This past Saturday marked the one year anniversary of our homecoming from David's surgery. I am sooo thankful that is behind us. I went back and read this blog from the beginning , and I reread texts that I have saved from the days before, during, and after the surgery. It was a horrible time. That is just the truth. Thank you all for a year+ of prayers, calls, cards, hugs and love. Thank God for his steadfast faithfulness. And I mean that even if we get bad news. But today we got good news!
Today was a GREAT day for us. David had blood work at 6:15 am and then scan prep at 7:00. He let me skip and sleep in! His Dr. appt was at 11:30. Guess what time they called us into the Dr's office? 11:30! I kid you not!!! We were astonished and thrilled!
Here is how the appt always goes. First the nurse asks a bunch of questions but NEVER tells us about scans.
Let me back up. About a week before a scan appt, it gets more somber around our house. There is the hope that it will be good, but the dread and fear that it will be bad. It's just kind of a silent, unspoken cloud that hangs in the air. So, of course the nurse doesn't help AT ALL!
This time was no different. Questions, questions, questions! What about the scans?!
Next Marisa, the clinical study nurse, comes in. So we hold our breath because it is either good news and we continue in the study, or bad news and she's going to say we are out of the study. She is all smiles!
Breathe.
The scans show shrinkage! Not just stable but shrinkage! One of the nodules is almost gone!
Then the PA comes in and confirms, yes good news! And then the Dr. Yes!
Happy dance!
So they tweak his meds, and he gets the vaccine. We have to wait 30 minutes to make sure no reaction to vaccine. And we are out of the building by 1:00. This has never ever ever happened before and may never again. We would normally still be waiting an hour an a half later.
AND, we don't go back until April 14! Twelve glorious weeks! Well, 11 glorious weeks where we will pretend we've never heard of cancer and 1 week where we will worry what has happened in the last 11 weeks!
But for now, all is well.
Please pray for:
1. Continued shrinkage
2. No spreading
3. Reduction of some minor side effects
Please continue to pray also for Greg, Mary, and Ty.
Thank you for loving us!
