August Great news and visits

Started August with my sister Karen and her son Luca with us. We had a nice visit, including a trip to Chicago. Nicole was with us and she was helping with my care and cleaning the basement, she did a great job. We all enjoyed visiting museums and going to concerts.

With Luca at Plush in St. Louis

After concert at Washington University with Luca and Karen

Alejandra came back from camp where she had a wonderful time. Tired but happy. She has a great group of friends from camp. She started training for the Softball team.

Karen and Luca left for Florida and we miss them.

The week of my birthday we went to Duke for my check up and all looks great, yeah!!! At Durham we also had a wonderful visit with Monica Cooper Levitan, from high school in Peru. It was fun to see her and share a nice cuban meal together.
 We celebrated my birthday with a surprise visit to my home from my friends in St. Louis and a dinner out with the family. We missed Stephen and Kela.

At Vin de Set. check out the arch in the background with Nicole, Luca, Karen and me.

Brunch at Plush, delicious!!!

With Monica in Durham

Birthday dinner at Sidney Street Cafe

Nicole left for Oberlin and Kela and Stephen arrived. With Kela we went to a TaiChi retreat along with Monica, it was a very nice weekend, very relaxing. 

This month I started using acupuncture and chinese herbs for my chemo and it is working very well, I am very glad. however I have to prepare teas that look like coffee and drink it twice a day. I do feel like a pincushion with all the needles I get but it works!!!

My friend Susan from high school in Peru was in St. Louis and we had a great visit. Now that I can drive my life has changed, I took her to the boathouse and showed her Forest Park. We went to Augusta to visit MABA, the buddhist temple, with her sister and brother in law. It was a great visit.

Lily pond at MABA

Augusta, MO with Elliot, Lucho and Milagros

Augusta, MO with Susan

Celebrating my birthday with St. Louis friends

Celebrated my birthday with latin friends in St. Louis. Stephen is still here as is my mother. We will be celebrating another birthday before he leaves for LA.

Visited my oncologist this Monday and I just get good news, all is going well.  I am not done with my treatments but have found using acupuncture and chinese herbs is working great for me!!! Less pills more tea.

My hair is making a comeback!! I now have fuzz in the areas where there was no hair. So who knows, maybe by next year I will have some more hair!!!

Thankful for being here and my wonderful friends and family.