The Purple Pine Tree

Melisa and Tim's Latest Updates and Info

Passing, May 21st, 2023

To our many friends and family who have followed Melisa's journey for so long... Melisa left us at 11:07am Sunday morning the 21st of...

April Update

Since leaving the hospital in March Melisa has been home in Whispering Pines in a holding pattern. We tried to restart chemo at the...

March Madness - Hospital Updates

Driven to the hospital by pain on Friday, this is a live update thread until we return home.

Quick Update: Stable, Starting Radiation

Fell a bit behind on the blog as we went into Holiday mode, battled COVID, shoveled way more snow than expected on the mini-ranch, and...

Round 8, Week 1

Update on Round 8 of chemo in Melisa's journey fighting stage III pancreatic cancer.

Stable Disease at 7 Months

Melisa and I heard the words "stable disease" at our last visit to MD Anderson. Her CA 19-9 marker is within normal range. Amazing.

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