Last week, we were supposed to have the last round of chemo.
To re-cap, his bloodwork came back showing some slight anemia and some of the levels were off due to dehydration. They gave him IV fluids and strict instructions to "fluid-up" between then and now.
He went in this morning, had his radiation appointment where they decided to back off the radiation and concentrate on ozone only as the tumor on the left side has shrunk to less than 1/3 it's original size. The one on the right is substantially smaller but not small enough yet. All in all - major progress.
However they were not happy with his blood work. So tomorrow there will be no radiation appointment and there will be no chemo.
The No-go on the radiation is a good thing.
The No-go on the chemo - is not such a good thing.
The chemo that he's on requires a minimum of three doses to be effective. I'm no oncologist, and contrary to the hits my intelligence has taken this week, I'm a fairly intelligent and thorough person when I am researching something. I have read everything available on the chemotherapy drug he's on to date. Every night, I take my laptop into another room and research it on the web. I check the symptom list and review the ones that he exhibits vs the ones he doesn't.
I'm confident there is another round in our future. It just can't happen till the blood work comes back reflecting the right levels. I have been stressed and worrying abouut this since the beginning. I had a nightmare about it last night. Sadly that one came true.
So we wait. We work on the state service applications for assistance in the medical arena. We file the copyright paperwork on his songs. We research the licensing of other tunes for recording purposes.
and we wait.
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