We’ve got some great news, some good news and some bad news. The great news, and a reason to celebrate – the MRI confirms the spot on Liz’s liver is not malignant…no stage IV. The good news is that chemo/radiation starts tomorrow, instead of Monday. The bad news is that she passed some more blood…

Liz took one whole unit of blood over the course of late morning and early afternoon. MRI was backed up so it became another waiting game. The nurse came in to draw blood for another Hemoglobin check and while she was in the room, MRI called to come get her. 24 hours since Liz last…

Liz’s hemoglobin numbers dropped enough that they are now giving her a unit of blood. There hasn’t been any additional bleeding since about 5:00 pm yesterday, so there is optimism we may get to go home today. Good and bad news on the imaging front – bad news being the PET scan will be rescheduled…

Liz stayed overnight in the PCU so her blood levels could be monitored. Her hemoglobin levels continued to drop overnight, down to 7.1. Now this could partially be because she is receiving IV fluids, which will dilute the red blood cell counts. Regardless of how, if that number drops below 7 they start talking about…

Well, I’d be ok if a day like today never happened again. Here’s the cliff’s notes version… Early afternoon Liz had a BM and there was a lot of blood in her stool. WAY more than usual. But she felt fine so we didn’t necessarily think too much of it…well a couple hours later, she’s…

I was an English Education major in college and every time we had a paper to write (which was almost weekly) I never knew how to start. I would stare at the blinking cursor for a loooong time. Inevitably, I’d just start my paper half way in the introduction and then come back to the…

I’ve been writing this off and on since Friday night and even now that I’m posting it, I still don’t think it sufficiently represents how I feel. These last few weeks as the news of Liz’s diagnosis started to break amongst the communities around us, the amount of love and support sent our direction has…

Just confirming the treatment schedule going forward, since there was some uncertainty with the added scans: 3/14 PET Scan 3/17 MRI of Liver 3/18 Radiation/Chemotherapy begins, every day Monday through Friday for 28 treatment days (so ending 4/24). 3 chemo pills in the morning, 20 minutes of radiation at 1:00 pm, 3 chemo pills at…

Sounds cliche but cliches come from truths. My expectation of moving forward is in the slow lane. The doctors do want to check the spot on my liver. I have a PET CT on Thursday, March 14 and a MRI on Sunday, March 17. This will delay the start of radiation and chemo which was…

So it has been decided that the care team would like to scan the small abnormality on Liz’s liver before beginning the chemo/radiation treatment. PET scan on Thursday 3/14 MRI of Liver on Sunday 3/17 Crossing fingers we can get treatment started quickly thereafter… CCM