Home Sweet Home

Saturday October 28, 2017- Monday October 30, 2017
Well we don't have much of an update. We left Rochester on Saturday morning and headed to Minneapolis to fly home. Brianna and Watson slept on the drive up. The flight was about 30 minutes late but overall everything went well. All three of us slept the entire flight. When we arrived in Dallas it took about an hour to get all of our gear and get to the truck due to some mix ups. Once we were finally at the truck we had about a 3 hour drive until we were home. After driving for about 30 minutes we decided to stop and get some dinner which put us that much further behind. By the time we were on the road again, it looked like we would get home around 11 pm and indeed we did. It felt so good to be home again. I carefully took Watson inside and changed him and laid him down. His eyes opened, he looked around and smiled as if he knew exactly where he was....Home. It is always a peaceful feeling being home and knowing you are where you are comfortable. It truly is an amazing feeling. When we arrived home, we had a wonderful surprise waiting for us. Our friends Justin and Molly and Derek and Camila had come to our home and decorated with food, notes and encouragement. It was wonderful and we were reminded yet again, that we are not alone and we are loved.

We received some news today that Brianna has Anaplastic Astrocytoma Grade 3. This is a pretty rare and strong brain cancer but we believe she can beat it. She will begin treatment in the next few weeks. She will begin with radiation followed by chemotherapy. We will begin to make appointments with oncologist this week and get things going so we can get ahead of this. We feel your prayers and your strength and we thank you continuously. We know that there is a purpose for everything and we continue to put our trust and faith in God. As we continually put our trust in God, we continue to feel strengthened through this.

Our friend Sadie started a funding page for us. We aren't asking any of you to donate unless you feel a desire. We feel that anything helps whether it be financial or prayers because it all helps us at this time. Our hope is that we continue to keep the faith and we hope that we will continue to learn from each of you as we continue through this journey. Whatever happens, we hope no one feels obligated to donate.

https://www.youcaring.com/briannaunbornbabyboy-994138

On Monday (today), my dad and I scheduled Brianna's appointments for Wednesday morning. Hopefully from there we will have a better understanding of the plan moving forward. She will be meeting with Dr. Goble the Radiation Oncologist. Hopefully we will be able to create a treatment plan and understand what the plan is for Brianna. Although we have some difficult mountains to climb in front of us, we feel hopeful and excited to move forward.