The Cheeks: November 2012

The past few months have been good. Charlie has grown and grown and then wait he grew some more. He is getting so tall now. He has so many interests these days. We watched the movie Hook a few months ago and now all the thinks about is Peter Pan, Captain Hook or dreaming of going to Neverland! Charlie is the love of my life, he is my whole world. I feel so lucky that I can call him my son. I cherish all of the time I get to spend with him and love watching him grow, now more then ever.

As many of you can remember I had an ectopic pregnancy in July, I learned to cherish what I had then. Now I am going to cherish even more of what I have. Here is honestly the short story, I have found out recently I have breast cancer. About 7 weeks ago I found a lump on my right breast. I think that is the moment I just knew all was about to change. Skip a few weeks and I had a biopsy and it come back that is is cancer. I have had many different tests and scans to make sure that it has not spread. The good news came in that it is just local to the breast. The lump is so big they can not save the boob so I am going to have surgery on November 8th that is next Thursday to remove it all. I should have a short stay in the hospital if everything goes as planned. I know you are all thinking will you have to have chemo?? And the answer is yes. I will start chemo is about 6-8 weeks post op. I have to wait for my body to heal and then they will attack it all again.

I know that I am in for the fight of my life. But God has carried me through many different parts of my life I and have faith that He is going to carry me through all of this. Charlie and Martin are my strength those boys make me laugh and smile everyday. Charlie has turn 4 and is turning out to be a very bright caring boy. If you are think what can I do for her and the family I honestly just ask you to pray for us. It will be a hard time for everyone for different reason. Charlie does not know yet we are going to tell him a few days before the operation so pray that conversation goes well. Charlie is a caring boy and when I was recovering in July from the ectopic he cared for me and I know he will help out however he can. Martin will have to take some time off work please pray that his work is okay with the time he will need to take off. And me the mom of the family please pray that I have peace with everything, and for a fast recovery without infection so I can start chemo sooner then later.

How can you not smile when you look at this??

For about 10 months now we have been planning for my mom and sister to come for Charlies Birthday. We took Charlie to Disneyland Paris for his birthday. It was a great place to go and get away from all of the things that were going on at home with tests and scans. We went to Paris for 3 days. We went to the park for one day and it was just perfect! We rode all of the rides and did most of the things we wanted to do. The park was not busy at all. Here is a good tip go to Disneyland in October it is not bust at all. We then went into the city for the day to go to the Eiffel tower. You think oh that sounds amazing and it was but it was raining the whole time we were at the tower. I honestly mean raining so hard, we all got so wet. It looked like we had taken a shower with our clothes on by the time we were done.