It seems like the endless repeat of chemo is finally coming to an end as John finished cycle 7 and started cycle 8 this past Tuesday. We met with his Dr. last Friday and his numbers went back down to .4 which is at least the right direction. Since he seems to be hovering at .4ish the doctor decided to change things up a little bit. Instead of chemo via only pills, he went in for an infusion of a lovely mixture called Cytoxin. What John thought would be a quick two hour drip trip, turned into a 6 and 1/2 hour affair. He did manage to talk them out of a ham and cheese sandwich so at least he didn't wilt away from hunger.
The plan thus far is that on March 14th-16th they will do all of the vital organ testing for his BMT. We should meet with the BMT doctor sometime the following week. Maybe by then we will know if he can be part of the clinical trial - although at this point it seems moot. The week following that, he will get the central line put in, which is some kind of a surgery as well. And to make everything all the more special, that is also the same week that my daughter is getting her tonsils removed. If anyone has a magic potion that allows me to clone myself, please ante up.
Anyway, as things stand now we are still set for April 5th as his admission date for the BMT. Of course we are still in a "wait and see" mode, so as usual we will find out more later. But as everything else seems to go, we probably won't find out ALL that much more. I am finding that I have become used to the endless holding pattern this cancer put on our lives. I want to do whatever we have to in order to fix this and move on; but a little part of me is scared to move forward because today he OK...and I don't want that to change.
The Finish Line is closer and closer!!!!!! You're ganna BEAT this John!!!! Miss you guys!!!!!
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