Quick Test Update...

Thank you all so much for the love and prayers... they are so felt and appreciated.

Just a quick update on this week so far...

Monday's CT appointment took MUCH longer than we had anticipated for a couple of reasons:

1 - We had a receptionist who had a cancer-diagnosed friend, and the receptionist was very interested in details of Rob's cancer journey... we couldn't get away from the conversation, but she must have needed to talk.  So we did, and it put the whole day way behind.  Oh well.  And...

2 - The doctors there were questioning the CT scan since Rob was just radiated a few weeks back with a different type of CT (where they found the cancer had returned), so they put in a call the the oncologist to see if it was all necessary.  I knew she would say yes, and she did.  But Rob was happy that the Beaumont staff was looking out for him.  :)

Today we left the apartment at 6am, and they had him all set up, IV-ed, and were wheeling him into the biopsy at 8am.  He was in recovery around 9:30a, and had to stay flat on his back until just after noon, when they let him leave.  We tried sneaking out without the whole "wheelchair exit," which Rob REALLY hates, but they caught us in the hallway and made him comply.  He was mumbling under his breath the whole way.

He was in a lot of pain as the meds wore off in the recovery area, and slept most of the day once we got home.  We did stop on the way home to vote... had to do our civic duty!!!  But he could barely walk, and it hurt him to do it, but it mattered to him, so we did it.  He is still hurting tonight, and can only take Tylenol for 2 days, then can go back to ibuprofen, which will work better.  The techs told us they got some good samples from the mass, although pre-biopsy they told us there was a possibility what they gather wouldn't be what they needed and we may have to repeat the biopsy.  Arrgh.  Rob already said "no" to that one. :)

Once I saw him in recovery, I asked him how he was doing, and if he was awake for the whole thing.  He said he was awake the whole time, but then he added, "wait... I may have dozed off, because I am having a lot of thoughts about being in the old west with a bunch of kids running around in a saloon..."  LOL!  Yeah, I think he was out for a bit!!! :)

I told Rob I wanted to get a pic of him pre-biopsy to email to his sis, as she is not here in Michigan, but is walking the journey by our sides nonetheless.  He told me to wait and take it after, so he would look really bad!  Brothers!!!  Sheesh!  LOL!  

Needless to say, I took it BEFORE.  :)

The results will be back in before our visit to the oncologist next Tuesday, where we will finally have some concrete plans worked out, or in motion, for the coming days.  We may try moving hospitals for the chemo treatments, should Rob choose that route, to be closer to home.  If that involves changing oncologists, we may have to do that.  We'll see... but I am already doing the research.  I want us to be prepared when we all sit down to make decisions.

Again, thank you for the prayers today...  I am sure Rob felt them, and I know I did.  

We love and appreciate you all so very much.  
Thank you for blessing us so...


In Love and In Peace,

Cheri  ♥