Third round of chemo

Wednesday July 14th


Well today is round three and so far everything is looking good. Cody has been feeling really great. He says he feels better now than he did before. His blood work came back better than before we even started chemo ya!!! we are ecstatic about this news.

Friday July16

The kids were really excited they got to come today to see dad get unplugged from his pump. They were more excited though about heading up to snowbird right after we were done at the Dr.

We road the tram to the top and was able to look out at the beautiful valleys bellow. Torie and I was a little nervous for the kids to be so close to the edges.

Stetson just loves to have Jayce around he finally has a buddy his age that is a boy.

It's so fun to watch these 4 together Tenlie gets really shy around Cole at first then its off to playing .

We were so grateful that Cody was feeling good enough after his chemo round that we were able to enjoy this day with our friends the Christoffersons.

Summer sleep out at Grandmas

Monday July 12

Even though our summer has been quit the whirl wind the kids have yet to stop having fun. My mom has had a sleep out with the younger grand kids for the past 2 years. This year she decided to extend the offer out to my cousins and their kids. they came for a fun water day in grandmas back yard. She had two blow up water slides, two pools, and two slip in slides going. who needs a water park when you have that.

This is all the kids that were able to make it.

Tenlie couldn't get enough of the big girls giving her attention. I think they enjoyed it as much as she did. Every time we get together she just thrives on the girls.

Stetson thought he was as big as Mckay they were joined at the hip. Mckay was so patient with him it was so fun to watch.

After they got done roasting hot dogs and smores the extended cousins left.

Then after a long day of swimming and playing my mom stuck all the grand kids out on her deck to sleep. They had so much fun telling ghost stories and jokes they had a great time, they even convinced grandma to sleep out with them.

The next morning grandma made them a great breakfast which they enjoyed sitting around the table talking and laughing. I'm so grateful that my mom does this with the grand kids what memories they will have.

Round Two / 4th of July

Wednesday June 30

Today was round two and both Cody and I are very nervous. The unknown is what gets to us.
He did really well his first round other than two days of just being tired and not wanting to eat. If that is all we with be just fine. This last two weeks since his last treatment we have had a hard time keeping Cody full. He has gained quit the appetite. We are very excited to see how his weight is coming along.

This round we decided to post pictures when he was getting unhooked form his pump. People have been curious about his port and where abouts it was. so I tried to get the best pictures possible with out being in the way.

We had just found out that he had gained 6lbs back which we are just trilled.

This is what Cody goes home with for 2 days they have a special needle that they poke his port with and then the IV is connected to that. He really enjoys his pump which Tenlie calls his man purse.

Here is Cody getting his port flushed so he can head out for another two weeks.

4th of July in Manti

It was such a nice quiet 4th of July. My parents had taken the kids down to Manti to a small little camp ground. When Cody was done being unplugged we headed down to join them. There is nothing better than a small town celebration. Saturday morning we headed over to Mount Pleasant to watch there town parade.

Tenlie and Stetson were so excited for all the candy they gathered up.
I just love these ages they are such great friend.

After the parade we headed back to Manti and enjoyed their town pool. stetson wasn't afraid of anything he kept begging to go down the slide. Grandma was such a good sport since Cody couldn't be in the sun and I was unable to swim for 2 weeks. Grandma and Grandpa stepped up to the plate. Stetson finally got Grandma convinced to go down the slide with him.

It wasn't just once I believe the kid did it about a dozen times. We couldn't convince him to do it alone though. Grandma had to go every time.

Tenlie was a little difficult to get her to go we tried everything. Finally I told my mom to just take her and make her do it at least once.

And of course she LOVED it. We couldn't get her to get off the dang thing. Not only did she go with Grandma she decided it was pretty fun by herself.

I was so proud of Cody he did so well this weekend you would never have guessed he had been given chemo. Round two so far has been great he as not even missed a beat. Thanks for such a great weekend.

Bryce Canyon

Friday June 25th

My parents decided about now we needed to escape the real world for a weekend and I couldn't agree more. I don't believe we could deal with one more thing at this point of our lives. The kids were so excited they got to go camp in Mamie's and papas moder home.

Stetson's favorite thing is 4-wheelers anytime they get pulled out you can count on him being on one. I take that back they don't even halve to be pulled out I've caught him in our garage just sitting there pretending. grandma was a good sport and would take them on rides whenever they wanted.

Stetson is so happy in this picture he just got back from a long ride.

The high lite of Tenlies trip was FISHING.

She was so excited about catching this fish, but I think daddy was
even more excited than her.

Here she is checking out her trophy. She was so excited she came back to
camp telling us she caught the biggest fish ever. And we will let her keep thinking that.

Now Stetson enjoyed the first two minutes of it and then he was
satisfied by throwing rocks or chasing bugs.
Good thing he caught his fish in the first two minutes.

But he was sure proud of it when he rilled it in.

The kids enjoy spending time with their Papa and he enjoys them back.
They were so excited that he was able to use his fishing license they
gave him for Father's Day.

Tenlie and Stetson were so excited to come back to camp and show grandma and myself
the fish they caught. Tenlie kept telling us how the fish kept dancing with her pole.
By the looks of this picture you can see all their joy.

Thank You mom and dad for a great weekend away.

Anniversary

Tuesday June 22

Today is our 10 year anniversary. Wow what has all happened in 10 years. We've been through a lot together,but I wouldn't change it for the world. We went out last night to our favorite restaurant Ruby River which was were we went on our first date. It was quit nice we went early so we could take our time and just visit. Its been along time since we have had time to ourselves to just sit and talk. After words we were able to see iron man since Cody has wanted to see it since it had come out. It was such a simple night,but so memorable and nice to talk and look back on the past 10 years. Thank you so much Cody for such wonderful years I look forward to many more. I'm so grateful to be married to my very best friend.


