I seriously have forgotten about the blog. However, a few people have asked me about it and thought that I should at least put up one more posting to say good-bye and end things, so here it is! It is now spring break and I have been teaching school for a little over 3 months now and everything is going great. I have a great class, a good student teacher and it's been great to be back with all my friends at school and to be busy- I finally feel like my life has returned to normal! My back has been cooperating very well for the past several months. I had a bad week during the beginning of March where I was out of school for 5 days due to my back, but before and after that it's been doing fine. I am still seeing a chiropractor on a regular basis and still taking a lot of medication, but am no longer in physical therapy. I still have to have regular blood tests, and tomorrow I'm having another CT scan just to check up on my insides and make sure everything is still OK. We just got back from a 4 day trip to Utah and Idaho to visit Jerry's family and pick up Jordan from BYU Idaho. It was a long drive, but totally worth it to have Jordan home again. Matt is still in school down at Cal Poly Pomona, but will be home in June and then we'll have everyone together at home for the first summer in two years! Thank you to everyone who was following this blog, it was great to hear from everybody from time to time and to hear your words of encouragement and love. Let's hope I stay in remission for a long time so we won't have to start another blog!