Zermont Hotel

Grandma and Grandpa Gunnell (Kade's grandparents) took us to dinner at the Zermont hotel. They are so sweet to us. They wanted to help us celebrate out sixth month anniversary. They even put us up in the hotel for two nights. We had so much fun walking around Midway. They were having a scarecrow show. So we walked around that and enjoyed viewing what people had made. Kade also showed me the crater and we wished that we could have gone swimming in it. too bad I have a central line.

Kade and I are so grateful for the wonderful people in our lives that give us support. It made our week to be able to spend time together alone and to just do nothing. I was feeling great while we were in midway, but I ended up needing two bags of blood when we got home. I was a little winded from all our walking. ;)

We are getting more and more excited for the Andrew to come home. It will be great to see him when he comes to save my life. I am more excited that Andrew and Kade will get to meet for more than two hours. (For those of you who don't know, Kade and Andrew met briefly before Andrew left to Costa Rica... yes, I know, I broke mission rules!)

I go back to Primary Children's hospital on October 22 for my next round of chemo. I should be there about five days unless I have some major complication. I hope that I don't so that I can spend more time at home before the transplant. Well that about sums up whats been happening with the Martinez family!

Fall

Kade understands that I get a little cooped up in the house when my counts are not high enough for me to be in public. So one afternoon when he had gotten off work we went for a drive up the hobble creek canyon. The leaves had just started to change! It was so beautiful. We took the opportunity to have a photo op. I just loved it. I like to go out and look at all the leaves changing. Fall is a great season!

Bone Marrow Donor

Hi all,

So here is the latest of what's been going on in the cancer world. I just spend five days at primary childrens hospital for my latest round of chemo. I am home now and don't have to return until October 22. I am way excited about that.

During my stay at the hospital my mom Bari, my mother- in-law Karen, Kade and I met with the bone marrow team. PEOPLE WE HAVE FOUND A MATCH! My brother Andrew is the one. The problem, he's living in Costa Rica serving a mission for the LDS church.

We are working with the church to get him flown up here for the procedure and then to let him finish his mission. We are unsure when the bone marrow transplant will take place, but it could be as early as November or as late as December (we think.)

The meeting was left me feeling optimistic and I feel really good about the decision to proceed with the bone marrow. I'm a little worried about the radiation, but that comes from being a dental hygiene major and seeing all those horrible pictures during my first year. -See I was paying attention in school. It's worth all the money :)-

Well, that's all that's going on right now. I feel good and am enjoying my time at home. I don't have as much energy as I normally do, but that can be expected. Kade takes me for walks and makes sure that I get out of the house enough. I just love him.

Mazee'!s Birthday

Since we went to Idaho we missed Mazee's birthday, So here are the pictures we got to show that she really liked our gift! Mazee loves finding Nemo so we bought her that DVD and a few other things. :) She is such a cute girl.

Rigby Homecoming!

Mitchell and His homecoming date! Aren't they cute
Grandpa and Dad.
Kendle made a cute t-shirt for Abbi to wear to support Uncle Mitchell.
Our Rigby Trojans!
Kendle and Kade
In this picture we have Kade, Grama, Abbi and Arica. Abbi was so excited to watch Mitchell play baseball. We couldn't get her to switch sports

Kade and I drove home to Idaho to spend some quality time with my family and to also see Mitchell play foot ball. Here are a few pictures of our trip.