Today Kathy had her first chemo treatment! The chemo is called FOLFIRI, where a round consists of 3 days of chemo followed by 11 days off. The first day consists of a 4 hour drip administered in the doctor's office. On the second day, chemo is administered at home through a pump. The pump is removed on the third day, and a shot administered. After two rounds of chemo, Kathy will be retested.

Kathy has been very weak and extremely nauseated (before the chemo), so her oncologist, Dr. Wendy Breyer (she was Jim's chemo doctor too!) was going to delay starting the chemo, until they found elevated CEA levels, and thought it best to not wait.

There was hope that Kathy would also be able to participate in a colon cancer trial with the Huntsman Institute, but she was disqualified when the KRAS test came back positive for an abnormality in the DNA that prevents the treatment from being effective.

Friday Jeannette flew down from Seattle to see Kathy, and help in any way she could. Jeannette is also an invaluable resource in cancer related treatments.

Last week, Friday February 27th, Kathy had a port surgically implanted, to make it easier to administer the chemo.

Kathy, we love you and think about you, and pray for you all the time!