Scan Results

Val and I went up to USC Thursday for her Chemo and Scan results. Dr. Lenz said “everything is stable and there is no new growth in the large tumor by the bile duct or any of the tumors”. This was a big relief. He was a little puzzled on how the bile duct could have pressure on it from the tumor but with out it increasing size. His explanation was that it can become denser inside and have more pressure. Val and I said as long as it’s not growing will take it. Going into the appt. we weren’t sure that we were going to get the news that we wanted. This scan was the first results of the current Chemo mix of Avastin, 5FU and Tarceva. The blood counts look good as well. Her Bilirubin is down and in normal range. Her Platelets are up above 100 and most other results are all in range. Dr. Lenz said there is no need to switch Chemo drugs when it’s working. He said with the blood results we could add one other drug or up the current mix. He thought it would be best to double the dose of Avastine to 10 mg, bring back the original dose of 5FU to 1800. With her side effects of the lower Lip feeling very burned now gone he said there should be no problem. For Tarceva it’s still one pill each night.

She seemed to be doing fine today. Also given that she has the 5FU pump on her. She puts it in her pocket and people think nothing of it since it looks like a baby bottle. She was up at 8:30 and was cleaning away. She brought the kids swimming and worked on a new picture frame that she is putting about 20 smaller pictures in. She even cleaned the entire up stairs and reorganized the playroom for the Kids. Tonight we went out to eat and walked around Cruising Grand, which is a big out door car show, and the Kids had a blast. Tyler our 22 month old is so funny lately. He just started to say No yesterday and he is making Val and I laugh all the time. We call him our “little Pistol”.

Val is just so relentless in this fight. She is by far the strongest woman I have ever met. She never complains and just goes. I’m so blessed to have such an incredible wife!!

Please pray for:
- She has continued strength during the increased Chemo Mix
- The stent continues to work and function perfect
- The disease / Tumors start to shrink in size
- She can have peace with her mind
- She can enjoy quality time with the kids over the summer

Thanks for everyone’s support and prayers. We are so lucky to have such incredible friends and support around in the time of need and I just want to say thanks for all the effort!!

-Chris