Second Rounds of chemo/second Transplant... SEGUNDA RONDA DE QUIMIO,SEGUNDO TRANSPLANTE

Thank you so much to everyone that helped making this Christmas a very special one, we will never forget it, my kids had so much joy and happiness, it was just an incredibly sweet time...

On Christmas Eve, we had a very important doctors appointment, we found out the results of Andy´s PET scan, we are SO excited with the results, Andy´s tumor the one by his right lung is totally gone and the one next to his heart is just about 2cm big, it was around 5.6 cm so it is looking great, also his cancer levels went down from 1000 to just 50!!!! We are SO happy and this was such amazing news right before Christmas!

We had so much help this Christmas! I didn't buy anything for my kids or Andy, everything was ready and planned for everyone. Andy´s aunts Marianne and Marla sent a lot of presents from Utah for the kids, a company Shane Auto repair decided to give a lot of presents for them, also another amazing lady  Debra contacted David´s teacher and brought more presents for them. Yet one more girl contacted my sister and did the same. Andy´s friends form work (Beth, Rosie and Joseph and Sarah) got them some more and they were so spoiled, they got every single thing that they wanted (more than a kid should get). My friend Rickelle got an awesome present for Andy and my friend Ginger helped me print a book that I made for him (BTW he loooved it).  Also David's teacher Barbara Arroyo made the cutest little book ever. David's classmates wrote their wishes to Andy and made a picture for him , it was the sweetest thing ever!

Cindy Fast and her lovely girl Heather Graves ( who happens to be the mom of  David´s girlfriend ,according to him, LOL) brought tons of groceries, socks, pajamas, money, and more toys for them. She raised all this at her school. Andy´s parents brought them more presents too...... Joana one of Andy's nurse got other things too..

My sister Jona and Ben got them even more things, and we had a wonderful time with them.

Liz Dalton from church also got some presents for them and she brought us Christmas dinner! That ham was delicious and it was such a special meal full of love... 
My kids faces, their laughs, yelling like crazies on Christmas morning is something that I wont be able to thank enough we will definitely never ever will be able to top this Christmas! ( I hope I didn't´t forget anyone)... 

You have no idea how much those little words coming from my 6 year old touched me. He is right, look at all these people giving to my family. I hope with all my heart that pretty soon we can do something like this for someone else...

On Christmas we got such a nice surprise, a few days before my car broke, of course it did, and Andy´s car as well! But speaking just of my car, I was not happy about it, especially since we needed to pay $1049. I even took a picture of it. 

We have been so blessed, but the reason I want to share this is because I have such a strong testimony about if you do the right thing, if you do the things you are suppose to be doing with all your heart, things will always work out. This young man, Ali Tomineek (http://alitomineek.com/blog/community/),thanks to Rosi Robles, decided to start a fundraiser with all of his fans, he showed up on Christmas with amazing presents for my kida AND $1020... Do you think this is a coincidence? I don´t think so, in my mind there are not coincidences anymore, everything is touched and moved and guided by my Heavenly Father, he truly knows my struggles, he truly understands my feelings, he is watching over me and my family.  This amazing young man is also going to have a concert to raise more money for my family... And I have no words to thank him, he is so young, and he decided to make a difference.

I know that some people can think, well why doesn't she find a job?  This question has been on my mind lately, why I just don´t go and find a full time job and then all of financial problems will be over? Let me tell you why... I have been praying a lot about it and I realized that I have a priority. Andy needs me, he needs me more than anything, the rest, the rest will be okay. If we have to sell the house, the cars, or everything else, oh well. Those are material things, those things can go and can always come back, but this time here with Andy, this will be something that I will never ever regret...

December 26th Andy was admitted again into the hospital, he will have a second chemotherapy and a second Bone and Marrow transplant. We will be in the hospital the same days that we were last time. The Doctor said that he will probably need surgery after this and we are not sure about radiations yet, but it can be a possibility too...

Once that you start all the process here at the hospital, they say that day 0 is your transplant, so any days that you spend here before the transplant are consider days minus, for example we got here day -6 and chemo started on day -5 so I will be talking about days from now on...

