Just four more...

We are sitting in our room at the Ronald McDonald House after a long day at the hospital. Ivee had her MRI today, and we will patiently wait until 8:30 am tomorrow morning when we see her favorite Doctor ever to hear the results. This time is stressful. Last night I laid in bed thinking about my Give Thanks fundraiser for St. Jude and thought, "my goal won't even cover Ivee's MRI and sedation for tomorrow. We have to do more." So I have four days to meet my new goal of $2,000. I would be so thankful for help to reach this! Just click here to help me. http://fundraising.stjude.org/site/TR/GiveThanksWalk/GTW?team_id=29674&pg=team&fr_id=3750

I will update when we have results. Thank you for your help and keep praying!

Blog-Blah.....

I was looking at my blog as I was ready to post and thought...how BLAH is this page!! Oh well, I just don't have the hours to put into it to make it pretty like so many others I've seen. Can't have it all, can I now!

I sent my baby off to school today after being out for three days (sick for 5). She is still not well. She has no fever, but the cough, phlegm, and gagging is still rampant! The saliva is so thick too. I wonder if somehow radiation or chemo has not affected her saliva glands? My husbands father had throat cancer and once he went through treatment, he has difficulty producing saliva. I know Ivee's was to the back of the head, but chemo does affect the entire body (some areas more than others). I wonder if she has been affected in this way. I also believe that chronic sinusitis is a big monster for her!

Well, I sent her off to school wearing a medical mask, like they have to do when getting chemo and roaming the halls of the hospital. She doesn't like it, but didn't give me one fit about wearing it. With the way she sounds right now, I am still unsure if they will want to sedate her on Tuesday for her MRI. I have to keep her on the road to recovery, and we all know how sanitary elementary school kids are! Right! She was dying to go back to school, so I told her yesterday she could go if she wore the mask to keep her healthy. She agreed! I texted her aid to ask how she was. Said she isn't talking but she says she's okay. She maybe a bit embarrassed by it, I know is annoyed by the mask, but she is such a trooper. She is the strongest, bravest person I know. She is the sweetest baby too. She knew I felt kinda lousy this week too, but nothing compared to her. We were laying in bed yesterday, and she had a coughing/gagging spell. After it was over, she turned to me, put her hand on my face and said, "You okay momma? You feel better?" She can melt and break my heart all at one time!

Keep praying my friends! She still needs to get well and we have 4 days for that to happen! And at the same time, continue those prayers for her cancer to be gone and her MRI to be clean and clear! God bless you all!

Give thanks and Needed Prayers

Going to share a few pictures, and then get to the meat of this posting! 

Brittney and her date to homecoming. She's getting so big...and now...no braces. 

 Ivee had a field trip to the Corn Maze. So much fun!! 

 My adorable baby girl looks so cute next to this pumpkin! 

And She LOVES her teacher, Mrs. Jones! 

Friday night, November 2nd we had the privilage to meet my favorite author...EVER! He came to a small town near us. I couldn't believe it. As he was talking, Ivee whipped out my big camera and started snapping. She caught this one and I thought, "Man...that's a pretty good shot!" 

So, yep, this is us with...

!!!!!!!!!!TED DEKKER!!!!!!!!!!!

Best Day EVER!!! In the words of my 16 year old, Brittney! 

And Ted fit right in with us. Once Ange, my friend  snapped the pic he said, "I probably look like a dork in that one!" I said, "Then you fit right in with us!" 

On to the other important stuff...

We could use great prayers here in the Foley home. Ivee has been sick since Saturday. She has severe congestion and has had fever on and off. Right now, she is in the bed sleeping. She is tired of coughing and gagging on thick saliva. The doctor and I have decided to medicate her based on chronic sinusitis. It is my belief that Ivee has this often due to all the damage her nasal and sinus passages had while we had to suction her with a catheter during chemo, when both vocal cords were not working and the left was trying to recover. Something that happened sooo long ago now, is still causing her pain and discomfort. It maybe that one day she will require adenoid or tonsil surgery or even sinus surgery. That is definitely not something we are going to pursue right now. BUT...She has her MRI next week, and we really need her well...with or without the MRI coming she needs to be healed of this. She is a sick little girl. She's been on antibiotics now for over 24 hours, and there has been little improvement,  but as many of your know, when she has congestion it is thick and her paralyzed vocal cord makes it very hard for her to clear these secretions. She's also having difficulty breathing when the secretions are covering her cords. Please, lift her up in prayer. Please, cover her MRI results in prayer. Pray for a cancer free scan...pray that the cyst/edema in her head is better...pray for the pressure on the brain stem...pray for the inflammation on her spinal cord. Pray for safe travels to Memphis and home! 

And finally...pray about still giving to my Team Ivee Give Thanks. Walk. I am so close to my goal!!! I need to reach it by November 16th. Just click HERE to give!!! Thank you SO much for your prayers!!!