Happy Easter! We are enjoying Easter in Medicine Hat this year. As time goes by and families grow we have had to be flexible and creative. This year our family Easter meal was a brunch. Our nephew Chris and his family graciously offered their home for the family get together. We brought some wifesaver brunch casserole and Erika brought some fruit. Along with toast and juice we were well fed! The weather is beautiful - blue sky, sunshine and warm enough to not need socks! I love it! The deer in the picture was just outside Vanessa's patio door this morning. Maybe not unusual in the country, but a real treat in the middle of the city!
It has been a good news week. We met with Dr Ahmad and had some preliminary results from the CT scan - nothing of interest showing, it has basically stayed the same. Callum's blood work was very good, with the exception of those nasty liver enzymes. Two pretty much stayed the same and one was up again. Callum also still has some of the numbness and tingling in his hands and feet. So, no Oxaliplatin for at least 4 weeks. Dr. Ahmad still wants to go ahead with the 5-FU (Fluororacil) chemo and he increased the dose a bit while there is no Oxaliplatin. The neat part of it is that the 5 FU is that it can be pumped through the IV in about 20 minutes. This means that Callum is at the hospital for only about 1 hour on chemo day. The side effects have been minimal again so that has been really nice. We are hoping there is no more increase in the liver enzymes. While Callum will say he is nearly ready for a break from chemo he really wants to keep on with it as long so he can to be sure to keep those cancer cells at bay!
"Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don’t wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future. Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it’s at work or with your family." Earl Nightingale
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