It's hard to believe it's already August and the beginning of my 2nd year in the AuD program is just around the corner. Evan and I were just talking about how this past weekend marked our one year anniversary in North Carolina. Time flies!! My summer clinic placement wrapped up last week and now I've just been keeping myself busy working at the Y.
After a great week at the beach, the family got some disappointing news about Mom's experimental treatment. The treatment was considered "unsuccessful" after the first round of tests and she was immediately removed from the trial. The last few weeks have been hectic, to say the least. My parents have been working with multiple doctors to try to figure out the next best step for treatment. After a biopsy surgery on Thursday that wasn't as complete as doctors had hoped, we are all still up in the air about the best treatment option at this point. Mom has an appointment with her primary oncologist on Wednesday - fingers crossed for answers and a plan after that!
Evan's birthday celebration was a huge success in Carrboro. Ellie came down to visit me for the first time since we've moved, and as a birthday surprise, she brought one of Evan's best friends from Morgantown, Erik, with her! Evan was so surprised when he saw Erik sitting on our porch - it was great!
Saturday was a beautiful day so we spent it showing Ellie and Erik around UNC's campus and checking out Franklin Street, Chapel Hill's main street. We had a great time just hanging out and catching up.
That evening, we went out to a nice dinner with a few friends, and then many more friends came over to our apartment to celebrate Evan's 25th birthday! Once the apartment got too hot from all the people, we headed downtown and kept on celebrating! :)
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| Evan with a bunch of the girls from my cohort! |
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| The West Virginia crew! |
Evan and I went on an impromptu trip to Charleston last weekend. My parents were originally supposed to come visit us in Carrboro, but with everything going on, and Mom not 100% recovered from surgery on Wednesday, they decided to stay home for a weekend to try to relax a little. I was feeling pretty upset and distanced from everything that was happening with my mom, though, so Evan suggested that we just go down to Charleston for a day instead. We left at the crack of dawn on Saturday (literally....like 5:15 AM), and got to Charleston around 10 in the morning. We didn't do much while we were there other than hang around the house, but I left with a renewed hope for whatever the future holds. We all deal with difficult news differently, but nothing makes me feel better than getting to physically see someone (Skype doesn't always cut it) when something isn't quite right. As tacky as it may sound, I felt like a little part of my soul healed up after I was able to snuggle with my mom for a bit. Lucky for me, I have a boyfriend who was more than happy to drive me to Charleston, before the sun had risen, while I slept in the backseat...even if we could only stay for 30 hours.
Everyone stay in touch - love & miss you all!
Molly
