Darrin In and Out of Surgey. Now at Home recovering
wdaytonco December 18th, 2007
Quick note – Last Friday Darrin had surgery to obtain a live sample of his cancer to be sent down to a cancer center in Dallas to be tested for new chemo treatments. They were going to operate at the end of the year, or even this week, but the surgeon wanted to do this as soon as possible so last Friday was the day.
This is completely experimental, but is the only option Darrin has left to find out if there is some drug combination that would shrink his tumors. The bad news is that the doctors here at Swedish hospital could not obtain a sample from his lung already operated on, so they had to go in and cut a piece out of his whole lung. His whole lung has cancer in it, but had not been cut into previously.
Darrin made it through the surgery okay, and is now at home recovering. His blood oxygen level has been in the 70s and 80s, so recovery is slow. During these upcoming holidays, please pray for Darrin and his family!
Bill D.
Hi Darrin, Kim and girls,
Thank you for the updates. Darrin, you don’t have to except what the doctors tell you. God has given you the power to over come and fight this horrible disease. I know you can do this through your faith and belief. Don’t give up. Like I told you before I look forward to seeing you and Kim at the Farmers Market in July. It’s a deal.
So happy to hear the good news on Katte. One down and one to go.
Praying and thinking of you and your family.
God bless.
With love.
Ace & Janet Avakian