We are praising God once again! No
matter the outcome we will praise our Lord!
Last Monday's meeting with the oncologist
went better than expected. The PET and CT scans showed further reduction of the
tumors. The tumors have shrunk more than 50%!!
Deb's CA125 is 153 (normal range is
0-35), but it has gone down from 1,675.
A meeting with the GYN oncologist
surgeon today went very well too! She was very pleased with the progress of the
chemotherapy. She says this is a good time for surgery ("debulking") and it
seems that it will be less invasive than originally thought!! The surgery will
be Tuesday June 5th. It will be an open surgery with a vertical
incision about 5-6". The uterus, the cervix, the ovaries and maybe the spleen
will be removed. It looks like the bowel may be able to stay intact but she
won't know until she goes in. Originally we were looking at removal of a large
percentage if not all of the bowel, so this is great news to us!! The small lump
under the right arm is still questionable so the surgeon is having the scans
reviewed again to see if surgery in that area is necessary. If it is, then she
will have a surgeon on hand who specializes in that area. The surgeon will also
confer with the oncologist to see about installing a port directly into the
peritonea so when chemo resumes it will go directly into the
abdomen.
Deb will be at St. Mark's in
Salt Lake City
After recovering from surgery (about
4-6 weeks) chemotherapy will resume. We don't know how many treatments so we
will need helpers during that time too. Such a long ordeal!! Again we are
praising God for such wonderful news.
We appreciate you all so very much
for keeping us in your prayers. So many words of encouragement and prayers have
helped us through dark times. We rest in joy and peace because we are confident
that our Lord is in control … we pray that His will be done through our lives
and this terrible disease!!
Love and
blessings,
Tim, Deb and
David
