Week 6 - Halfway through the Big 12! (Sports fans will 'get' this)

We're excited to say Leslie just completed Week #6 of the first 12 weeks of chemo!  As Spencer would say, "Halleluuusha!"


Leslie is hangin' in there, taking it day-by-day.....and anxiously looking forward!


Treatments are still every Monday morning.  The nurses have been giving her Benedryl to prevent any kind of allergic reaction.........which makes her drowsy and enables her to doze through much of the hour and a half process.  In fact, most of the afternoon she has to let her body rest.  Tuesdays and Wednesdays are getting tougher.  With each week, it gets a little more difficult to bounce back.  We are so fortunate to have Liz and Sue on hand to provide such caring assistance to Les and her precious family on those two days.  Sweet Liz sent me a FaceBook message of reassurance and she added, "I've been lookin' after Jim and his family for a while now.  Leslie is strong and she will beat this!"  She is an absolute doll!!

By Thursday of each week, Leslie is on the up-swing......Friday is better.....and by the weekend she is pretty close to being her ole self.  Saturdays are good, Sundays are good.........only to start the process all over again on Monday........but always with her positive attitude!  So proud of her!


As Leslie moves forward in her treatments, Riley's first grade year is winding down.  the month of May will include a dance recital and an awards ceremony.  I'm sure she will receive several academic awards........that girl has such an extensive vocabulary and as my Mother says, "She has a bushel of sense!"


A couple of weekends ago when Riley was here in Dallas for a visit, we were driving to Spencer's house and she was reading street signs.  When we turned on Cesar Chavez she said, "Oh!  I know about Cesar Chavez."  I was intrigued and asked her to tell me about him.  She said, "Weeeellll, he wanted to help all the workers in the field and he had everybody stop buying grapes until the workers got what they needed.  Then, everybody started buying grapes again." 


That girl can sure make me smile!  As we discussed Cesar Chavez in amazing detail, I was once again profoundly proud of this little person.  Of course, later I had to google Cesar Chavez for myself........only to learn that he was an activist in California who worked for better conditions for the workers picking grapes in the fields.  He organized a Latino civil rights group and then traveled throughout the state making speeches in support of workers' rights.  He later led a strike of California grape pickers...........just like Riley said.

Pictures..........I have no pictures to share this week.  However, next Saturday is the "Three Bucks and a Doe" golf tournament.  The 'sure to be favorite' team consists of Leslie Herlocker, Jim Herlocker, David Carroll (Leslie's Dad) and Brent Cain......hence, the doe and the three bucks.  Clever!

Leslie promised she would get some golfing pictures for me.......afterall, we did set this up as a golf-themed blog.........we need golf pics!

Once again...........thanks for all the love, support, food and prayers!

~Penny~