Thanksgiving Was Great!!!!!!

As you can see Thanksgiving was just wonderful. We had almost the whole family together and man did we eat. The day began with Lauren screaming for me from the kitchen at 5AM. There we found our wonderful 1960's Oven decided that today of all days would be the one to stop working. We however were lucky, and just popped the bird in the oven at my rescue squad around the corner. The whole family pitched in and brought with them all sorts of increadible dishes and kudos to Shelly for that Pumpkin Crisp.....it was so good. We were also very blessed to have Laurens mom, grandmother, great aunt Lilly, and very funy cousin Paul join us. It really was a family affair. Yes, you guessed it we ended out the night with a rousing games of Holdem and Blackjack. Overall it was by far one of the best holidays of my life, mostly because my mom was there. She is doing so well and just finished her 3rd chemo yesterday. Her doc is excited about her progress and honestly would we expect any less of mom? I think not. I hope you all had just as an increadible holiday as we did.

Thanks,
Chuck

A TRULY HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

IT'S AMAZING!! After only 2 rounds of chemo, Mom is back in remission!!!! I called her today to let her know I was on my way home from work, and she answers the phone saying that her counts were down again. When she was first diagnosed, she was originally thought to have needed at least 4 rounds of chemo with maybe even a little extra afterwards "just in case"... but whether Dr. Canavan is a genius, or it was Mom's strong spirit (most likely a combo of both), she's unbelievably back in remission.

This time we pray it will be for good!

Knowing Mom though, she'd probably yell at me for even saying that. It's been her motto since day one that you can only take one day at a time. "If I get it, I get it. I'll beat it like I beat it the last time". It's all about not worrying about tomorrow, while taking care of yourself today.

Please spread the word if you have not yet done so. If you have not yet spoken with Mom, believe me she is so appreciative of everyone's good thoughts, prayers and wishes. This year, Thanksgiving has a whole new meaning!

Best,

Andrew

TEAM JLO HAS REACHED 17%

Thanks to a generous donation by my good friend Kwi Brennan TEAM JLO is now at 17%. As a team goal I would like to reach 50% by December 25th. Let's get it going.

Thank again to Kwi Brennan the newest TEAM JLO supporter


Best,
Chuck Lopez

HA HA...TAKE THAT HAIR

As you can see in this picture here mom is now just one of the boys. She called me yesterday morning to come over and "bic" her head. The pain of having hair outweighed the ideas of being bald. So, how does she like it you may ask? She loves it. She can finally sleep and wear hat's without pain. She told me she would love to walk around the food store without a hat on just to see people stare...What a nut case. You'll also see mom's fourth and much harier grandchild in the picture. That's KEMO and when Lauren and I got him last year mom thought KEMO was the best name for him. She loves this dog.
So, all's well on the home front and mom's kicking butt.......without hair that is.


Best,
Charlie

Hair, Hair, Everywhere!

Laura slept over on Friday night, so when we woke up, we went downstairs to say, "good morning" to the family. Mom tells me that she was trying to make us English Muffins, but couldn't because when she realized they were covered in hair once she started buttering them. She felt so bad, but it was really such a sweet thought to me. Even in the midst of such a chaotic time, she thinks of us. Anyway, I just thought that was a nice story.

Today was Mom's 2nd round of chemo and everything went swimmingly. Before she started the treatment, they checked her blood, and everything was good and healthy. I was told that she was a little bit more "loopy" cause of the meds for about 3 hours today. But it works out well because in the end, I'm sure Mom doesn't remember too too much of it, and Nanny and Dad get some free entertainment for a few hours.

So back to my original story about the english muffin, you can tell that Mom's situation has been getting pretty "hairy" (sorry... I had to), so to make things a little more manageable, Chuck shaved her down to pretty much nothing. She says her hair (or what's left of it) still is sore, but at least she doesn't have big chunks falling out everywhere. Those of you who have been talking to her know just how gross it has been for her, waking up to a pillow covered in hair. Not a fun time...

Other than that, everything is pretty calm around these parts. We anticipate that Mom will be pretty "up and at em" tomorrow because she generally gets one good day before she starts feeling sick and sore. Both Dad and I will be around the next few days to help out if need be. So for now, keep the TEAM JLO donations flowing and the good thoughts rollin!

Best,

Andy

WE'RE AT 16 %

Thanks to our newest contributor we are now are 16% of our $5000.00 fundraising goal. Keep sending the link out to all family and friends. We can get this done...

New TEAM JLO Contributors
Lori and James Ross


Thanks,
Chuck Lopez