so as of today daddy mike is done with chemo... thursday he goes for the PET scan which will finalize some things and secure his surgery date which is tentatively set for August 29th.
a little/big miracle.... so i have learned that blood readings platelets, cells red and white are all a huge factor in the progression of treating cancer. so a week and a half ago dads platelets were an low low low and a transfusion was almost inevitable... so he went to check in a few days later he went back to have blood work done and they had jumped by thousands ... the miracle part comes in by way of platelets don't increase unless a. you stop chemo or b. you have a transfusion... woohhoo!!! coming off this final cycle of chemo has been a little rough but we are all hopeful that this is the end of the road for the chemo segment... and if it isn't we will all just gear up again.
in anticipation of getting to move on to part III (surgery) please pray for the surgeon his name is Dr. Nieh (knee) ... dad thinks he is great so i back him on that... they met about two weeks ago and he went through the process with him... the BIGGEST factor in the surgery is removing ALL the lymph nodes... i am trying to learn more about this but i hear it can be difficult to insure removing all of them. please pray that they would be apparent and easy to remove. he will have his bladder removed and there will be some reconstruction.
thank you for being faithful to pray for him.
today our spirits are definitely higher but there is much anticipation to have the PET scan and hear the results (August 7th)....
we will keep you posted.
