So not even sure when I last posted, but here is what is going on lately.
1. We are super busy now that school has started-Dylan is is first grade with a great teacher and nurse who take care of his really well and Drew just stared 3 mornings a week preschool and goes to speech once a week. Dylan is playing soccer and Drew is in gymnastics. I still work with the Young Womens and Kevin is the new Elder’s Quorum President. My kids are still pretty little but I can already feel it started where all I’m doing is riving kids areound to different things. They are sure having fun though.
2. I only have 6 more taxol chemo treatments (out of 12) and then I am DONE with chemo. For good!! I have not had hardly any side effects with this round which is wonderful. My nails hurt a little sometimes and my ears ring and I’m finally starting to lose my eyelashes and eyebrows (it was good that they lasted this long) but I do not have any achey legs, nausea, extreme tiredness tingeling hands or feet so I’m pretty happy. I take steroids on Fridays with the chemo and so once they really kick in by Saturday morning I go non-stop all day doing projects and cleaning. I can’t sleep and have so much energy that I want to use it while I can.
3. We are going to be the “nerdy” family for Halloween and doing a Star Wars theme. It’s all because of me weirdly. I wanted to show off my bald head while I still have it and dress up as something fun but all we could think of were Uncle Fester and the like. So Kevin showed me a picture of Asajj Ventriss from the Star Wars Clone Wars cartoon and she is way cool looking bald and bad with 2 light sabers. So I am going to be her, Val is princess Leia, Kevin is Hans Solo, Dylan and Drew are going to be clone troopers. We are all pretty excited.
4. We are planning on going to Vegas for Thanksgiving which will be lots of fun. I will have the last (hopefully) of my reconstructive surgery done sometime around Thanksgiving but the date has not been set yet.
5. Radiation for 6 weeks will start after the new year. So come February I will be planning a big cancer-free party!!
6. Overall we are doing wonderful and feel so blessed!
The Olson Family 
