Saturday!

Our prayers have been answered! The PET scan revealed that the cancer has not spread! We are so thrilled. The cancer remains "active", but confined to the original area. The doctor wants to wait a few days to start the chemo due to Beto's slow recovery from the spinal surgery, but we are ready to begin. He will need 8 treatments total. Beto and mom will decide this weekend whether to receive the treatment in Mexico City or Queretaro. There are pro's and con's to each. I can't thank you enough for making this possible. I wish I could hug and thank each and every one of you personally for hours! This is such fabulous news. We know it is a long road ahead, but this is a good way to start it and STARTING IT is possible because of all of you.

Thank you and God bless all of you!!!

Much Love,

Natalie

P.S. I am in the mountains and do not have the best reception this weekend, so I am sorry if I am delayed in answering emails.

Good evening! 

I hope everyone is having a great week. Today my mother and Beto drove to Queretaro for the heart test, which went fine. It was a short test and they were able to get home before comida. I will be traveling over the weekend, but will for sure post results from the Saturday appointment as soon as I get word. Saturday is a big day! For better or worse, I do not have a ton of updates today. It was an afternoon of rest and visitors for Beto. Spirits remain high, as I know all of your emails and calls keep him uplifted. Thank you for that! Please pray for Saturday, as we need to start this treatment process. If you do not hear form me tomorrow, it is because I could not get Internet access. I will be in the mountains and am unsure about service. Otherwise, I will post Saturday without a doubt! 

Much Love,

Natalie

The Beto Martinez Fundraiser

I wanted to let you all know that we are having a fundraiser for Beto on Wednesday, August 19 at the Galeria Pergola. Many prominent artists are donating their work for a silent auction, as well as other items and services from local merchants. All proceeds with go to Beto's treatment. My husband and I will be in town for the event so I hope to meet a lot of you then! It will be a beautiful evening to come together, celebrate and raise money for a wonderful life! Thank you to Patti Bess for working so hard on getting this together and also to the Galeria Pergola for being such generous hosts. If any of you have questions about the fundraiser, just send me an email. 

No new information today on Beto. We are still keeping with the plan from yesterday for a Saturday chemotherapy start date. I hope you all are having a wonderful week. Thank you all for everything!

Much Love,

Natalie

Galeria Pergola

Inside the Instituto Allende
Ancha De San Antonio 20
San Miguel De Allende, GTO
Mexico 37700
T: 011 52 (415) 154 5595
T: (214) 245 4902
F: (214) 774 4512

I thought this was a great photo that Beto took in the countryside!

 

Well, some small changes. The cardiologist appointment was moved to Wednesday, because the machine they needed to use is not available in San Miguel, so they will have to go to Qeretaro for the heart test. The hematologist can not begin chemotherapy without this heart test, to ensure the heart is strong enough to start on Saturday, so that appointment was moved to Friday. Someone came to the house and collected blood to get that started for the Friday appointment, so we should be back on track after Friday. The hematologist said that once the heart test clears him, he will begin chemo Saturday morning! I am very excited for this and just hope that Beto takes the treatment well and his body is accepting. I feel like we have all come such a long way from last week, wow! It is exhausting to think about it and I am sure you all feel the same way :) We have all been going through this together and I thank you for being there for Beto, My mom and even me in many ways. I love getting email from all of you! This is where we stand as of now. I will fill you all in if anything changes, but let's pray for Saturday! 

Much Love,

Natalie

Good evening,

I just got off the phone with Beto and he sounded really good. We were laughing about his future nieto that is due in December and talking about this upcoming week, and how it will be difficult, but so important. With that being said, we spoke about how next week is possible because of all of your prayers and donations and how thankful we all are for that! He will go to the cardiologist tomorrow for some heart tests, but will be able to do that in San Miguel and not have to travel.  Thank you again for all your thoughts, encouraging emails and calls. More to come...

Much Love,

Natalie