Update from earlier...keep praying!!!! We got wonderful news this morning with our labwork/checkup! I first want to explain to those that didnt see Cole before all the treatments started. Before any chemo, you could visibly see the tumor protruding just below Coles ribcage, on his right side, when he was standing or laying. This morning, when the doctor examined Coles liver, he had to poke pretty deep just to feel the edge of what might be the tumor. It has shrunk THAT MUCH!!! I also want to explain that since this is such a rare cancer, there is no standard protocol which means most everything they are doing is experimental and based off of the success of the few previous success trials. His ANC counts were 3900 this morning (which is great!) but they do expect that they will drop drastically in the next few days (because thats how the chemo usually works). For this reason, they recommend we stay fairly close to St. Jude this week. My parents will be coming to stay until Thursday so Kyle can come home and work a few days. Thursday we will proceed with the next dose of chemo, but it will only be the Cisplatin by itself. We are super excited about this mornings news! God is working, so please dont stop praying!!
Posted on: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 03:58:32 +0000