This month, Devon did what she thought was going to be her last round of chemotherapy in her fight against cancer. When she went to see her oncologist last week, however, they agreed that she needed to do a 7th round in December.

If you recall back to Devon’s 2nd treatment, it wasn’t a full dose of chemo because of her severe allergic reactions she was recovering from – so that month only 1 round of chemo was done instead of the regular 2 rounds. So she is going for a 7th round so that she gets (in Devon’s words!) ‘the full meal deal’ / ‘the most bank for her buck’ / ‘the full enchilada’ / ‘the whole shebang’. Devon agrees that it is better to do the 7th round consecutively instead of taking a break and coming back to it.

Also at her last appointment with her oncologist, Dr. Connors, he told her the congestion she’s experiencing and feeling like she has a sinus infection is normal. It’s actually one of the side effects. She went to the ENT doctor and she has Devon on over the counter decongestions and we are all hoping it won’t become an infection. Devon is trying to stay healthy and resting lots.

Thanks so much to Lisa Davidson, who went down with Devon to the city for her appointments. “It was fun to hang with her! We did a little Christmas shopping & ate at a great restaurant that I had wanted to eat at for a while.” Thanks, Lisa!

Devon’s last round of chemotherapy will be December 15 to 17. She’s having a CT scan on December 16, so we will have results from that after Christmas.

Lastly, Devon was pleased to be was healthy enough for her last treatment to spend the weekend over Remembrance Day in Vancouver with Noah at a hockey tournament, which his team won! If you know Devon at all, you know how much she loves to watch Noah play hockey!