Great Scan Results

I will start with the best news we have had in awhile. I had a CAT scan this week and the results were great. The cancer tumors around my right lung have shrunk in response to the Chemotherapy. There are no signs that the cancer has spread anywhere else. All in all this is the best news we could hope to hear. So for now the course of treatment will continue as planned. Yipee!!!

We definitely had an interesting Christmas. It started with Sandi and the kids getting the stomach flu on Christmas Eve. I was sent into quarantine and not allowed to help or clean anything up. Sandi took care of the kids and herself. It was a big job with everyone vomiting for about 12 hours. She proceeded to clean all bathrooms multiple times to try and clear out the germs. To date it has paid off. I have not come down with the flu. On Christmas we went out for Chinese, not bad but a different sort of Christmas. It was great to be together and we are thankful for that.

I am scheduled to start the next round (3rd cycle) of Chemo on Monday. I had a blood test yesterday to check my White Blood Cell count. Again, it was very low so I got a shot yesterday and today to get the count up. I should be ready for Chemo on Monday assuming the SNOWPOCALYPSE does not shut down Indianapolis.

During this cycle of Chemo I will be given the clinical trial drug Yervoy (or placebo) in addition to the normal Chemo drugs Cisplatin and Etoposide. The clinical drug is also added in the 4th cycle. After the fourth cycle chemo ends, but the clinical trial drug continues every three weeks.

I also wanted to share a couple of our Christmas pictures. Thanks to Molly Connor ( www.mollyconnor.com ) for taking these on very short notice. We are very happy with how they turned out.

If you can not read the shirts, mine says Screw Cancer, Sandi's says Beat Cancer, and the kids say Fa La La La La. We thought they were appropriate.

All for now. Hope everyone had a nice Holiday Season.