Next Round of Chemo!

Carl has had a few weeks off from the chemo and has started to feel better. The two of us went on a vacation to South Carolina and that seemed to be just what Carl needed to pull him out of his slump. While on vacation he went for walks on the beach, bike rides, swims, hot tub dips and he even played some golf!

While on vacation one of our nurse’s called to let us know that Carl’s latest bone marrow biopsy came back negative for new growth :) Translation...Carl is still Cancer Free and will be moving onto the next round of chemo.

Now, we do not have a lot of information about what this round will be or the day to day break out of it we do know some things.

Carl is going to be going on an 80 day cycle, that is pre-maintenance ... this is an extra step that is involved because of his age and the additional risk factors.  During this stage he will have some chemo in-patient at Bronson. Others will be out-patient. When we were on vacation he was able to get his picc line removed, so he will need to get a new one put in, soon.

Today we were at the Doctors, and this round of chemo is going to start next week. On Tuesday Carl will be admitted to the hospital, at least until Friday, maybe longer...depending on how Carl is reacting to the medicine, and how long it will be until he is able to get it out of his body.

Great news for Carl is that he has one more week without the picc line in that he will be able to enjoy with no drugs and no other factors.

On a another note, Carl and I have been talking about a way to make sure that we are able to blog on a more regular basis, for those of you following that we do not see as often. We have most of our doctor appointments on Tuesdays, so we are going to update the blog on Tuesdays after our doctor appointments so that we have information to update everyone on. :D