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This is gonna be a bit long. Some of you know bits and pieces of what has been going on with Sandi, Chris and the family this last 10 months or so but here is a broader. My niece, Fallon, was diagnosed with cancer last November and they spent 30 days in the hospital when they removed a 14 inch 13 pound tumor that was her right ovary and about 10 inches of bowel the day before Thanksgiving. Her 13 year old donated kidney was shutting down and her heart function was down to 10%. But about 2 weeks after surgery she was doing way better and they got to go home the first week of December. Then the first week of January my 18 year old niece, Genessa, rolled her jeep twice, thankfully she walked away with just a scratch on her hand and a bump on the head. Then in May Fallon started not feeling well again, she had a bowel obstruction that turned out to be more cancer clamping off her intestines, so she went in for more surgery to remove that and a few more inches of intestine. They also found a metastasized mass in her brain so after being there 3 weeks again and the surgery she had a gamma knife procedure to blast that spot and she got to go home again. This time kidney and heart function were better so they decided to do chemo treatments because her body can't take more surgery, way to much scar tissue now. 6 treatments, 3 weeks apart. She has had 3, 1 treatment was postponed because blood work was off so got units of blood that day. Those are 13 hour days for them between travel there and back and her 6 hour treatment time and the labs before hand. She's having a hard time these last 2 weeks even getting up and around the house but hopefully will bounce back. Also last month one of thier grandkids, Tucker, had to have skull surgery to fix his craniosynostosis. Where the cranial sutures close to soon in the skull casing it to deform and put pressure on the brain that can cause major issues. Now on to Chris. December 7th 1998 he had a pallet of cellulose insulation fall from a semi and crush him, messing up his neck and back. He has had multiple surgeries and procedures including an occipital nerve stimulator implant in 02 that malfunctioned in 08 and got cut out and replaced. So there is a metal box in his back and wires that run up his spine and across the back of his head to help with pain control of his facet joint nerves from C1 to C7. And now he's set for surgery September 19th for mechanical fusion at L5S1 since there is no disc left there and nerve damage causing no feeling from his shins down through feet in both legs and severe neuropathy in both thighs. Doing lab work these past couple weeks showed his liver function is off so they will be doing testing on that now too. He's 40 and has never taken a drink of alcohol so if he ends up with some liver disease or something he'll be kinda pissed..lol.. Anyone still reading I appreciate it. My sister, Sandi, works full time at a bakery as a cake decorator and in her spare time she makes shirts, quilts, sews and just about any craft or jewelry item you could want. You can see her stuff at https://www.gramcrackerscreations.com/ Chris, Sandi's fiance, owns/operates Deep See Customs. He airbrushes anything from cars, BMX bikes to water bottles and shoes. You can look him up on FB. He does pretty amazing work. But with all the shop down time with staying 24/7 in the hospital with Fallon those couple months and his health issues and 6-8 week down time after surgery (not including anything that may happen with the liver stuff) there hasn't been as much income. Still busting out projects when he gets time there and has about 12 to finish before surgery, so it will be crazy busy till then between Fallon's 2 chemo treatments between now and then too. Thank you all for those that read through everything. Anything you could help with would be greatly appreciated .
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  • Michelle Montgomery
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    • 5 yrs
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Tracy Gosnell
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Orion, IL
Sandi Herzfeldt Anderson
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