Keep On Keeping On

I know I haven't posted in a while - I just haven't really known what to say.  But after several people have commented that I haven't posted in a while and asked about Tim, I decided it was time.  Tim resumed chemo on Friday, March 16.  I was off for Spring Break and was able to go with him.  That particular infusion made him extremely sick from the very beginning.  There weren't any new meds involved, but his body just didn't tolerate it well.  At his next appointment with the oncologist, he was prescribed an additional medicine to try to help manage the nausea and vomiting.  He can take it in advance and they give it to him through his port just before the chemo infusion, as well.  It's more for sensory and neurological control, but it has really seemed to help and he didn't have any adverse effects from chemo last Friday.  We did have a bump in the road last Tuesday.  His incision from the liver resection has still not closed completely and he noticed tissue coming from it.  After contacting his nurse, we were told to rush him to triage at the colorectal center.  Once there, they discussed packing it versus a wound vac, but they ultimately just pushed it back in and put a bandage over it.  At this point, he just keeps it covered and waits. They've said that being on chemo will take it longer to heal and it could take up to a year to fully close.

In the meantime, we just keep on keeping on.  We were all four able to get away for one of Abby's golf tournaments in Longview a couple of weeks ago and, Tim felt good enough to serve at church on the Thursday before Easter and in the preschool department Easter Sunday. We are trying real hard to find  joy in the small things and to not take anything for granted.

So what's next -
1) Right now he's scheduled for chemo through the end of May. It's the same schedule as before - infusion in clinic every other Friday and home with a pump through Sunday.
2) He has multiple appointments on Monday.  We will leave the house at 4:30 a.m. for an MRI and to see the rectal surgeon where we hope to get an updated plan for surgery.

Pray that he continues to tolerate chemo and that we get a good plan going forward to remove all of the cancer form his body.  The sooner the better for us.

More to come after Monday -