DAY -6
We got here in the afternoon, and they put a new line in Andy, a line that they are going to use for his chemo. He says it was a little painful and uncomfortable, this PIC line goes from his arm to his heart. They took him for x rays, he had a blood test, and all kind of tests that you can imagine to get him ready for chemo and transplant. Day -6 was actually fun, we got to talk a lot, watched TV, ate okay and it was just an easy day

DAY -5
The fun began... At 10 in the morning they brought this innocent small bag of chemo, if you see it you would never imagine that this little bag is so powerful... The second chemo was at noon and same thing, little tiny bag. In the evening, Andy started feeling sick, his nausea started and he could´t eat anything. He slept almost all morning and afternoon but he woke up few times to throw up. He started having a fever and they had to do all kind of tests to see why the fever was there.

Andy´s sister, Danielle and her husband came to visit, she has been so sweet during this trial, it was good to see him smile and tried to talk a little bit with them, and for me, having them here was so good, I got to talk to someone. I love it here but sometimes the days just feel so long specially while he is asleep.

The night was awful, we didn't get any sleep at all. The nurses here are amazing, so sweet, we just love them all. We just couldn't sleep all night, in between checking his vitals,  nausea, labs, etc, we couldn't catch a break...

DAY -6
Chemo day 2... At 10 in the morning they started the next chemo, same thing than day -5, little bags, but this second time Andy was really sick, when I say really sick I mean very nauseous and throwing up a lot, poor Andy. He doesn't complain at all, he just looks at me and I know that it is time to bring the bucket close to him, because he can´t even make it to the bathroom... 
I wish he could just sleep for the next 20 days.

He hasn't eaten anything again today, he also can´t keep his pills down today, no water, no Gatorade nothing. The only good thing of all of this is that we knew that it was going to be this way, it doesn't make it any easier, but at least we are a little more ready, and we know what to expect.His heart rate started going crazy again, not as crazy as last time but still higher than the average. For me today day -6 has been a little long, I have been just waiting and it sounds sad but just ready with the bucket...

I will keep everyone posted. Thanks so much for caring about my family, this blog has 13,000 views... Isn't this crazy?? It blows my mind.   :) Here is the video of Ali, what he did for us and what he is still doing so here is The link for the video that he made and the concert announcement !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzEPSc7i_Bw&sns=fb

XOXO
LEYLA MOSS

ESPAÑOL

Muchas muchas gracias a todas las personas que ayudaron a que tuviéramos una Navidad increíble, mis hijos recibieron muchos regalos de gente que no conocíamos y pasaron un día mágico... 

Tuvimos la oportunidad de pasar Navidad en casa y jamás olvidaremos estos recuerdos tan maravillosos que vivimos este día..

El día antes de Navidad, tuvimos una cita muy importante con el oncologo de Andy, nos íbamos a enterar de los resultados del examen que le hicieron a Andy, se le llama PET scan, es un escan donde te dicen por medio de radiactividad como van los tumores, como va el cáncer si va haciéndose mas pequeño, si los tratamientos van sirviendo, etc....

La verdad estábamos muy nerviosos y preocupados especialmente porque era 24 de Diciembre.. Pero recibimos muy muy buenas noticias, el tumor de Andy, el que estaba en sus pulmones desapareció por completo! Desaparecido ya no existe y el otro junto su corazón cuando inicio estos últimos tratamientos era de 5.6 centímetros mas o menos y ahora es de solo 2 cm!!! Aparte sus niveles de cáncer en la sangre eran de 1000 y ahora están en 50! asi es que quiere decir que todo va funcionando de maravilla. Dijo el doctor que lo mas probable es que va a necesitar otra operación y probablemente radiaciones, pero bueno eso ya se vera en el futuro..

