A Quart Low

Yesterday was see the oncologist day. We saw Dr. Anwar, he was very nice and stressed quality of life for Mike. He prescribed the Fentanayl patch, nausea pills, and a liquid appetite enhancer. He talked about chemo and said we could stop at any time. Mike decided to go for it. The Center gave us 15lbs. of material to read and a month of appointments. The journey of chemo begins.

Today I took him to the infusion center and they gave him anti-nausia meds and a quart of "oil" well you know what I mean. He was, as we suspected a quart low and needed some hydration. His port-a-cath placement will be on the 12th of Oct. Chemo will begin the 19th, he will have chemo 1 a week for 3 weeks and then a week off. We will see how he tolerates it. The chemo is Gemcidabine which is the best one for pancreatic cancer. We met a man and his wife at the infusion center today and the husband had pancreatic cancer and had his spleen, duodenum, pancreas and half his stomach removed. He is on chemo and radiation. It has been 2 1/2 years since he was diagnosed and says he is doing well.

Dr. Anwar is going to have some more slides done from the biopsies to determine whether the cancer has metastasized from the pancreas to the bowel or bowel to the pancreas. It was our understanding that it was from the pancreas to the bowel but maybe we were dreaming. The last few weeks have been a blur for both of us.

Marrit is coming up but will be spending this weekend with the Rosenlofs. They have a baptism and a Christmas party in Orem. Then she will come to spend some time with us after the weekend. Michelle came today while we were at the Infusion Center and picked the tomato's and some flowers. She vacuumed and dusted, bless you Michelle and thanks! I have a few house cleaning details to do. It will get done sometime. It has turned cold and there is snow on the mountains and foothills. It feels like it might freeze tonight. I am not ready for winter. The summer and fall have been so nice.

Grandchildren Update

My grandkids are all busy with school, Kyler is in Success Academy and on the H.S. golf team. Kody is busy with the cello and getting good grades. Kamree got her braces off and is getting new glasses. She has started playing the violin and is taking a new kind of piano lessons. Very interesting, I went with her to one lesson, I wish I could take them with her. Nate is in Middle School and playing soccer. He is loving it. He has started playing the oboe. Jaymie is busy with Taikwando and school. Greyson went elk hunting with us and we sure enjoyed being with him. He is playing basketball and taking advanced classes. Reagan is still swimming, we would sure like to see her more often. Parker is going to pre-school and playing soccer. He is learning so much from school. Brooklynn is in kindergym. I sure wish I could see her. Marrit says she is good for about 20 minutes and then she wants to do her own thing. She can hop like a frog and a bunny. She calls a computer a "pooder" and Angry Birds "Smash the Birds."

We sure love our grandkids they are the light of our lives. They are the most important thing in our lives and we want to see everything they do. We hope to make it to recitals, games and whatever else they are involved in.

The love of my life is feeling better today than he has in a few months. It's good to see him doing well.

Love to all.. Mom