A Months Worth of Recaps

Wow it has been forever since I have written! I kept saying "I'll update the blog after this event, or this birthday, or this trip" and well before you know it a month flies by! It has been a jam packed month and I can't believe all that has happened in that short amount of time! First we were able to celebrate Dad's Birthday on the 21st and mine on the 2nd...we celebrated with food of course!

Dads 23rd (haha) Birthday

My 23rd Birthday

Dad has also gotten to take a few vacations, one to Austin, one to San Diego, and one to New Mexico. Always good to get out of the heat we are already having!

My sorority sisters from college also put together a Relay for Life team in honor of Dad which was incredible! I was so glad I was able to go up to Flagstaff and participate with them!

 

 

Dad also has gotten a ton of golf in! It is such a blessing that he is still able to go out and do what he loves most with his best friends!

My favorite smile in the world!

Dad and his girls on Cinco de Mayo!

Well Dad's "last" chemo was a bit of a rough one. He was exhausted and nauseous for a full week. The anti nausea drugs that MD Anderson had prescribed did a whole lotta nothin but thankfully Dad found his miracle drug, zantac! It helped get rid of the nausea completely which I can only imagine how thankful Dad was for that! Remember that pain Dad has gotten for a day or two after every chemo? Well he got it again this round and went immediately to MD Anderson to get an EKG (which came back normal). This time it also lasted much longer (a few days) and still gets the pain every now and then.

We met with Dr Siever on Friday for a check up. The appointment went well, we love Dr. Siever so it is always great seeing him! We all have been extremely curious on how the tumor has responded to the chemo so we asked if Dr. Siever could take an Xray (We couldn't wait 5 more days for the CT scan!). We were able to look at the 3 different Xrays and see the progress of the tumor. Although the Xray isn't the clearest form of looking at the progress, we were clearly able to see how much the tumor has shrunk! It was so cool (I was all ready to post the Xrays on the blog so you could share the excitement, but they wont load on my computer, darn!) to see that and we all did a little bit of a happy dance!

This upcoming week is a busy one for us. On Monday Dad gets blood work and the CT scan (this is what clearly shows the 3D image of the tumor). Tuesday we meet with Dr. K to go over the scan and see where treatment goes from here. If Dr. K wants to do another round of chemo that will also start this week. We are all very anxious to get the results of the CT scan back, but I know that God is working for and through my Dad and there is no need to worry! Thank you all for your continued prayers and support, I promise it wont be a month before I update next!