Thursday, August 17, 2006
MARKING TIME
Time seems to be marked for me by the visits Karon and I make to her oncologist. Three weeks have passed. That’s also how long since I’ve Posted in this Journal.
It seems like each time we go to the Oncologist things seem to be a little worse. Or at least we don’t hear the reports we hope to receive.
It seems that this Chemo drug is no more effective that the previous drug. The tumor marker count had only gone done 2 or 3 points. Of course she’s only had this drug one time before yesterday. The doctor says to continue on the same treatment for a bit longer. He thought about ordering another CT and bone scan but decided to wait until after the next treatment.
The chest x-rays did show that there are now tumors in the lungs, as suspected from the CT scan. At the previous appointment the doctor said there was something in the lung but he thought it was just because she had had the infection that put her in the hospital last month. He said he just wanted a chest X-ray to confirm that it wasn’t anything. The X-ray confirmed that it was “something”. There is one large tumor in the left lung and a smaller one in the right lung. We already knew that there was a tumor in the liver. The last CT scan also showed it had increased in size.
So we continue the process -- take the drugs, trust God for the future, and continue to be grateful for each day and each blessing
Some good news is that our oldest daughter has new job as director at a day care. She is excited about it and started this last Monday. Another bit of good news is that our youngest daughter and her husband are going to make us grandparents again in February. Don't know the "brand" yet!!
The third good news is that our middle daughter, who lives in the Atlanta area, got promoted to a new position and will be working day time hours. She had usually worked from 1:30 to 10:30 p.m. She is very excited and hopes that the shift in hours will allow her a more normal life for both church and social purposes.
Guess that’s enough for this time. I’ll try to Post soon. I am excited about my new car stereo system in my 1996 Camry that has the combined AM/FM radio, cassette and CD player.
There are good things happening at church, too.
Jim
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