I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends!"

On your left you can glimpse at Betty's wall 'o cards. Yes, those are all cards which had been sent to her as of last Thursday. I think I counted over 50! On the left is one of the many flower bouquets she received.

All of the calls, cards, flowers and food from friends has been such an incredible help. I was there all of last week and daily would bring in the mail with at least two cards daily. Bags of homemade cookies, flowers were at the doorstep daily, and the phone calls! Goodness..they just kept coming.

Penny made this sign to put on the door so mom could get some rest. All of those calls and visitors are great..but too much is tiring.

So, ta da...a "I'm Napping" sign was made.

So, how is Betty doing two weeks into chemo? It isn't fun..the chirpy Betty on the phone line is really feeling pretty tired and has some of the common symptoms of chemo. It is expected that her hair will fall out this week.

With that said..Penny, Pat and I all agree that she is doing amazingly well. She is caring for herself now..made herself a soft boiled egg for breakfast this morning. She is doing her laundry and is basically living on her own. Of course Penny is there a lot of the time and she has a cadre of people checking up on her. But, her desire is to be alone like before. So, we honor that desire for as long as possible.

Here are some picture of mom and a few from her "support team." I need to get a picture of mom with Lucas. He has been wonderful bringing healthy drinks and spending prized baseball TV moments with her. Oh and Pat too..she was there for two weeks.

Vito and mom have a standing root beer float date every Friday night. She even chills the glasses!

Chicken Enchiladas..yum!

What would we do without..Penny!




Princess Betty and Annie..