5th Cycle Completed

Last week Mom finished up her 5th cycle of chemo. It's so hard to believe it's already been that many. Everything continues to be going well with all of her treatments. Mom really appreciates all the doctors and nurses that have been taking care of her.....and I think many of them adore her too. For example, when we were leaving the hospital after her chemo treatment a couple weeks ago, we got to catch up with a nurse practitioner that she used to see regularly. For some reason, mom had been switched to another practitioner. With the huge number of patients being seen at the hospital, I think they try to schedule you with the same person, but as times you simply get who's available. After catching up with her for a few minutes, she said that she was planning to go and change mom's schedule so that she'd get to see her the next time. We thought that was so nice. My mom really likes her a lot and she was excited to get back on her schedule. :)

Mom's been able to spend a lot of time with family and friends these past couple of weeks. She's gone out to lunch and even went on an overnight to her friend's home in Nashville, IN. We are so thankful that she's been feeling well to get out and about.

Today she went in for a regular blood test. The doctors are continuing to monitor her red blood cell count. There is still a chance that she'll need to have a blood transfusion. We should know those results in a few days. On Wednesday, she's scheduled to get another CT scan. We ask for prayers for her on Wednesday. The scan was very uncomfortable last time, and she's worried it will be the same this time. We also ask for continued prayers that this scan will show a decrease in the cancer or that it is remaining stable. We should receive those results next week as mom begins her 6th cycle of chemo.

Stable

Yesterday we got the results from last week's CT scan. The doctor said that the cancer has not changed and that it is stable. We were really excited to hear that. The doctor is planning to have mom complete 2 more cycles of chemo to make it a full 6 cycles that she will have completed. After the 6th cycle, she'll get to take a break. She is schedule to get a CT scan every 3 weeks from now on. As long as the cancer is stable, she'll get to take some time off from the chemo. We are not sure yet how long the break will be, but we are excited that she'll be able to have a break. The other good news was that she didn't lose any weight and actually gained a few ounces. Also, her red blood cell count increased from 8.1 to 8.4 in one week.

We are so thankful for all your thoughts and prayers.