April 9, 2013 Results....

First of all I have to say Happy Birthday to our son Chase! We love him so much and have been so blessed to have him be a part of our family!

Second....Results I am so thankful for all the many prayers that have been said on behalf of my sweet husband, they are working!!!! Dr. Agarwal was very pleased as he walked into the room this afternoon to give Ron the results that was so nice to see his big smile!!

There are lots of medical terms that I could write but I don't even understand them all, so I will give you the update in "Lori terms" haha so here it is.  Findings are basically his liver, gallbladder, kidney are all stable, which means that the cancer that is there has not grown in fact the one on the kidney is now even smaller than before! They did find a development of a 5mm lesion on his Adrenal gland but they think it was probably there before and they missed it on the previous scans.  Spleen is normal size, the previously seen lesion is not seen on the current exam!! Node that was not appreciated on the previous exam now measures 15mm. (this one is not so good). But over all it was a much better report than last one! And as for his lungs no new or enlarging lung metastases. And they are slightly smaller!!! And lastly his immune system is working! It is fighting off the cancer with the help of the IL2 which boosts that system and so its doing what Ron would say FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT!!

So where do we go from here? Why more IL2 of course!!!!! He will go back on Thursday for his monthly dose of Zomada which is his infusion to help strengthen, and protect his bones, and then Monday April 15th (tax day for those of you who haven't got yours done yet) he will enter the Huntsman Hospital for another fun filled week of IL2!

We truly feel the Lords hand in all that is taking place for Ron! How very blessed we are! He still has a looooooooooong road ahead of him that is for sure we are only half way through this treatment, but we know with faith and all the prayers that are going out on his behalf the Lord will continue to watch over Ron and all that is taking place!

 This is a picture of Ron he's talking to the man in the wheelchair who when Ron went in for his radiation on his brain, this man was also having radiation done! Ron was struggling a bit and this man was so kind and gave Ron the encouragement he needed to get through his own radiation.  Ron is just telling him Thanks!! They are standing outside the "Circle of Hope" a very fitting name!

So we will gear up this weekend, get the house in order and get ready for a long 3 weeks.  But you all know my husband he can do it! He's a fighter and will never give up! I love him so much!!! At the end of the month we will be celebrating our 30th wedding anniversary.  We will be going back to the hospital to do it but we will be doing it together! 

FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT