Brianwarnock
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For those following this Shane posted this on Carepages at about 15:40 BST Saturday
Brian
Yesterday was doctor day. Nobody told us that but it had to be with the amount of doctors that we met with yesterday. Kate is going to be put on a rehab schedule, starting Monday, followed by rehab doctors, so the new rehab doctors showed up yesterday. Examined her and then went over with us what the plan of care/torture was for her next week. It is going to be pretty intense, so I'm feeling sorry for her already. We met with probably no less than 8 more doctors but they were mainly to check on how she's healing up. At 4pm we met with Dr. Pete Anderson. He's the lead doctor for her cancer. He had the results of the P.E.T. scan and the MRI. Kate still has a very tough road ahead and a big battle. The P.E.T. illuminates tumors and Kate's scan revealed that she has one big tumor growing on the outside of her vertebre at T3-T5 and there is a small tumor in/on (I really don't know which it is) her left lung. The tumor in her left lung is about the size of your pinky fingernail. Dr. Anderson sat with us for quite awhile and went over what our options are and gave us about 4 different ones to think about and make a decision on. The options mainly involve which chemo drug to use in conjunction with radiation. We have not met with the radiation therapy doctor, yet, but Dr. Anderson felt that the schedule will most likely be, once a day/five days in a row, for five weeks. This means Kate and Julie will not be coming home anytime soon, or it looks that way right now. Then after a few months, to scan her again and measure what the response of the tumors has been. The plan is to use next week to allow Kate to heal from her surgery and to get the rehab plan started, then the following week (Monday 8/18) to start the chemo-radiation. The only way the chemo-radiation won't start on that day is if the neuro doctors say she hasn't healed up good enough for her to get started. Any of my reports would not be complete without telling you Kate's response. Her response was the same as all the others that she has heard before. She understands everything that has been said to her and then just smiles and says "OK."
Everyone involved has some taxing days ahead but most especially Kate. We would appreciate it if you kept us in your prayers. I am certainly not saying that any of us wants to throw in the towel but sometimes when your fighting an opponent that just keeps tagging you with some real stinging punches, you at least have thoughts go through your head of wishing you weren't in this fight.
Have a good weekend,
Shane
Brian
Yesterday was doctor day. Nobody told us that but it had to be with the amount of doctors that we met with yesterday. Kate is going to be put on a rehab schedule, starting Monday, followed by rehab doctors, so the new rehab doctors showed up yesterday. Examined her and then went over with us what the plan of care/torture was for her next week. It is going to be pretty intense, so I'm feeling sorry for her already. We met with probably no less than 8 more doctors but they were mainly to check on how she's healing up. At 4pm we met with Dr. Pete Anderson. He's the lead doctor for her cancer. He had the results of the P.E.T. scan and the MRI. Kate still has a very tough road ahead and a big battle. The P.E.T. illuminates tumors and Kate's scan revealed that she has one big tumor growing on the outside of her vertebre at T3-T5 and there is a small tumor in/on (I really don't know which it is) her left lung. The tumor in her left lung is about the size of your pinky fingernail. Dr. Anderson sat with us for quite awhile and went over what our options are and gave us about 4 different ones to think about and make a decision on. The options mainly involve which chemo drug to use in conjunction with radiation. We have not met with the radiation therapy doctor, yet, but Dr. Anderson felt that the schedule will most likely be, once a day/five days in a row, for five weeks. This means Kate and Julie will not be coming home anytime soon, or it looks that way right now. Then after a few months, to scan her again and measure what the response of the tumors has been. The plan is to use next week to allow Kate to heal from her surgery and to get the rehab plan started, then the following week (Monday 8/18) to start the chemo-radiation. The only way the chemo-radiation won't start on that day is if the neuro doctors say she hasn't healed up good enough for her to get started. Any of my reports would not be complete without telling you Kate's response. Her response was the same as all the others that she has heard before. She understands everything that has been said to her and then just smiles and says "OK."
Everyone involved has some taxing days ahead but most especially Kate. We would appreciate it if you kept us in your prayers. I am certainly not saying that any of us wants to throw in the towel but sometimes when your fighting an opponent that just keeps tagging you with some real stinging punches, you at least have thoughts go through your head of wishing you weren't in this fight.
Have a good weekend,
Shane
