Saturday, July 19, 2008

Deb's Update: Saturday July 19th, 2008: 12:01 PM

Hi All,

Quick update. Deb is on her way home today! She’ll be back on the east coast by this evening and will be staying at her Mom’s (Diane). Nala will be taking her own flight into Boston but Joey gets a spot with mom on the airplane. Radar is headed to the Briard rescue to hang out with his buddies there.

I know all of her friends on the West coast will miss Deb. We are going to try and take as good care of her as you all did; Kimmie, Mindy, Charlie, Brigitta, Ant and all the others who are her West coast family. Karma points for you all!!!

Deb heads up to Dana Farber on Monday to see how treatments on this coast will work. She is still in a rapid physical decline. She is not in pain at this point and everyone will be going the extra mile to keep her comfortable. Her mental state is also declining so all contact will be done through the family. Diane will be welcoming visitors who can make it and will give us info on how to contact her when she’s back and settled in.

We had a bit of trouble with posts but are back and running now. Keep your good wishes coming, the family needs them!

WE LOVE YOU DEB!!

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Dear Deb and Family,

Good to know you arrive today. Let us know if there is anything we can do. You are all in our thoughts and prayers always.
Love, Priscilla and Larry

P.S. Amy thanks for the update.

Anonymous said...

Hi Deb and family,
I'm glad you're home and I know your family will take good care of you. If there is anything I can do please call. Love you Deb and you're in my thoughts and prayers everyday.

Love
Mary

Anonymous said...

Just wanted to thank Amy for keeping us updated!


Thanks
Mary

Anonymous said...

Deb,
Glad to hear you are HOME!!!! Thinking of you all the time, just went thru an old album of us from HS and FSC....pretty funny, couple of you playing twister and one of you, amy cav and mary wanio from our wonderful camping trip we went on....remember all the rain and using the big rouck as a hammer!!! so funny! love you much!!!
Thanks Amy!!!
Nikki

Anonymous said...

Deb,
Glad to hear that you're home! I agree, thank you to all of her wonderful friends out in CA for taking such good care of her! Hopefully Deb will find comfort back on the East coast. Deb, I just went thru some old photos of us from HS and FSC, too funny, several of you leading aerobics class out in our suite, playing twister and a real funny one of you, amy cav and mary wanio from our camping trip, remember all the rain :) and us using the big rock to pound the stakes into the ground...so funny! Love you much and think and pray for you always!!!
Thanks Amy for updating us!!!
Nikki

Anonymous said...

Deb, I'm constantly thinking about you and praying for you daily. Ant and I talked for a long time last night and I was glad to hear that you and your family got off from CA alright. Hopefully you can get a lot of rest today to recover from your trip.
Reardon family, please let me know if there's anything I can do.
Love you lots, Debbie!!!
Donna:)

Anonymous said...

Deb and family,

Positive thoughts and beacons (light) are going out to you daily.
Wishing you safe arrivals here in the East. May you find some comfort here.......I pray that you do.
You are LOVED!
Thank you, Amy, Blog Maven, for keeping us all updated.

Best beacons,
Bea (Karin)

Anonymous said...

Please try to keep the notes positive, avoid words such as "sucks, etc..." we know that cancer sucks.

Thinking of you deb!

Anonymous said...

The family took Debbie to Dana Farber today and met with Dr. Wen. He agreed with our choice to stop the Avastin and chemo at this point. Debbie is staying with our mom until we can get her into a hospice residence, hopefully in the next few days.

Also, thanks to everyone for all your kind words and great stories about Debbie. Keep them coming because it gives us something to smile about. If anyone wants to send me pictures by email or regular mail (along with stories or quotes), I would appreciate it. I want to put together a scrapbook of happy memories. My email is amyrdoherty@verizon.net and my address is 53 Westview Terrace, Westwood, MA 02090.

Debbie sends her love to everyone.

Amy Doherty

Anonymous said...

It is incredibly generous of you, Amy, and the rest of the family, to continue to share news of Debbie at this very challenging time for all of you. Debbie's story continues to be one of great strength, courage and most importantly love.