Recibimos muchas muchas bendiciones esta Navidad, aqui en estados Unidos la Navidad es como cuando vienen los Reyes magos y es el dia donde los niños reciben todos los juguetes, pues esta Navidad no gaste ni un solo peso, todo estaba planeado para mis hijos, las tias de Andy les mandaron de Utah regalos, una señora de una compañía les mando muchísimos mas, otra señora les compro mas, amigos del trabajo de Andy le trajeron otras cosas, gente de la iglesia, sus abuelos, mi hermana, vecinos, el caso es que eran regalos y regalos, jamás podremos superar esta Navidad, nuestros hijos estuvieron súper consentidos y recibieron as de lo que pidieron a Santa, que increíble experiencia, jamás tendré palabras suficientes para agradecerles toda la felicidad que trajeron y brindaron a mis hijos... Uno de los recuerdos mas bonitos que tengo d este día es cuando estábamos desayunando, hicimos un desayuno especial de Navidad y los niños quisieron cantarle las mañanitas a Jesús, porque realmente es lo que se celebra en Navidad, su nacimiento, cuando acabamos de cantarle las mañanitas con los pastelitos que le hicieron los niños, les dije, okay ahora cada quien vamos a hacer como un brindis y vamos a decirle a Jesús las cosas por las que estamos agradecidos en esta Navidad... De verdad que al escribir se me salen las lágrimas de acordarme de las palabras de mi David, en su corazoncito y ya tiene tanta gratitud... dijo... Jesus estoy agradecido porque moriste por nosotros, estoy agradecido porque nos has venido a salvar en este mundo, estoy agradecido porque me enseñaste que la Navidad se trata de celebrarte a ti pero también porque me enseñaste que la Navidad se trata no solo de recibir sino de DAR... Imaginen mi hijo de 6 años ...

Mi corazón se llena de gratitud al ver las enseñanzas que esta prueba tan grande le esta dejando a mis hijos...

Lo volvieron a internar el 26 de Diciembre, y tendrá otra ronda de quimioterapia y de ahí un segundo transplante de Medula espinal.., aquí dicen las enfermeras y doctores que el día de tu transplante esta considerado día  cero ya que no tienes sistema inmunológico como quien dice tu cuerpo muere y vuelve a nacer. Todos los días antes de tu transplante son considerados días menos por ejemplo lo internaron en día -6, la quimio inicio en día -5 y hoy es día -4

DIA -6

Llegamos al hospital y prácticamente fue un día fácil, solo le hicieron muchos exámenes, rayos x y todo lo necesario para prepararlo para la quimioterapida

DIA -5 a las 10 de la mañana trajeron la bolsita de quimioterapia, de verdad si la vieran no creerían que esa bolsita tan inocente sea tan poderosa, no pareciera, lo que es es que no esta diluida con nada, es pura y mera quimioterapia, veneno para matar al cáncer, luego luego en cuanto inicio su quimio los efectos secundarios iniciaron... mucho asco, mucho vomito... enseguida le dio temperatura y pasamos muy mala noche, no dormimos absolutamente nada... Aproximadamente a las 12 del día le pusieron la segunda quimio y termino rápido como en una hora... De ahí el resto del día solo fue puro sentirse mal

DIA -4

A las 10 de ma mañana iniciaron la siguiente quimioterapia, de nuevo una bolsita inocente pequeñita pero hoy ha sido un dia un poco mas difícil para Andy, ha tenido mucho vomito, no puede tomar nada ni sus pastillas ni agua ni nada... si esta siendo muy duro pero por lo menos ya sabemos que esperar, por lo menos ya vivimos esto y sabemos lo difícil que va a ser y las cosas que pueden pasar, claro eso no quita lo horrible que la esta pasando Andy pero por lo menos para mi es un consuelo de saber que al final de la tormenta llegara la calma..

Que increíble Navidad pasamos de verdad, jamás olvidare todas las cosas que todas esas personas hicieron por nosotros, definitivamente se que mi Padre Celestial tiene un plan para mi, soy testigo de que el sabe de mi sufrimiento, que el sabe de mis necesidades y de que jamás me abandona

Me acabo de enterar que este blog tiene mas de 13000 visitas!!!! Que locura! Muchas gracias a todos los que se han tomado la molestia de pasar por aquí

Con cariño

Leyla

We will be home for Christmas! Pasaremos Navidad en CASa

Well, sorry that I haven't stop by the blog, since Andy was released from the hospital. We have been kind of crazy busy, we have had tons of Doctors appointments and we have been spending a lot of time with our kids...

