Thursday, October 14, 2010

Update!!!

So i really need to be better at updating....... Quite a bit has happend since last time... Thomas got a feeding tube put into his stomach, it has really helped him! His weight has finally leveled off and he isnt loosing anymore. Thomas has had 3 rounds of chemo.. after round #2 the drs did a CT scan of the chest to see if his tumors were shrinking. The dr came in the room and said "Unfortunatly there not shrinking" So the chemo wasnt working, which wasnt a huge suprise to us cause we were kinda expecting that.. So we asked what plan B is, he said that he wants to try a newer form of chemo, its been around for about 6 years, he said he would get those chemo treatments once a week for 3 hours each time. So they sent us over to the infusion room to wait to get hooked up to the new chemo... they were just about to get started when the Dr came RUNNING into the room!!!! He said "Thomas, i have some good news" We were anxious to hear what he had to say, he told us that the radiologists compared his scnas wrong and that the chemo WAS acutually shrinking the tumors a tiny bit, even a tiny bit is a progress!!!!! So he said he wanted to stick with the origional chemo and try that for two more rounds and then do another scan. So they admitted him up to the 4th floor and he was there for 5 days getting chemo! He handles chemo pretty good. He doesnt get nauseated much, thank goodness!! Other than being tired he doesnt have any other side effects. We try and keep him out of the public for a week after chemo, his counts get really low and we dont want him to catch anything. The drs put him on antibiotics just as a precaution so that he doesnt get sick. Well on Monday (Oct. 11) He went in for round # 4 of chemo and the drs noticed that the sore on his chin looked much worse, it has been draining alot more, so they looked at it really good and cauterized it.. when the dr was cauterizing it he saw some puss squirt up into his mouth.. so the drs were looking into his mouth to see why it would have done that and they found a pretty big hold in his gums!!! So thats why his chin keeps getting infected!!!! The dr did NOT want to start chemo since he had an infection. So instead they admitted him to the hospital and placed him on strong IV antibiotics and told us that they will not start chemo again until the infection is cleared up! Thomas was in the hospital for 3 days, and then they sent him home with the IV antibiotics, he will have to be on the antibiotics for 2 weeks, and then the drs will look and see if the infection looks good enough to start chemo again. We really hope the infection clears up soon!!
Also, some exciting news, Thomas is working with an organization called "Anything for a friend" They are going to do a Fundraiser event for Thomas on December 11th! The organization has been very sucessful!!! They have helped 4 people so far this year and have raised over 100,000!!! Check out their website at www.anythingforafriend.com Hope we will see you all at his event!!! I will update again soon!!

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