Well... I thought it would be the last needed update in July... but I was wrong. The cancer has come back.... and after 2 months...which is not good. This is the hardest thing to write here, as I know how many friends have been pulling for me...saying prayers...thinking good thoughts. I had been feeling pretty well the last month...working on the museum update... trying to get ready for a open house here at the end of the month. I was really looking forward to that. But things change. I had thought I'd had a hernia (would have been likely since I'd had that surgery in Texas and could have been likely), but when I went in to my oncologist to have it looked at...sent me to do a CT scan... and that's when they found that it was back. In a short time, there is a tumor 3" in the abdominal wall... with some smaller areas as well (so not localized enough to do surgery to remove they said). So... the only thing they can offer to do at this time, is another 6 month treatment cycle of a drug called Topotecan. I was told it is well tolerated...has a 30% response rate... and then I could see what happens. Not alot of choices... just another round of "one day at a time". As for now.. as long as I can still work on the museum project... I will. I will try to post update photos as it gets further along, as I'm finding out from many of you that you get display ideas from mine. Also, if you happen to be near Reno area.. do not hesitate to call and come by. I'd love to show you the collection as well as the real horses. If I don't feel up to it, don't worry... I'll let you know! But I would love to see friends, old and new. As things progress...good or bad... I'll also keep you posted here, as it is easier for me than the constant Facebook messages which as overwhelming for me right now...so will go back to the website updates. I do know how disappointed you all are in this news... it saddens me greatly to have to even post this... but I'm going the best I can and thanks to all the good friends I already know I have... I'll get thru this.

Karen