Home, Week 34.5

Mom is still going strong. We're going down to visit my dad's family for Thanksgiving, so the three of us (we're driving my dad down) will be heading out on Thursday. It will be wonderful to see the family again, it's been awhile.

Home, Week 33.5

Mom's strength is slowly coming back while she's on this break. Her blood counts are good, her spirits are up, and hydration only twice a week is a nice relief as well. She's even driving herself to hydration while I do things around the house.

Home, Week 32.5

The decision has been made to take a break from chemo until after Thanksgiving. The drugs she's been on aren't working, and her body needs a break. After Thanksgiving, she'll be starting a new drug that will hopefully knock the rest of this cancer out.

Home, Week 31.5, Chemo Round 7

Mom has decided to go to hydration twice a week. Going three times a week is a bit of a drag, and she hasn't needed the nutrients like she used to, so things are getting more under control.

She's having the same chemo today that she's been having, but we'll be going to the doctor this week to setup the new game plan. Keep her in your prayers, she could use the help with this situation. God Bless.

Home, Week 31

Mom's CA-125 has gone back up some. It went from 401 to 474, which shows that while the one drug may be keeping her numbers from skyrocketing back up, it's certainly not keeping the cancer at bay, so we'll be seeing the doctor to figure out what the new plan of attack will be.

Home, Week 30.5

It's the week off of chemo, and Mom needs platelets. We've talked to her doctor, and have decided to stay the current course for now, with just the one chemo drug, as adding any of the other possibilities would have side effects that Mom isn't ready to deal with right now.

So as long as the one drug is effective, that's what she'll be doing, unless she decides she wants potentially faster progress, and is willing to deal with the side effects (hair loss, nausea, blood counts going down more than they are now).

Home, Week 29.5

Second dose of this round, still the milder drug only, but we've been doing some research as to what other chemo drugs would be viable options given her situation. The double drug treatments really work well to confuse the cancer cells, because while they're trying to build an immunity to one drug, the other one comes in and kills them off. We just need to find another drug that can work as the second drug.

Thank you for all the continuing thoughts and prayers, Mom really appreciates them, and enjoys the cards and phone calls. God Bless.