week 1 chemo

Hi everyone, this is Lainey's personal assistant/cabana boy, Keith , updating you all.
lainey had her first new round of Chemo on Tuesday, it's called "gemzar'. It was pretty traumatic for her to return to the "chemo infusion suite" just 5 months after completing last years cycles. She took it like a trooper, but i can tell you she was in pain the whole time. What a woman , i sit there with her the whole time and her courage under fire puts me to shame.
Thursday the symptoms kicked in, pain, nausea,fatigue, depression, sadness , fear, desperation. She was pretty bad thursday , a little better Friday. Thursday saw our house "invaded " by some of the finest sisters in the world. Thank you Lilian , Theresa, Valerie, Lisa, Danieele and of course dear faithful mum. They cooked, shopped, and supported Lainey through a rough day. Friday night we were privileged to listen in by the new phone system ( thank you brothers) to the meeting, Theresa, Christina, mum, Lainey and i listened in to a beautiful meeting, we sang, hummed, appluaded, ( brothers please speak loud and clear, sometimes it's hard to hear, Gavin was the superstar , very strong voice). the meetings are a lifeline to all of us, all congregations must consider the faothful who are cut off, not to do so is to turn our back on the needy, not exactly Christlike !!!!
Well we have an even harder week ahead, Mum goes home to England on Sunday, she has been awesome through it all , i don't know what we would have done without her, she has to take care of her own health now, we pray for her safe and speedy return.
Lainey has a double dose of chemo on Tuesday, 'gemzar and carbo" she will be clobbered by this one, so please come see us, we need all of you to help us. For this terrible disease to strike back so quickly is so cruel. My Lainey is the sweetest woman i have ever known, she saved my life, i hope i can save hers now, she will always be the love of my life. Please pray for us and love your friends , family and God. Do not hold back from doing good to others, our opportunity to do so can end in a blink of an eye. Lainey will be posting when she feels better, we love you all , Keefer and the mighty Lainey