Wow it’s been over a month since my last post. I’m sure it seemed I fell off the face of the earth for a while, huh? I found comfort in the distance and it was easy to distract myself with boring mundane dealings of day-to-day life. Mainly it was made possible because things have settled down quite a bit and have begun to return to “normal” as much as it can. Although life remains busy the terrifying components have subsided. I have backed off a bit – especially since Keyonne has moved back in. I want to give them room to develop their life together and find a routine for their family. I do go and check on him most days and take him to doctors appointment.  

Chemo is seemingly working it’s magic. He has lost inches off his belly which is the great indicator that his tumor may be shrinking. We go in for a CT scan next week to get a definitive view of what is actually going on inside that body of his. As an added bonus his response to chemo physically is improving. Each cycle has provided him a little more leniency and allowed him to do more everyday activities – such as golf. He golfs any day he can stand it.

We have had some hiccups. The manufacturer discontinued the pill form of his chemo drug Etoposide. Now it will be given to him in IV form along with his other chemo meds. They also added a bone strengthener for the cancer that has snuck into his bones. The hope is it will support is bones enough to prevent them from getting weak and deteriorating. The bigger objective is that the chemo will prevent it from spreading. Together they will assist him in maintaining a healthy quality of life.

This last cycle was his first time getting the Etoposide injected. It’s done over 3 days. We only made it to 2 of those days because as we were getting ready to leave for the third appointment they called and said he has almost 30% too much chemo in his system already. Woops. I don’t know who made that mistake but it is a bit disconcerting to say the least. Actually, his side effects are not too bad considering. His white blood cell count in quite low but all-in-all he is doing well. We were worried because receiving drugs IV is often stronger than pills and then getting too much could have been hard on him. But so far things are going ok. Cross your fingers.   

Pray that we get good news from this next CT scan coming up. Thanks for being patient with me. I’ll try harder to keep you all updated in the near future.