As some of you know Andy was in the hospital for more than 20 days, and finally last week he was able to come back home. The kids were super excited to see him! They can't stop following him around, they are talking to him all day long and they are just happy to be back home with us.

We will be home for Christmas!!!! I have been doing everything that I can to keep Andy healthy so we can enjoy Christmas at home. His immune system gets better and better every day but is not perfect so I have been cleaning the house like crazy, washing my kids hands probably 20 times a day LOL and more, but I am so happy to be able to be home with the kids...

We have been cramming in all the Christmas activities; we went to see Christmas lights, made a ginger bread house, watched Christmas movies, and all those things that the kids love!! I am so excited. I love this Holiday, well I love it now, before I got married to Andy it wasn't my favorite but after I got married to Andy, he made sure to change my mind and now it is absolutely my favorite time of the year... 

WE have been so blessed, a few months ago talking to my friend Laura she told me, “Leyla you are going to be blessed, you are going to receive so many blessings for Christmas.” And we have been so so blessed, there is not one day that I don't find something by my door step. There is not one day where someone doesn’t come and bring us a treat, food, groceries and more... my heart is full with gratitude for all the love and support, I can't believe how much we have been blessed with.

December 16th we hit a year after Andy was diagnosed for the very first time... like I said in one Facebook post, I still remember when I got that phone call from Andy... I remember Andy had been sick for few weeks before December 16th, he stopped going to the gym and had a horrible cough, fevers, sweating at nights and it was just getting worse and worse. I remember one night he couldn't breathe good, so the next day I told him “You need to go to the Doctor. I bet you anything you have pneumonia or something like that...” So he did, he went to the Doctor and that same day the Doctor told him, “Let’s do some x rays to see what's going on.” That same day they did a CT scan on him and that same day they told him he had an 11 cm tumor next to his heart and one more in his lungs... he called me and asked me, “Where are you?” I said, “I am driving from work, (I used to work at the Elementary School in my neighborhood) and I am picking Mia up.” (my sister used to watch her) so he said, “Please call me when you get there...” I started crying the entire way to my sister's house, I instantly knew something was wrong, I got there and called him and he said, “I should wait to talk to you at home but I will be at the doctors for a while.” and I said just tell me know, of course I wasn't ready for those news, he said well, (he was ALWAYS calm and peaceful) “They found a little something by my heart.” I said, “A little something, what do you mean?” He said, “Well an 11 cm tumor and another one by my lungs, but I will be okay. I promise you I will, I have to go I am going to see the doctor again...” A what???? A tumor? I told my sister the news, I had to leave her house because I didn’t want Mia to see me like this, so I went to her front yard and the first thing I did was to call my mom in Mexico. I was devastated, I was screaming, I was crying, I even threw up. I was so desperate my mom tried to calm me down and she was crying with me at the same time. I knew since then that my life was about to change entirely, I knew since then that a big battle was about to start. My mom was so good with me and she helped me to calm down, I am not going to lie, I am not always as strong as you think, but I managed to calm down because I needed to drive back home to meet Andy. I got home, put Mia down for a nap and Andy got home... we didn't talk to each other, we just hugged each other, we went to my room and we knelt down together and we prayed and prayed we stopped, and prayed some more... after that we sat in my bed, he kept hugging me still and he told me again, “Mi vida, I will be okay, I will fight whatever this is, I will never leave you I will be okay....”

It has been a year since that day, at the beginning of our trial everything was so confusing, everything did not seem fair, I was not happy for the new year to start, I was afraid, I was mad, I was not in a good place... but I have been so blessed with the spirit, I have been so touched by so many. I have felt Heaven's father arms every single day after December 16th and my testimony got bigger and bigger, I saw the big picture, I saw that this was happening for a reason. I understood that this was not a punishment for Andy. I realized that we have been chosen for this trial, I understood that we are so LUCKY that Heavenly Father trusted us with this. I still have so much to learn and change, I would like to forgive some people, I would love to have better relationship with others and I have specific names in my head.... I would like to learn how to control my emotions. I would like to learn how to be more discrete and don't say everything that I think or feel, but hey, I am not perfect and everything is a process and some things take more time than others, but again, this has been such a wonderful blessing for me and my family...

