Update from MARY :)

Went and had my blood work done and my numbers are up and now another round of chemo starting Oct 2nd and then if everything goes like it should I should only have to do this one more time!!!! STILL IN COMPLETE REMISSION SO KEEP THOSE PRAYERS COMING!!! LOVE YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT

~~Mary

Update 9/18/11

First of all, let's start with Happy 1st Anniversary to Amanda and Curt!! 

Mom was discharged from the hospital on Monday and has gone in for blood work once this week.  Her numbers were good, so she did not need to go in to the clinic for blood or platelets!!  She is going in for blood work once a week now and the doctor's will continue to watch them.  When everything seems to be recovering well, then they will schedule her next appointment and next admission for chemo.  She should have one or two more rounds (I think!).

In the meantime, things seem to be going well.  Mom and Dad were able to see Dominic and Andrew's football games this week and Dad is back to work.  Thanks for the prayers and well wishes!!

Update 9/8/11

Mom is still in the hospital. Her counts are starting to stabilize and get better. Her last fever was early this morning, so hopefully she is done with these fevers! She is also getting her anti-fungal medication in a pill now, instead of IV, so if she were able to go home and still need that medication it would be something she could take at home.
Keep up the prayers that the counts will rise and the fevers will stop so Mom can come home!
Some good news from Dad: he had another appointment today and the liver scan shows that the tumor has been reduced to a mere scar! This is excellent evidence that the radiation was effective as originally indicated back in May. His liver function numbers are a little wacky, but not any more out of whack than before, so he said they are "holding their own".

More to follow...thanks for all the prayers and support.

Update 9/6/11

This is a quick one because I don't have much news to report. Mom has had a cough during the last week or so that the doctors thought they should probably checkout because Mom continues to have fevers. They ran a CT scan of her chest today and it revealed a fungus...so back on the anti-fungal medication like she had during her last long admission. Hopefully this knocks out her fevers and get her counts up so she can come home!

Update--9/3/11

Mom was admitted Friday morning because she had a fever and as expected her counts are down. She will stay in the hospital until the blood tests come back to determine if she has an infection or if the fever is just because her counts are low (neutropenic fever). Once they determine that, we will know how long she has to stay.
On another note, please pray for Amanda and Curt and Curt's family. Curt's grandpa passed away Friday morning. :(
Stupid Cancer.