Sara was able to come home from the hospital late Friday night, and is very happy to be back home with family and pets. She would like to thank all the people who have been so helpful this past week – Samara for coming out from Maryland and staying all week, Jan Davis for helping out and making her bedroom such a comfortable place to return back to, friends and family who have stopped by (Susan, Nikki, Morgan, Tia, Michelle, Aaron) – I’m sure there are others whom I am accidentally forgetting. Not to mention all of the people who have called / texted / e-mailed / posted on Facebook.

Sara was able to go off of some of the stronger painkillers, which is a good sign, but unfortunately the nausea and stomach pain issues are still plaguing her. She has been able to negotiate the stairs at home but will be keeping it to a minimum for now.

A bittersweet move that took place today was that Sara’s horse, Roxy, and Roxy’s baby (Star, born early July 2015), went to live with Sara’s friend and former trainer, Shannon Hendrickson, for a while – especially while Star is weaned as there are other foals there similar in age to Star. Physically, it will be impossible for Sara to look after the pair until she is back to fighting form, and as any horse owner knows, you can’t just put them out to pasture like a potted plant. So although Sara knows this is a great opportunity, it is hard as her childhood dream of breeding her own horse and raising the foal was only realized a few months ago. Brady, Rylan’s pony, is still next door and will hopefully be able to stay there for a while.

Ok so wrapping-up:  tomorrow is a very big day for Sara, so please continue to think good thoughts for her. She will be meeting with her oncologist to discuss her treatment plan and schedule. She is looking forward to the appointment, because having a plan means finally starting to fight the cancer, but understandably nervous at the same time.

Home Sweet Home                                             Star at 2 days old

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