Today I can say thank you Cancer, thank you for coming to my life, thank you for getting me even closer to Andy, thank you for letting me spend all this time with my best friend, thank you for letting me be there for Andy day and night, thank you for changing my life, without you Cancer I had never had all the wonderful experiences that I have had, without you coming to this home I wouldn't meet so many wonderful people.

 Thanks to you my kids one day will come back to this blog and they will be like, what a strong dad we have, we want to be like him or look how my mom loved my dad, thanks to you my kids one day will be anxious and wanting to help someone else in need, thanks to you I see beauty in every day of my life, thanks to you I appreciate my home, my friends, my everything, thanks to you I became a warrior, thanks to Cancer I confirmed again how much my mom, dad, brother and sister love me, thanks to Cancer I found a friend in my brother in law Ben, and I can keep thanking you Cancer because you have been wonderful with us... don't get confused I don't want you in my life, I don't want you close to my Andy but I am grateful for you...

I will try to keep this more updated maybe after Andy gets admitted, all I am going to do for the very few days its keep enjoying my little family, drinking hot cocoa and cuddling with my husband.

MERRY CHRISTMAS
FELIZ NAVIDAD!
XOXO

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EN ESPANOL!

Lo siento mucho que no he podido regresar al blog, desde que dieron de alta a Andy nos la hemos pasado de aqui para alla, que en citas, que [ara la casa, que de regreso al hospital, han sido unos dias muy ocupados pero han valido la pena.
Hemos podido estar con nuestros hijos y eso no lo cambio por nada, no puedo olvidar aun la expression de mis hijos cuando vieron a Andy llegar a la casa, los gritos, los abrazos, y Mia y David sin poder parar de hablar queriendole contar a Andy todo lo que han hecho en estos dias

Afortunadamente e increiblemente Andy esta muy muy bien, no puedo creer aun que tan enfermo ha estado y verlo asi como esta ahorita, comiendo major, caminando normal, sonriendo y recuperandose cada dia mas. Esta semana que viene lo vuelven a internar para la siguiente quimioterapia y de ahi le haran otro transplante de medula osea, esta semana tenemos tambien un examen donde nos diran que tanto ha disminuido el cancer y como va avanzando todo...

Ya hace un ano desde que diagnosticaron a Andy, aun recuerdo aquel momento  en el que me entere que nuestras vidas iban a cambiar por complete.... En ese entonces trabajaba yo en una escuela, de hecho en la misma escuela donde va mi hijo, en el salon de kinder, iba yo saliendo de la escuela e iba yo camino a casa de mi Hermana porque ella cuidaba a mia en ese entonces.... Semanas antes de esto, Andy habia estado muy enfermo, Andy es el tipo de persona que ha hecho ejercicio toda su vida, iba diario al gimnasio, jugaba soccer dos o tres veces por semana y todo el tiempo era muy active, pero en ese entonces dejo de ir al gimnasio porque se empezo a sentir muy enfermo, recuerdo que una noche estaba con mucha temperature, sudando muchisimo por las noches y la tos que tenia era horrible... al dia siguiente le hice una cita con un medico general porque llevaba yo dias diciendole que fuera y no me hacia caso... por fin fue a la cita un Diciembre 16 del 2013... iba yo manejando a casa de mi Hermana Jona cuando suena mi telefono y era Andy diciendome... donde estas? y yo manejando... me dice, me puedes llamar cuando llegues a casa de Jona? desde ese entonces sabia que algo no andaba bien, mi miedo mi estres sabia que algo estaba por pasar, me fui llore y llore todo el camino hacia casa de mi Hermana, sentia sabia que lo peor estaba por venir... llegue a casa de mi Hermana y en eso vuelve a sonar el telefono, era Andy diciendome, quieres que te diga ahorita o  me espero? y yo no ya dime de una vez estoy super estresada me dice es que me  encontraron algo  pequenito en mi pecho, un tumor de 11 centimetros j unto a mi Corazon y otro 5cm en mi pulmon derecho, me diec pero tengo que colgar porque el otro doctor quiere hablar conmigo.. colgo, y yo un que??? cpomo un tumor? le dije a Jona lo que pasaba y tuve que salirme de su casa porque no queria que mi hija me viera asi... Sali al patio de enfrente de la casa de mi Hermana, a gritar, a llorar, de hecho hasta vomite de dolor, lo primero que hice fue llamarle a mi mama en Mexico y contarle lo que estaba pasando, mi pobre madre queriendome dar animos no pudo mas que llorar conmigo, finalmente ella me calmo y me ayudo para que me fuera a la casa pues iba yo a verme ahi con Andy...... Llegue a la casa, puse a mia a que s eechara un coyotito y en eso llego Andy, no hicimos nada mas que abrazarnos, llore y llore y me abrazo  aun mas, nos fuimos  para mi cuarto y juntos nos arrodillamos a orar, oramos y oramos y volvimos a orar aun mas... que dolor sentia en mi Corazon, no lo voy a negar, estaba yo enojada, estaba yo furiosa, estaba yo triste, todo el sentimiento malo que pueda existir lo tenia en mi Corazon, no queria que iniciara el ano no queria saber nada de nadie estaba yo destruida...

