Last Wednesday evening, my family drove me to the airport where I got on a plane (all by myself!) and flew to Oklahoma to visit my parents. Mom has told me that her radiation treatments have really sapped her energy, so imagine my surprise when I saw her with Dad to meet me at the airport for my 10:00 pm arrival!

I was able to take Mom for her final radiation treatment on Thursday and the last (for a while) chemotherapy treatment on Friday. We celebrated the end of radiation with some "retail therapy" together, and I was able to help out with some things around the house. The three of us had a wonderful time together - and being just the three of us has been rare since I was 2 years old!

We won't know any results of mom's treatments until after her next CAT scan on Monday. She meets with her oncologist again in about 3 weeks, and he wants to do 2 high-dose chemotherapy cycles to make sure all the cancer cells in her body are dead and gone. But it does seem likely at this point that her treatments have been very successful, and she'll be simply watching and managing the cancer after this Spring.

I can't begin to say how much my whole family has appreciated prayers for mom from around the country - around the world, really. God is good, regardless of the final outcome. And He is good to hear and answer our prayers.