Status Updates

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)…

Today is rounds 3 & 4 of this 2nd round of chemo. Tim is still feeling quite well. A little more tired but that is expected. He has actually been a bit bored in the hospital and so far today he has walked over 4 miles (in the air conditioning) to keep himself busy. They…

Tim started the next round of chemo today. He was very happy to see several of the nurses again! He enjoyed walking the halls (in the air conditioning) and then enjoyed sitting outside when he got a little chilly. 😁 After the first treatment, he is feeling well, and hopefully it will remain that way.…

We had a good weekend celebrating our granddaughter’s 3rd birthday, celebrating with a niece at her wedding, and celebrating with Cassie’s family for her mom’s 85th birthday. With Tim’s immune system doing much better now, it made celebrating with everyone all the better. Tomorrow Tim will start the next round of chemo. He will not…

After talking to the Iowa City oncologist, it sounds like the plan will be to wait for the next biopsy test results. That biopsy will occur 28 days after this next round of chemo which starts Tuesday the 26th. If everything goes as planned, I should be out of the hospital on Sunday the 31st.…

Most of you know we traveled to Iowa City today to see an oncologist there. She gave us quite a bit of information. The biggest piece of information she gave us is that Tim may not need a bone marrow transplant. She thinks he can beat this cancer with 4 more rounds of chemo. That…