Los dias pasaron y el ano inicio, las quimioterapias y tratamientos iniciaron, y junto con ellas mi testimonio hacia nuestro padre celestial crecio y crecio, el me sano, el me quito todos esos sentimientos, el me curo a mi tambien pues en mi Corazon hoy no existe mas que gratitude

Cancer hoy te quiero decir que te doy las gracias por todo lo que me has traido a mi vida  Cancer, gracias por ayudarme a acercarme mas a mi esposo, gracias por haberme ayudado a tener a mi major amigoa  mi lado 24 horas al dia, Cancer gracias por haberme permitido encontrar a un buen amigo en mi cunado Ben, gracias por haberme dado cuenta de cuantas personas me aman, Cancer te  debo muchas cosas, gracias por haberme ayudado a sanar mi Corazon, gracias pr haberme hecho mas humilde, mas caritativa, gracias por haberme traido todas esas bendiciones que hemos recibido, gracias por toda la felicidad que hemos podiudo vivir en estea no, sin ti nada de eso hubiera sido possible, hoy, hoy te doy las gracias

Pasaremos una Hermosa e inolvidable Navidad juntos en casa, y no hay nada major que eso
Con carino
Leyla
Feliz Navidad

PD Perdon por las faltas como siempre, ando a la Carrera

Andy has hit rock bottom. TOCANDO FONDO

I wrote this one day ago... and sorry I don´t have any more pictures to share, not a good moment for take pictures right now...

Well, the doctors were right when they told us everything that was going to happen with Andy when we were getting ready for his transplant. They told us exactly what was going to happen. It is one thing knowing it and another actually living it...

I have had my moments where I feel like I can’t do this anymore, my moments when I feel scared and want to run and run and never stop. I have had my moments where no tears come from my eyes anymore. I also had my good moments and there are more good than bad where I know that he is going to be okay, where I am strong and ready to keep fighting and where I am confident that he will be fine.

Andy honestly is not doing good right now. I have never seen him like this. Even that last time when he was very sick he was not like this. The doctors came today and said he is at his lowest point right now. Nothing in his body is working, nothing. His immune system is gone, his white cells, red cells, potassium, magnesium, his everything is gone... His heart rate has been so high. The highest has been 150 when the normal is 60 to a 100. His oxygen was so low yesterday that they have him plugged in to the vitals machine and it kept beeping last night every time he wasn’t breathing normally. My heart was so scared and I haven't gotten any sleep at all, but he made it through another night... His nausea is more under control but now his problem is that he has sores all over inside his esophagus, his stomach, and they think this is giving him an infection because he has high fevers too. He has other complications that I’d rather not address right now. He is also not eating, not drinking, not talking, not walking; he has been in the bed for the past few days. He can’t take any medicine by mouth so everything is through the IV... 

He is also getting a platelets transfusion every day and 2 red cells (just blood) transfusions every day. He is plugged in to a pain med machine where he can push this button every time he needs it because he is in so so much pain, thanks to the sores that he has all over...

