The Pavelka Family: Update!

This week was very eventful for us, as it was Sam's "off" week from chemo, and he also had his scans today. I'll begin by updating everyone on the results of Sam's scans. He had 2 MRI's and a CT scan today, and the results showed that the tumor has shrunk significantly once again! From the initial diagnosis, the tumor has gone from being 35mm x 35mm, to 25mm x 15 mm! Plus, the scan of his chest showed that it is completely clear (Ewing's tends to spread to the chest, so he always has scans there to make sure it hasn't). We are so incredibly happy with this news. His doctor seemed very optimistic in giving us the results. They were going to give him a 6th round of chemo before surgery, but his doctor wants to try to get him in for surgery as early as next week. We don't know a lot of details about that yet, but we will most likely find out Monday morning what the plan is. So there is a lot to celebrate this week!!

Being that this was Sam's "off" week, we tried to cram in as much family fun as we could! We spent the day at Dollinger on Thursday picking pumpkins. Taylor loved playing in the pile of hay, and felt responsible for picking out pumpkins for all four of us. We had another family movie night, which we've decided is going to be a weekly event during these colder fall/winter months. Taylor loves popping popcorn and watching a new movie with us. Her expressions and comments during these movies are priceless!

We are really enjoying having Madelyn at home with us! She is a very good baby. Hopefully she keeps that up! Taylor loves having her at home, and is a very sweet big sister. She loves giving her hugs and kisses, and talks and sings to her whenever she can. Taylor has definitely been fighting for our attention... we are hoping that it wears off soon!