Christmas Holiday has been wonderful. We have been able to spend time with all our children, and grandchildren. Ron was able to sit on Santa's lap!! So cute!
Lauren and Logan took the girls Ice Skating!!!
Chase and Kaylee seeing the Lights
Daddy Daughter Date/shopping trip
Grace got an easy bake oven
Emma got a sewing machine
Ron tried to relax!
Grace Loves Logan and is very delighted to be with him:) He is a great Uncle!!
The Girls are showing what it is all about LOVE!!!!
It was a wonderful holiday and we truly have much to be thankful for. So today is another day!
We got up this morning with plans to go to meet with the doctor about the radiation for the tumors that have grown, and find out what can be done for them. As we were about the leave we got a call from Dr. Agerwal's office telling us that his labs were not all good and they wanted him to stop by their office to do some test before he went in for his other appointment. When we got there we found out that his Erythropoietin count was high, how high you ask? Normal is 4-27 Ron's was 162 yep that is pretty high. His Hemoglobin has also been steadily rising the last few labs he has had done. So they wanted him to go to the infusion room and not give him more blood, but take blood out. It seems that his blood is getting too thick and they are afraid of possible blood clots.
So we first went to the radiation doc. His lymph nod under his arm is getting much larger, as I have said and so they do want to radiate it. The other tumors are still small enough that they just want to wait and watch them and pray that they don't grow any more. He will be going in for more mapping for the lymph nod on Thursday and then the following week he will begin radiation on that. This is a every day procedure for 3 weeks. Can we say YUCK!!! But we will do what we have to.
Then it was up to the infusion room to have blood taken and fluids put in. This was I thought going to be an easy thing to be done. Boy was I wrong! They first of all could not get a vein! They took 3 times to finally get the first IV started. When they had that done they have to do the blood draw from a different vein. That was when things really got difficult! They had a hard time finding a new vein to stick and when they finally got it to start giving blood Ron had an anxiety attack, as well as almost passed out on them in his chair, and then the vein quit giving blood. Needless to say they got 1/4 of the amount of blood that they wanted to get out, and Ron gets to go in again on Thursday to try and do it all over again. So all I can say is Prayers are welcome on his behalf. This for me has been one of the hardest days yet. And I know that it was very hard on Ron too. He is now sleeping soundly and I am so thankful for that!
So even though this has been a very trying day, we know that there will be better days to come! Elder Neal A. Maxwell said this, "Faith in God includes faith in His purposes as well as in His timing. We cannot fully accept Him while rejecting His schedule. We cannot worship Him but insist on our plans."
We truly know this to be true, and so we will stick to The Lords plan. But any prayers I'm sure will not go unnoticed. More later.
FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT
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