I am sitting here and thinking how much I miss him, how much it hurts me to see him like this. I love him so much! I miss his laugh, I miss talking to my best friend, I miss his hugs, his look, I miss everything about him and I can’t explain how hard it is to see someone that you love in so much pain... But I know that there is someone that perfectly understands how Andy is feeling. Heavenly Father knows exactly how Andy is feeling and I know He is helping him during this time. I also feel His arms around me. I am grateful for your prayers. I know a lot of people also pray for me and I am thankful for that. Some days I wake up and pray to have the strength that I need to be able to help him, to make him feel loved...


My biggest satisfaction is when he says few words, and those words are always positive. When he tells me “Thank you, I don´t need anything and anyone else but you and my kids”, those few words keep me going. Or when he opens his eyes and sends me a kiss, or when he smiles for one second before his eyes close, or when my kids want to Skype with him every day and he does what he can to open his eyes for two seconds and waves at them...

I never thought I would appreciate all those small things like I do now. I never thought I was going to be so excited for small things like this, but I am now. Like I said in a Facebook post, I am grateful for life, I am grateful for the air, for the sun, for the peace that I feel in this hospital room. I am grateful for the few minutes that I get to spend with my kids...


All the nurses here like Andy, they keep telling me he is such a nice guy, he is so positive, and do you know why they say this? It’s because he never complains about anything. Nothing, never, no matter how many times he was throwing up blood, no matter how bad his pain is, he has never said something negative. He has never said I am done, or why me, or I can´t do this anymore. Never! On the other hand for example today, I was holding his hand and I was telling him , “Mi vida I am so sorry that you have to go through this.” He looked at me, squeezed my hand and said softly, “It’s okay. I will be okay...” Quietly started crying just to see how strong he is. He truly is my hero! He is such an example for me and for so many others, that no matter what life brings you, you never give up, no matter how dark everything looks, you never quit...


The doctors said the next 5 days are going to be even worse, I can´t imagine what can be worse than this, but they said so. After 5 more days he will slowly start to get feeling better, his immune system slowly is going to come back and they are going to help him with everything that he needs so he can make it through this...

Harder days are about to come. I just pray that I can be strong for him, I pray that his pain can be less and less, I pray that he can stay as positive as he is right now, I pray that my kids can know how much I love them and miss them..


You guys I know I always talk amazing things about Andy, but even before he had Cancer I had nothing but good things to say about him. Seriously he is such an amazing guy, I don’t have even one bad thing to say about him. He has touched so many lives in his 30 years, he has so many friends, everyone has something good to say about Andy, everywhere I go I find someone that comes to me and say, “Hey I know Andy, he is amazing!” and I feel so blessed to be his wife.


Like I said, more hard things are coming our way and it’s going to get worse before it gets any better, but he will make it, he wants to make it and he will...

We love you!
This afternoon his oxygen and heart rate seem a little better, but now we are facing a new challenge, his nose started bleeding and this is because his platelets are really low. So here we go again with another platelets transfusion. Today I can feel the spirit so strong in Andy’s room. Maybe I changed my attitude, maybe I prayed more than yesterday, or maybe my hard or scary feelings went away today, but today I feel good, I feel grateful, I feel loved... I was talking to Andy’s nurses for a long time, for like half an hour, they started asking me about how I met Andy, how we discovered that he had Cancer, and I started talking about his life, about everything that we have been through.. it has been a lot! When I was talking about it and thinking about it I realized we have gotten pretty far, we have had so many trials, so many experiences, so many problems, so many blessings, and I realized that once again, we wouldn’t have been able to do all this without our love for our Heavenly Father and His love for us. Right now I am sitting in a peaceful room, it almost feels like I am at the LDS Temple, listening to LDS hymns and looking at Andy rest peacefully and the only thing I can think and feel is how much we are loved. I can´t believe how much pain and suffering Jesus went through. I can´t imagine how He felt, I am so grateful that He died for us, I am so grateful that He knew that we were going to have this trial and that Heavenly father has never left our side... thanks again for your prayers, it sounds like I say it all the time, but if you were here sitting with me, you would be able to realize that I do feel your prayers, that Andy does feel your prayers and love and once again we couldn´t keep going without them...

