Happy New Year to AllDonnie ended up leaving on Monday afternoon for Houston and had his first round of this new chemo yesterday. He got home around 7 last night.
He is feeling ok so far. Only time will tell.
I hope everyone has a Happy and Safe New Year.
Be thankful for another year of blessings.
Keep praying
love to all
Robin

update

I hope that everyone had a good Christmas. Ours was very nice. We made so many wonderful memories as a family. Although most people are happy the holidays are over, I as sad once the holiday passes. It is a time of family and togetherness that is different than any other time of year.

Donnie is feeling ok. He isn’t going to Houston today as we originally had thought. When we went to the dr we asked if he could start his new chemo on the 29th instead of the 23rd so he wouldn’t be sick for Christmas. Dr. said that was fine. He said to call and get the appointment time. Donnie started calling on Monday the 22nd. After calling for 2 days they finally called back on Christmas Eve and told us that he had missed his appointment, that it was on the 23rd. That is so frustrating to us. He delayed it a week for Christmas and now, no telling how much longer it will be delayed again. He had to wait until this morning to call to reschedule because the dr has to rewrite the order for chemo. Hopefully, they will call back soon and let us know something and hopefully it will be this week.

Keep praying

Love to all
Robin

update

I hope that everyone had a good Christmas. Ours was very nice. We made so many wonderful memories as a family. Although most people are happy the holidays are over, I as sad once the holiday passes. It is a time of family and togetherness that is different than any other time of year.

Donnie is feeling ok. He isn’t going to Houston today as we originally had thought. When we went to the dr we asked if he could start his new chemo on the 29th instead of the 23rd so he wouldn’t be sick for Christmas. Dr. said that was fine. He said to call and get the appointment time. Donnie started calling on Monday the 22nd. After calling for 2 days they finally called back on Christmas Eve and told us that he had missed his appointment, that it was on the 23rd. That is so frustrating to us. He delayed it a week for Christmas and now, no telling how much longer it will be delayed again. He had to wait until this morning to call to reschedule because the dr has to rewrite the order for chemo. Hopefully, they will call back soon and let us know something and hopefully it will be this week.

Keep praying

Love to all
Robin

I wish I could wake up and this was all a bad dream

Well it again was a long 2 days in Houston. Donnie had his scans on Monday and Tuesday we got results. It was not the results that we wanted to hear. The tumor itself is stable but he has lymph nodes that have grown significantly. They are changing his chemo as they feel that the chemo he is on isn’t working anymore. He will start the Monday after Christmas. He did not want to start it next Monday because he did not want to be sick for Christmas. This is a stronger chemo with harsher side effects. He isn’t looking forward to it. But he will not have to come home with a pump anymore. He will have a 3 hour treatment at the hospital in Houston every 2 weeks. He will lose his hair again (he’s definitely not crazy about that) but that is mimor.
Plus, the scan showed that he has more blood clots. He has migrating phlebitis. It causes the blood clots to show up in different locations. It is common in patients who have gastric cancers. The bad news is that he has blood clots in his lungs (pulmonary embolism) . He will be on blood thinning shots twice a day indefinitely.
I don’t even know what else to say. My heart is breaking.
Please keep praying
Love to All
Robin

update

Donnie went back to the dr on Thursday. Seems the shots weren’t helping things as much as they should. He was put back on 2 different antibiotics. Seems to be doing a bit better now.
He has gone to Houston for chemo tomorrow . We will go back next week for his scans and results. I am almost positive that he will have to go back the following week (the week of Christmas) for his next chemo.

Well not much else to report
Keep praying
Love to all
Robin

Donnie update

Well Donnie went to the Dr on Monday and it wasn't good. He has blood clots in his left arm this time and his right leg. So back to the shots again. He doesn't like those but it is a neccessary evil. The dr told him that this is something he will have to contend with more often now.
Donnie said that he guesses that he is just going down hill now. I hate to hear him say that.
He said his leg doesn't hurt as bad as his arm though.
Say prayers that the shots will start working soon and give him some relief.

Love to all
Keep praying.
Robin