Back from the Hospital
dclock October 30th, 2007
I was admitted very early Sunday morning to SkyRidge Hospital, as I was unable to stop throwing up blood. This is not an uncommon occurrence for people on chemo, but this one was a bit more than we have experienced in the past. Anyway, it is Tuesday afternoon, and I am so glad to be home. I am feeling much better, and a change in some medications should help from this happening again. Katee is back in chemo this week. She has completed her Iron infusions, so she only needs to go to the infusion center for chemo every two weeks. We are still hopeful that Katee can stop all further treatment and have a clean bill of health near the beginning of March 2008. I know she is ready to get back to her life and school! I will have a PET scan in a couple of weeks that will help us determine if the chemo is working on my cancer. We are praying that it has really been impacted with this chemo treatment. The plan is to continue the chemo indefinitely, or at least as long as I show positive results. Perhaps in 6 to 8 months we can consider further surgeries, to get the larger cancer nodes removed. While the medical community would be happy if I continue to show positive results, I would like to take it a step further and have an opportunity to stop chemo treatment for a while without risking a long-term prognosis. However, I will not complain as I am doing better than most anyone gave us a hope to. Thank you to all who continue to support us. Your kind words, thoughts and prayers are encouraging, probably more than you will ever know.
Keep up the healing we are all praying for.
Darrin, having been in this family since you were born, I’ve watch as you grew into a man, seen you as a husband,and father you have done a great job. your girls are wonderful and caring adults.[ being married to your uncle.who is your twin in all things I have offen felt sorry for kimmie] we were totally blown away by your diagnosis of cancer, Dick and I can’t see you anywhere but in our lives.We also think or you and katee everyday. I don’t think we have prayed so much in are lives as we have this last year. You have been so strong during all of this, I can’t tell you how much you and katee are loved. we will pray for you and katee, and send all our love. hope to see you soon. aunt carol uncle dick