Results

Oh ya...

People check this thing.

I forget sometimes and keep getting random

worried texts.

I'm sorry.

Life is BUSY!

It is Christmastime!

Travis ended up getting his fluid 

removed 2 weeks ago Friday.

It was gross and a little painful.

I wont give you details...

but ewwwwwww.

So we spent the weekend waiting.

And a few days into the week,

waiting.

And then Trav said,

I'm pretty sure they are only gonna

call if it's bad news.

So we've had no call...

so the fluid must be just that,

fluid.

Ewwww.

And we weren't too nervous about the 

bone scan, mostly because

he can sure feel the cancer on his rib.

We assumed if he had it on other bones,

he'd probably know.

So we are gonna enjoy Christmas.

Trav takes his last pill the Christmas Eve Eve,

so we are hoping that he is able to feel well enough 

to enjoy Christmas.

We will be taking it easy,

but doesn't that sound lovely?

Taking it easy at home with the kids for a few days!

We are excited.

He will get a Bone infusion just after Christmas and 

he and The Dr. will discuss treatment options.

I am discouraged and sad that it's already time for a change,

but hopeful that the next drug will be the one.

And maybe the side effects wont be so bad.

Thanks to all who have been texting and calling.

I'm sorry I neglected the old blog.

Merry Christmas Everyone!

{Results}

I had planned on waiting till the bone scan results came

back before I posted results,

but I just feel like writing and getting it all on down,

so everyone knows exactly what we are dealing with.

The lungs were stable.

The liver was stable.

The rib was stable.

And there was very minimal growth in his kidney.

 Not an amount that is super worrisome,

but with a very minimal growth there last month as well,

the Dr. is thinking maybe we may have to consider other

treatment options.

Speaking of his treatment,

let me backtrack a bit to last Thursday.

He met with his Dr. and

they came up with a new game plan.

The full dose of Sutent is just too hard on him.

When I wrote last that the quality of life was sucky,

I meant it.

It's beyond writing it down,

and really it's pretty depressing...

so I wont bore you with details,

but he just can't do it anymore.

So after much discussion with other Dr.'s and specialist

they have decided to lessen his dose.

So instead of the full dose now,

he is half dosing it.

Which hopefully will give him some more energy,

less stomach pains,

and up his quality of life a bit.

Okay, so that was as of last Thursday.

Back to the now.

The Dr. is concerned with the fact that on the full dose,

he's had growth in his kidney, and now with a half dose,

that's not gonna improve.

(Remember, he only has the one. It needs to work.)

He wants Trav to continue for this cycle,

and then next month when he goes in for his bone infusion

they will talk about maybe trying another option.

There are very few options left..

so we really want the ones we use to last as long as possible.

Still unsure what the game plan will be,

and wont know for the next month.

And he will continue on this drug for now.

My biggest worry right now is

that they found fluid in his lungs again.

I'm not sure if you remember but he's had this before.

Here in 2008.

And when we did some research back then,

we found this out as well.

Here.

Those days were awful and full of worry.

And sweet relief when we learned it was just plain old fluid.

So, 

with that being said,

Please pray that this fluid isn't cancerous.

I have that feeling in the pit of my stomach because

I'm scared.

And really,
it seems likely to me that it is just fluid again.

So I'm gonna believe that all I can until he gets the fluid

drained next week!

Thanks to everyone for checking in.

I sure appreciate the many texts and e-mails

I've received the past few days.

We will keep you posted.

Love to all.