Status Updates

Tim has been more tired this round. He wants so badly not to be but, alas, his body just won’t let him do too much. This is very normal. The doctor said each round will be a little bit worse as his body is not able to recover as much each time. He did need…

We just received the news that Tim’s biopsy shows no signs of the mutation NPM1 ! See what this means below: What NPM1-negative MRD means in plain terms: The most sensitive molecular test available looked for traces of his specific leukemia at a level far below what any standard test can detect — and found…

Tim was released from the hospital early this afternoon. Still don’t have a good idea of why he passed out. They wanted him to have a heart monitor at home but insurance wouldn’t cover it, so we will just be extra vigilant. He is still more tired than usual. He does have an appointment with…

This morning while getting labs, Tim passed out. It was very brief and the really don’t know why. He was having some PCV (Premature Ventricular Contractions). These are actually rather common and can happen to anyone. Chemo patients do tend to have more episodes of them also. The ER doctor, out of an abundance of…

Tim got home last night about 10:15 from his 2nd round of maintenance chemo. The week went well and he feels pretty good but has been more tired than usual today. While he is doing well, there has been quite a bit going on that brings reality into check. This week, Cassie took a walk.…

Tim started his 2nd round of maintenance chemo yesterday and so far things have been going well. Yesterday he spent most of the day relaxing and resting from the weekend. He has access to watching the World Cup soccer matches while in the hospital and has been taking full advantage of that. Today he did…

It has been awhile since we last posted. Tim has been doing quite well. Has been feeling good, his blood counts have come back like they should and in general, has been boring. We needed a little of that in our lives!! He had a great Father’s Day weekend. We had many of the kids…

Tim has been feeling good despite his blood counts dropping following chemo. He did have to have platelets yesterday, but that is all he has had to have (so far) this time around. We are praising God that things have been going much smoother this time. Tim had an appointment in Iowa City today with…

Tim had a phone appointment with his oncologist in Iowa City today. She told him that now that all the information is back from the last biopsy she still believes he is in the favorable category. She also believes that his cancer can be treated/cured with just the chemo. (There are still 3 more rounds.)…

Today was Tim’s 5th & 6th rounds of chemo for this time. He has felt quite good this whole week and was able to leave the hospital tonight about 9:00 p.m. His white blood count had dropped by about half this morning (to be expected) and will drop more this next week (and possibly longer)…