Monday, April 27th, 2009 12:00 pm

We visited with the Dr. today. CEA level continues to get lower every time we come. It was 130 in Jan and today it was down to 29. However, he has lost 6 lbs in 2 weeks. He weighs 138 lbs which is the weight he was when we got here in Januaray. The Doc believes that is from the antibiotic he is on for his sinus infection (causes diarreha sp????). He has not been eating much because of these problems. The Doc did an Xray on his right hip because it has been hurting for about 3 weeks now. He believes it is bursitus (sp????????) but he is overly cautious with Buel because of all his problems and checks out everything. We saw the Wound Care Nurse today for his face rash which is caused by the chemo. She gave him cremes, lotions, etc. to help. All of which have lots of moisturizers in them. We are now waiting on him to have chemo at 1 pm. His next visit will be May 10th at 11:45 am for CT scans of abdomen, chest, etc. and then chemo on May 11th. Thanks for all of your thoughts and prayers. Tommie

Sunday, April 26th 2009

We made it to the Treatment Center around 4:15. We had dinner at the cafeteria (we shared a plate). Buel hasn't been eating well nor feeling well this week. We will address the issues with the Dr. in the morning. His appt. is 9:30 and chemo is at 1 pm which means we will get home late. He will weigh in the morning but I believe he has lost weight this week because he has not been eating well. Just wanted everyone to know that we are here and will write more tomorrow after our visit with the Dr. Thanks for all the prayers. Tommie

Thursday, April 23

Just wanted to report that my sinus surgery went well and my report came back good and I'm back to grooming dogs as usual. Buel has had a fairly good week. He went to Church Sunday but could not last through Sunday School. We are due back at Tulsa Sunday the 26th at 4 pm for blood work. He has a Dr. appt Monday the 27th at 9:30 and chemo at 1. That will make his 6th treatment of Erbitux. We will get home late on Monday night. The next treatment will be May 11th. We are due at Tulsa on Sunday, the 10th, at 11:45 for several scans and then Monday the 11th to see the Dr. at 8 and get chemo at 10:30. We are planning to leave from Tulsa on the 11th and head up to Indiana for vacation to visit some friend of ours. Thanks for all your prayers because we truly believe that all those prayers has helped. The Dr. told us that he was dying in Jan and his goal is to get him a couple more years. We hope that is God's plan.

Monday, April 13th 11:45 am

We visited with the Dr. this morning. His CEA level continues to improve. It was 130 in Jan and 31 today! Praise the Lord! He is taking his treatment now and we will probably be able to leave here today around 3 to come home. His next visit is May 10th and 11th and they will do scans, CT chest and abdomen, scan of brain/head to see where we stand. He said as long as the CEA levels were doing what they were that means the tumor size has been cut in half twice. He is sleeping and I'm going to eat lunch and get medicines for the upcoming weeks. Thanks for reading this blog and caring about us and our journey. God is good!

Easter Sunday

We arrived in Tulsa shortly after 3 pm. The roads were wet pretty much all the way. His first Dr. appt is at 8:30 Monday morning and chemo to follow. Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter Sunday and we missed everyone at Church this morning. God bless.