It's late in a long day. I'll fill in the details later but wanted to get the news out now. While we all hoped for the best, we steeled ourselves for the worst, and today brought something in between, a compromise of sorts.
Andy's CT scans indicated that his cancer is stable, which is good news for us. The cancer is being held in check by the targeted therapeutic (Tarceva) and the chemo (Alimta). Its not shrinking, but its also not growing overall. Ideally we want to get to a treatment where the cancer is shrinking. The compromise is that its good that its stable - this buys more time and possibilities.
Today we added another chemotherapeutic agent to his treatment - Carboplatin, which was one of the two chemo "ingredients" in the original treatment cocktail in early Spring. The Drs are hoping that the combination of Tarceva, Alimta and Carboplatin will start shrinking the tumors and prevent new lesions. Andy's tissue samples are being processed for additional biomarker analysis, in the hopes that he qualifies for clinical trials that are expected to begin in the near term.
All in all a good day. Andy had his infusions after the tests and meeting with Dr Janne, and then we headed home to rest, have some dinner and spend time with little Nicholas.
Thank you to everyone who reached out, prayed and sent good vibes and thoughts - we take every day with thanks and hope for another good day.
Tim
This makes me happy but not happy enough. That bastard needs to shrink like a....um nevermind the analogy but it needs to get smaller stat.
ReplyDeleteLee ;)
A "small" but highly positively charged bit of news that is a HUGE encouragement to greater persistence in prayer!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the post. We will continue to pray for Andy and your family. Love you guys!
ReplyDeleteAwesome news Team Andy!
ReplyDeleteI never stop thinking about you bro, and I will send my thoughts and hope for whatever victory each day brings.
You are missed, loved and cared about immensely here in Cali.
Love you bro!
Dauv
Great news! Now we need to get that SOB to shrink! All my love for you :)
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