Stand-in Blogger

Kim and I got back late last night from Houston and spent most of our time touring Texas airports, so she hasn't had much time to let you know what's going on. Here's where I come in. Just the facts, the scripture revelations, I'll leave to her.

Generally, we got a very good report. The cancer is still localized in her shoulder, with no sign of spreading. The better news, for us, is that we're going to be able to take the first round of chemo here in Jonesboro. Kim is at the Surgery Center right now (around noon) having surgery to repair her port (it's not going the direction it needs to) so she can begin the treatments immediately, we think it will start next week.

The treatments will be every week for eight weeks. Then we'll go back to Houston for another round of scans to see what effect the chemo had on the cancer that is still there. Depending upon that-- surgery, radiation and possibly another follow-up chemo treatment will be on the horizon.

On a side note, apparently Kim's thyroid gland had stopped working at some point. The doctor said that in the patients MD Anderson has seen that have had this happen (not very often, only a very few), the response to chemo has been dramatically better and they're just now trying to figure out why. This, Kim declares, is a "God thing."

Thank you again for all of your prayers and concerns. We're seeing it at work in our lives daily.

Mark