March 17, 2009
MRI Next Week!
Dear Friends & Family,
I know it’s been ages since I wrote last - sorry about that! We haven’t had anything noteworthy to report though, so you haven’t missed anything. I guess we’ve been operating under the “no news is good news” rule.
Evan has continued receiving chemo treatments every other week, with the usual crummy side-effects. Unfortunately, the nausea has been hitting him harder and faster these days. He starts feeling sick as soon as they start the I.V. now, and he rarely makes it through the treatment without getting sick. It was a little better when he could at least make it home before it got really bad, but those days are over.
Evan has one more chemo treatment tomorrow (Wednesday), before his MRI which is scheduled for next Monday (March 23rd). Unless Dr. Choucair voices strong objections on Monday, we’ve decided it’s time for a break. Depending on what the doctor recommends, we are planning to either stop treatment for a few months or, at the very least, move to some type of once-a-month maintenance chemo.
Hopefully, all the chemo Evan has received up to this point will have been enough to put the tumor into a dormant stage and keep it there. Our biggest hope is that Evan will be able to live with little or no chemo, and that the tumor will not start growing again for a very long time!
We are so grateful for all your prayers and support. We can never adequately express how much your love and friendship means to us. We feel so blessed! Thanks again, and we’ll let you know how things go next week.
Love,
Margot
