June 18, 2008

June 2008 Update


Hi Everyone,

Sorry I haven’t written in a while. The last two months have been relatively uneventful, so I haven’t had much to report.

Evan has continued to receive chemotherapy treatments every other week, and he hasn’t had any major complications since I wrote last. But with each additional treatment, it seems to take him a little bit longer to recover. In the beginning he would start feeling better within 3 or 4 days. Now, it takes a good 8 to 10 days before he feels like doing much again. Basically, he starts to feel better just in time for the next treatment. After 10 months of chemo, the cumulative effect is definitely taking its toll.

On the bright side Evan looks great! The visible signs of his early treatment have faded a lot over the past few months. His hair has grown back and a lot of the swelling in his face and upper body has gone down. He looks much more like himself these days. Now, if only he could feel as good as he looks!

Evan’s next MRI is scheduled for this coming Monday, June 23rd, at 11:30 am. We’re hoping the news will be good enough for the doctors to start talking about giving him a break from treatment sometime soon. The man from Colorado, whose treatment I’ve been following online, was able to stop chemotherapy after he had 3 good MRI’s in a row, showing no new tumor growth. He’s been off treatment for 8 months now, with no signs of new growth. We are desperately hoping for similar success.

Our family has planned a special fast for Evan this Sunday, before the MRI. If anyone else would like to join us we would be so grateful. We appreciate all your prayers and support so much! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!

Love,
Margot