5:00 PM Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Good news!  Dr. Menco saw the CT scan and it shows the lymph nodes are shrinking - the chemo is melting the cancer!  Thank goodness for some good news after the couple of rough weeks Ed has been through.  He also said he didn't see any obstructions in the intestines, so he's encouraging Ed to try to eat small amounts of soft food and see if his digestive system will begin to tolerate some food.  We went home and Ed ate a few tablespoons of scrambled eggs and said it tasted good.  That's a lot of progress for one day - thank goodness! 

As in all of life, there is no free lunch......so along with the good news came the immediate scheduling of the next round of chemo - Monday and Tuesday this next week - Rituxan on Monday and the Maxi-Chop package on Tuesday.  Both will be done outpatient in Dr. Menco's office if everything stays good over the weekend.  We'll have blood cultures done on Friday and Ed is scheduled to have the drainage tubes taken out of his chest on Friday as well.  He's still running some fevers, but hopefully the antibiotics will be effective at wiping out the bacteria that's the root of those issues.

Wanted to share the good news - your prayers and energy are finding their way to Ed for sure! Call him or call me if you want to come visit - the next few days will probably be a good time -- we expect that after the chemo there will be another period of low white counts and restricted visiting, so now's your chance.  We don't have anything planned for the weekend, so let us know if you're in the area.  We'll be home hopefully eating and cooking and eating and cooking and eating.......me doing the cooking and Ed doing the eating......as it should be!  Come celebrate the good news ..... I'll have snacks!