Hello all –
Well the Saltzmans had a fabulous time in North Carolina. Hopefully, Hills will post soon and give a more detailed update but it sounded like it was a great get-a-away. Hilary was supposed to have chemo yesterday, but that pesky thing called insurance is rearing it’s pain in the ass head. Long story short, she is waiting for their new insurance for approve this next round of chemo. Charles is now full-time with Charles Schwab (yeah) so their insurance changed and while this is a pain right now, long-term a good thing. She still went in for blood work yesterday and her counts looked really good so she is physically ready and will do her next round as soon as the insurance is a go. The next big event is Hilary’s second set of scans at MD Anderson on May 7th and 8th. We hope and expect that the tumors will continue to shrink and the doctor will order another few months of chemo. Maybe a slightly different cocktail, but more on that after her trip to Houston.
Thank you Katie Marye so much for the last cheer. Since no chemo Monday, Katie and Hilary will do the cheer when she gets her chemo. I can’t wait to see/listen to all that was submitted!
Our next leader is Jill Ciarimboli Wynne. Jill is an old friend from San Francisco days and doing this from afar so the deadline is a bit sooner to give her time to send to Austin.
She is going to put together a book for Hilary. The theme is “cultivating calm and peace.” She would love to have everyone email a picture of where they go to cultivate calmness and let go of anxiety. It could be a place you have been to with Hilary which you know she loves or just a favorite place which feels grounding to you. Ideally, if Jill can get the pictures by this Friday, May 2 but if not, at least by end of day Saturday. For the pictures, it would be nice to include a few sentences of where it is, and why you love it. (just a short description).
So send in your pictures of Calm and Peace and send to Jill by Friday!
Thank you all for your continued support.
xo – becca