Holly's last Brachy Radiation treatment

Holly had her last Brachy Therapy Treatment today in Portland.  

She is so exciting and glad to be done!

Holly continues to go to appointments through out the week to help with relaxation. She is also taking naps during the day to help with her fatigue.

CONGRATS to finishing the treatments! 

LET THE HEALING BEGIN!

Donation acct. at U.S. Bank for Holly

We have set up a bank account for Holly A. Gordon at U.S. Bank.  


As you all know, Holly has been battling cervical cancer and doing extremely well.  She has completed her 6 week of chemotherapy and radiation.  Now on her second treatment of additional Brachy Therapy Radiation in Portland, Oregon.

Holly's treatments have caused a outstanding amount of medical bills.  Therefore, we have put together a donation bank account to help with Holly's outstanding medical bills.

Holly has been an amazing sister, mother, friend, best friend, daughter in law, wife that anyone could ever ask for. She has put her heart and soul in helping people her whole life. It is now time for us to help her!
If you can, please help her & her family during this difficult time. 


1. Find the nearest U.S. Bank near you:
http://www.usbank.com/usbanklocations/search.jsp
2. You must go inside the U.S. Bank, you cannot donate online.
3. Ask for: Holly A.Gordon donation account



Thank you so much for all of your love & support

Holly's Birthday week

We just wanted to wish Holly an amazing birthday week!

Keep going Holly!

Brachy Therapy Radiation

Holly is on her 2nd treatment of Brachy Therapy Radiation treatment, in Portland, Oregon.  
After tomorrow, she has 1 more treatment to go on April 11th.


Holly has continued to be monitored by her doctors and making sure her counts are okay. Last week her counts have dropped and she became Neutropenic.  On Friday, she got her counts rechecked and they are starting to level off, which is a good thing. 

Holly will return from Portland on Monday & see her doctor again on Tuesday for more blood count checks.

Last Chemo Infusion

Holly just finished her last chemo infusion. Yeah!!! She's going to keep her PICC line in until next Monday for some blood tests. This week's blood counts remained at good levels. She has radiation through Friday and then heading up to Portland 3/28 for brachy therapy.

Holly got to stop by the ER and see her coworkers last week. This was a great boost to her spirits - thank you again for all the cards, flowers, phone calls, prayers, great meals, books, love, and support.

Good news

We got good news from the radiation doctor yesterday. He told us Holly will be finished on the 18th of March with her radiation. This is only 25 treatments instead of the 28 that we were expecting. This is because they used a more advanced radiation process. The best part is that she also gets to drop the 6th and last chemo treatment. So she only has one week left at this point.  She gets a week off before starting the brachy therapy in Portland. (Once a week for three weeks.)

Holly is holding up well. She is more and more tired but  afternoon naps  really help. She's eating well and controlling most of her side effects with medications. Thank you to everyone for all your love and support.

Halfway There

Holly finished week 3 of chemo and radiation. She has noticed that she is getting short of breath when she climbs the stairs. Holly is taking naps in the afternoon, which are good. She has had a few waves of nausea, but the anti-nausea meds are working great. Her appetite remains good and she says thank you to everyone who has brought meals for us. Today she had her 4th dose of chemo. Every Monday she gets her blood drawn and they pay special attention to her white blood cell count, platelets, hematocrit, and hemoglobin - so far her blood counts are holding up well.
Now that she is more than halfway through her treatment, we have noticed a pattern to the week. She feels pretty good Monday and Tuesday because they also give her steroids with the chemo. This makes her very chatty and we've nicknamed her chatty Kathy on Monday nights. Unfortunately, Wednesday is the hangover day - watch out for the road rage! Thankfully Thursday and Friday are better and we love weekends with no doctor appointments.
Holly's new theme song is Halfway There by Bon Jovi. Thank you to everyone for all your love and support.