Wednesday June 23

Wow today is so full of Dr. appointments its crazy! We first start out with Stetson Dentist Appointment. Then we get to look forward to my appointment where we get to hear the baby's heart beat. Finally a fun appointment at least we thought. The nurse came in to check the baby's heart beat and was unable to detect it so they brought in the ultrasound. Dr. Jones was great he came in found out everything we have been going through this past month and was in shock. So he got the ultrasound machine out and started looking. We were able to see our precious baby, but it just didn't have a heart beat. They believe I lost the baby about a week after Cody was diagnosed. All the stress wasn't so great. We decided to go in that next day for a DNC cause who new when my body would finally get rid of it. Cody and I really didn't have time to think nor process this whole situation cause after my appointment we had to rush off to Utah Valley Hospital to have his blood work done to see how he responded to his first round of chemo. We were ready for some good news about now I don't think I could handle anymore today. Cody's blood work came back in excellent condition. The Dr told us if it wasn't for them hooking him up to chemo they wouldn't believe it. We were so excited about this out come it actually made us for get for a minute all the rest.

Fathers Day

Sunday June 20

Today is Fathers day 5 days after Cody's first round of chemo therapy. Yesterday and today have been bad days for him. He has had no appetite and we have literally forced him to eat. His coloring was gone and I was scared to death he looked awful. All he could do was sit around and sleep most of those two days. We felt bad for him he wasn't able to enjoy his day.



Cody's joy is his two kids Tenlie and him have such a great relationship. She is his little princess and he worships the ground she walks on. Stetson is so full of life and Cody thrives on this little guy. They are the best of buds and when Cody is home Stetson is his little shadow.



This is a picture of him on Fathers Day at my moms house. You can just see in his eyes that he just doesn't feel really great. Some of my family hasn't seen him for a couple of days and just looking at him scared you. Up to this point he had lost about 20lbs since he had been sick. for those of you that know him he doesn't have 20lbs to loose.

First Round Of Chemo

Wednesday June16
First round of chemo was today. We were kind of nervous not knowing what to expect you hear all sorts of horror stories about chemo. All we new was that he would be hooked up for 4hrs with 4 different drugs being pumped in him and then hooked up to a pump with another drug that he would bring home for 2days. Now for those of you who know Cody he's not very patient when it comes to sitting around let alone 4hrs in the same chair. He's not much of a reader so we had to intrude on Tenlie and take her portable DVD player.



As you can see he was able to get in all the "Duke" (John Wayne) he wanted.



No Cody did really well with everything that day. The only thing that bothered him was one of the drugs they give him gives a cold sensitivity. which was described as very painful to drink or touch they say it feels like drinking glass. about 10 minutes after he is hooked up to that one he no longer wants cold things for about 3-7 days. He's not looking forward to that.


Thursday June17
Today Cody is feeling pretty good he wants to try and go to work with his pump for a couple of hours. He left home around the same time I left for work about 10 and at 3 he called saying he was feeling a little tired so he was heading home to take a nap before myself and the kids came home. When I got off work I called to see if he wanted to go with me to pick up the kids from my moms house. When I got home Cody was on the couch his face and neck were bright red. I instantly thought he was running a temperature cause he was sweating and had been taking chills. So I grabbed our thermometer and took his temp everything looked great, but he was scaring me to death. I instantly told him we are heading to my moms and checking it again their. She agreed to with me he didn't look good if he is even running a temp of 100.4 we are to take him instantly to the ER. He had no temperature so the only thing we could think of was he was in the sun all afternoon and the drug makes him very sensitive to it. First experience with chemo I wasn't impressed scared me to death.



Saturday June 19
Today There was a yard sale/ bake sale held for Cody. We had a 13 year old girl in our ward that wanted to do a fundraiser for him to help out. This Yard sale was so amazing we couldn't believe how much stuff was donated to sell let alone the turn out we had. We can not express our feeling enough to all the many people who helped put this fundraiser together by either donating helping run it or just by supporting it. Much thanks goes out to everyone and thank you Robinson family for heading this up. We will always be grateful to all the many people who helped in so many ways.

Tuesday June 8th
Today Cody Had to get his power port put in his chest. This port makes it so they can hook him up to his chemo treatments and draw blood form it instead of an Iv in his veins. Since Cody has lost so much weight and doesn't have a lot of extra meat up on his chest it makes him look like he has a 3rd boob. Its so amazing to see how far they have come with all the technology they have.

Wednesday June 9th
Today was suppose to be our first round of chemo, but Cody's liver biopsy was sent to Colorado to see if he qualified for a study that included an extra drug. Plus we wanted to see our options on surgery of his colon to see if we should remove the tumors first or proceed with chemo. After talking to Dr. Rich about the surgery he informed us that they are not as concerned about his colon as they are his liver. if we were to do surgery it would put chemo off for 6 weeks which is basically righting his own death sentence. The test results had not come back so we chose to Waite another week to see if he qualified or not. Dr. Rich felt like his blood work looked good enough to Waite, but if we had no results by next week we would proceed no matter what.

Monday June 14th
We found out today that Cody's cancer Had the right k raze, but there was a slight chance his cancer was mutating. Don't ask me what mutating means cause I'm still not quite sure. I just know that if they would have given him the protein drug with his cancer mutating it would have done more harm than good. We were told the study in Colorado had sent his biopsy off somewhere back east to make sure, but at this time we didn't feel like it was Cody's best interest to keep waiting we needed to get chemo started sooner than later. So Wednesday was the day we would start.