The appointment today lasted over 2 hours. When we got there Dr. Schertz still had not heard back from Indiana University. Josh still can’t get the nausea under control so we spend about 15-20 minutes going over a different “cocktail”. After that we discussed some concerns Josh had over his lung and feeling that it …
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Out of the hospital… again
Josh had a CT done on Saturday to rule out a bowel obstruction. To save his body and time they went ahead and scaned his chest, abdomen, and pelvis for the bowel obstruction and to see if the cancer was gone. There was no bowel obstruction, they don’t know what is making his stomach hurt …
Round 4 / day 2
Today went okay. Josh’s is mildly anemic so he got an Aranesp shot. Since Josh is such a baby about needles he was complaining about another needle so the nurse who was new (she just moved here from VA Beach) talked to a few people and got them it okay it going into his port. …
Round 4 chemo begins ; Bleomycin ends
Josh had his doctor visit today along with day 1 of round 4 chemo. The doctor didn’t really give us any new information. After this round of chemo we have a 6 week break then we would do repeat CT’s/MRI’s to see if the cancer is gone. Dr. Schertz did say that removing Bleomycin from …
The Dr. called
Its never good when your doctor calls you on the weekend. Dr. Schertz, the oncologist, called yesterday morning to discuss the results from the pulmonary function test that Josh had last week. We knew the results and that they were bad but he hadn’t had time to review them. He said that he didn’t feel …
Update
It has been a while since I updated but everything is going quite well. Josh finished up his last treatment of round 3 this past Tuesday. So now all he has left is 1 more round of treatment!! Monday Josh had a PFT (pulmonary function test) to see how his lungs are functioning. We knew …
Chemo: Round 3 / Day 1
Today started round 3 chemo. Today was a good day which is great since of course it is now time for him to feel bad again. Josh is really nervous about this round since its the first full round being done outpatient but today went okay. His new craving is sour cream and onion chips …
5 year anniversary
Yesterday was Josh & I’s 5 year wedding anniversary. Before he got sick I had planned on us going away for the weekend. He has still been really sick from the chemo so we stayed in all day. Today he seems to be a little better just in time for his next chemo round tomorrow …
Good news & bad news
Josh was transferred to RMH today. It was quite a battle. He was opposed to being transferred but I demanded it. I love FMH and Dr. Barrett BUT he is 28 with stage 3 cancer, we don’t see that at FMH. He is very serious. If he has any chance of healing from this he …
Chemo: Round 2 / Day 5
So round 2 of chemo is done, halfway through! Josh wasn’t able to keep any food down today so the doctor decided to keep him at the hospital until they get the nausea under control. So far he has added one more med for the nausea, Emend which is like the Zofran in terms of …