Today December 2nd... Andy´s breathing got bad, they were worried and sent him for some x rays, ct scans and all kind of tests to see what is going on, the Doctor just came to tell me that he does have an infection and that his right long has fluids, they will keep him with antibiotics and breathing treatments and Andy has to work hard to fight this new challenge, he is doing his best, the next few days are going to be even harder but once again, we know he will be okay... 

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ANDY HA TOCADO FONDO

No traducire todo exactamente como lo escribi arriba y disculpente si tengo faltas ortograficas, no tengo mucho tiempo para componerlas ni para traducir...

Hemos pasado dias muy dificiles, el transplante de Andy fue hace 7 dias y como ya nos habian dicho los doctores, muchas complicaciones iban a venir despues del trasnplante..

A pesar de que se nos habia advertido y explicado todas las complicaciones que iban a venir, una cosa es saberlas y otra cosa es vivirlas, yo estaba segura que iba a ser dificil pero jamas me imagine que TAL dificil iba a ser,,,

El transplante fue bien, pero todos estos efectos secundarios que tiene no son por el transplante sino por la quimioterapia que tuvo tan fuerte, practicamente su cuerpo esta muerto lo unico que sirve es su corazon, sus celulas rojas no existen, no tiene celulas blancas, potasio bajo magnesio bajo  sodio bajo, no puede comer, no puede tomar agua, lo tienen con alimento artificial, no puede casi caminar, no puede pararse casi, no puede ni pasar un jarabe de medicina..

Hace unos dias inicio con vomito pero con sangre, eso fue muy dificil, me asusto mucho verlo y saber que realmente no estaba llendole muy bien, despues de eso le empezaron a dar transfusiones de sangre, osea de celulas rojas asi como tambien de plaquetas porque por eso los vomitos con sangre, como no se componia le siguieron poniendo mas transplantes de plaquetas ya que despues lo que inicio fue sangrado en la nariz, osea casi casi un estornudo, una tosesita, oun esfuerzo grande puede hacer que se desangre

Tambien no podia comer nada porque todo su esofago, su estomago, su pecho, todo esta leno de heridas, asi como si fueran aftas pero internas entonces esta en mucho, pero absolutamente mucho dolor

Ya que le controlaron la hemorragia con las transfusiones de plaquetas, hoy amanecio respirando muy mal, con mucha dificultad y su pecho chillandole asi que lo llevaron a hacer tomografias, rayox x, escanes y todo tipo de analisis para ver que es lo que estaba pasando ahora... me acaban de avisar que sus pulmones tienen fluidos e infeccion asi es que le seguiran con antibiotico y tratamientos para la respiracion para ahora tratar esto

Dicen que vienen dias peores, que los proximos 4 o 5 dias las cosas se pondran aun peores, la verdad yo no puedo imaginar que pueda ser peor que todo lo que le esta pasando ahora, no me quiero ni imaginar que es lo que peor significa, pero sigo con fe, sigo orando, sigo pensando que todo pasara..

No se como le vamos a hacer cuando tenga que venir para su proxima quimio y proximo transplante, realmente no me quiero ni estresar por eso ahorita, ahorita lo unico que quiero pensar es salir de esta...

Tengo mucha fe, se que Dios esta conmigo, se que me ama, se que el es el unico que comprende el dolor de Andy, nadie mas que el sabe que tanto dolor y sufrimiento Andy esta pasando y se que sera misericordioso con el y que Dios sabe y tiene un plan especifico para Andy

Lo amo mucho, me duele mucho verlo asi,me siento impotente de no poder ayudarlo mas, el es muy valiente, jamas se ha quejado, jamas ha dicho porque me pasa esto, o me duele, o ya no aguanto, al contrario... el otro dia me ganaron las lagrimas y llore sin querer frente de el, pense que estaba dormido y me vio y me dice... ayy mi vida ya deja de llorar por favor acuerdate que voy a estar bien,... y su energia positiva y sus ganas de vivir y el amor que tiene por sus hijos lo van a sacar a adelante...