What a crazy day! I have had such a different span of emotions today.
I woke up at 4:20 am to head to the church. Our teens are on a weekend trip to San Diego. Since Caleb was starting chemo and getting it all weekend, I obviously stayed home. But, I went to help Andy, Joni and the other leaders get everyone registered and on their way. We love Elevate and was sad that we were not able to attend this year. It is one of our families favorite trips!
Then, at 11 am, we got our amazing news...full remission. There is nothing else that would have been better! Caleb's cancer is gone! The doctors has told us that the news would be good...but remission wasn't something that really entered into our minds. What an amazing thing to hear and experience! We would have been blessed either way...once again, God's blessing happens in the midst of it all. But, we are overwhelmed and excited beyond belief!
After that, we heard that Cooper didn't have such a good day. His counts are super low and his treatment is going to run a lot longer. We hurt for our new friends. They are super happy for and with us for Caleb. So, we are learning what it means to celebrate a victory and hurt for friends at the same time. I wish I could say it was easy, but it is quite difficult. So, please, please, please do two things for us tonight (or today, whenever you read it)...sing a song of thanksgiving for our family and continue to offer up prayers for the Gokee family.
This is what is on tap for us as a family from this point forward...Caleb will continue on his treatment plan. He is literally getting ready to start his 3rd round of treatment as I type this. He is taking his last pre-med right now and then we start a few minutes later. Caleb will be in the hospital till Thursday morning sometime getting chemo every day...sometimes all day. After that, we will go home for a couple of weeks. There will still be some highs and lows as we journey through the rest of the treatment. Although his scans show no cancer, Dr. Rosen said that there could be little hints that do not show up on the scans. So, we will still have the last two treatments to treat and make sure every cell that looks, smells, or has a hint of cancer is killed and destroyed.
We will start the 4th cycle on June 14th. It will be identical to the current cycle. After that is over, he will have one more final scan...including a bone marrow draw and scan as well. If all of that still comes back as negative, which at this point there is no reason to believe it shouldn't, we will take the port out and we are done.
From that point, we will have check up CT scans every 3 months for awhile. I asked how long and the doctor said a long time. So, I am not sure what that means, but it really doesn't matter. Caleb is cancer free and we are celebrating!
So, it has been a long day but a good day! We ask for continued prayers as we still have a journey left over the next month.
We will keep you posted throughout the week so that you know how to pray and how Caleb is doing.
Grace and Peace
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