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Video: Puerto Rico

September 13, 2013 by Loren in Places, Travel, Videos

Two weeks with family on our favorite Caribbean island.

September 13, 2013 /Loren

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The past few weeks have been super crazy. We recently found out that my wife @kristenleary has stage four metastatic breast cancer. She has started taking a hormone therapy pill daily (tamoxifen) to shrink it. It is not in her brain or any other organs but she does have several bone lesions in her spine and pelvis so she’s also getting a bone strengthening infusion once a month. She is not in pain and she is still working. Due to the medication, she had to stop breastfeeding so we have been getting breast milk donations from a few different local people and we are so thankful. The next step will be laparoscopic surgery to remove both ovaries to continue starving the cancer of estrogen. Right now, chemotherapy and radiation are not needed but they may be needed in the future. At some point she may get additional surgery like mastectomy, but the current focus is really just to starve the cancer. It’s definitely been tough, but we are super grateful for our two beautiful little girls, and we feel surrounded with so much love and the best care we can get right now. There is currently no cure but we will keep treating it for as long as it takes. Our goal is to fight this for decades and continue on living like normal. Please keep us in your thoughts and send all of your resources and good vibes our way.

Family time on Coronado Island last weekend 👨‍👩‍👧🏰😎 (📷: @marchelle_thomson) #takemeback

Spent two and a half days in the mountains on a staff retreat with my coworkers, who happen to be eleven of the kindest, most passionate, most inspiring people I've ever known 🙌 #goteam #alliance #sustainablecolorado

HUGE thanks to my super generous cousin who showed us an amazing time in Steamboat, and hooked us up with this beautiful ranch house for my birthday. It was out of cell range, covered in fresh snow, and filled with family. Just what I wanted 🏂❄️💖 #steamboat #colorado #birthdaydigs #thirtythree