Mom’s Battle

We headed up to Idaho about a week after arriving home from our Boston trip. My mom started chemo on the 1st of December and we were fortunate enough to be able to head up there to help out. My mom is an amazing woman, and I look up to her so much. She has an amazing attitude about life’s trials and her unfortunate situation with cancer is no exception.

We actually stopped in Twin Falls for Tyson & Kaylee’s wedding dinner that Friday night. My parents and little brother Cole met us there. It was fun to be able to see so many family members on the Haworth side. We spent the night there in Twin and attended their wedding in the Twin Falls temple in the morning. The ceremony was beautiful and I found myself feeling very grateful for my own eternal companion. I can’t believe that it has almost been 4 years!

All the Haworth sisters with Grandma & Grandpa Haworth at the wedding dinner.

Tyson & Kaylee after the wedding:

We drove up to Boise that afternoon and attended their wedding reception in downtown Boise that night. The Boise temple is closed right now for maintenance, and that is why they did the wedding in Twin Falls. Soon they will have 2 temples in the area! Boise will reopen and the Meridian temple will be build just a few miles from my parents home! We are all very excited!

I was fun to have Heidi, Cathy and Kylee come back to my mom’s house. We all went to the reception together that night then they all flew out the next day.

My mom’s 2nd treatment was the following Thursday morning. Her treatments usually last from about 9:30am-2pm. She meets with doctors & nurses, gets tests done, & gets the treatment. After her 2nd treatment we decided to go to a wig shop and pick one out. Mom hadn’t lost her hair by this point, but she could tell that it would be happening soon. We spent a good 2 hours trying on just about every wig in the shop! We had a good time and both decided that it was fun to at least pick whatever hairstyle you want when you loose your hair. Again, my mom has an amazing attitude. Here are a few she tried on:

We ended up picking 2 different wigs! They are quite different, and it’ll be fun for her to switch up which one she wears. It was a good thing we got the wigs so soon because just a few days after the 2nd treatment she decided to shave her head. Her hair was coming out in handfuls and loosing your hair is actually quite painful. It felt a lot better once it was all gone. She had me shave it. I forgot how cute she looks with her little bald head.

This kind of chemotherapy has been the most difficult. Her appetite goes, and the nausea and fatigue take it’s place. It’s been much worse than her last experience a couple years ago. It’s been hard to see my mom this sick, but it is much easier when I am here with her and can see it for myself. She has a way of making you feel happy and at peace with her condition. She is so strong and it is contagious. I have learned  so much from her positive attitude and faith. Thank you mom for being the most incredible women I know.