Back To The City...

Happy Holidays! Just to give you all a brief update...
My Mom and I head back to the city on December 19, 2004, I have a Doctors appointment on the 20th; at that appointment we will choose the treatment that I am going to pursue. We have narrowed it down to two: SaHa and CD-30. Both of these show good results in treating Hodgkin's, but with the lowest side effects out of the five. To be totally honest with you- I'm pulling for SaHa, because not only does it show great promise, the only side effect it has is dramatic weight loss. (I KNOW!) Anyways, I will fly back to California on the 23rd so I can be home with my family for Christmas. (A BIG thanks to everyone who donated Frequent Flyer Miles, you made it possible) Then I will fly back out to the city on the 26th, for another treatment on the 27th. To say the least I have a busy few weeks ahead of me. The upside is, this will be my first New Years out of state. I am totally excited... My friend Katie is going to come with me, and in the words of one of my friend's parents, "New Years was born in New York!" It's going to be great. Thank you so much to everybody who has taken the time out of their day to pray for my family and I... I cannot formulate any words that would come close to expressing the gratitude that I feel. I am so blessed to have each and every one of you in my life.

PS- I have been pretty busy the past couple weeks... So I posted some pictures of what I've been up to.
I went to a UCLA Peds-Hemoc Christmas party, and some of my doctors didn't recognize me because I have hair, I got a kick out of that, haha.



Me, with one of my UCLA nurses- Angie, and my friend Rabeh


Another one of my amazing nurses, Kristen


Lyvette workin' the camera


I went and watched my brother Mark ride his dirt bike, it was my first time seeing him ride- I was so impressed!