Hello again. Mark is doing a little better today. Still not a lot of energy and he slept most of the day. He says it is difficult keeping his eyes open. He did get up this evening and made it out for Calen's basketball game and did okay for that. He is starting to feel a little better. He has a cold and cough (I probably gave it to him) which hasn't mixed well with the chemo. On top of that, he has had some stomach issues. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.
Dr. Heslin spoke with the surgeon at MD Anderson, but we don't know the outcome of that yet. We are waiting to hear from Dr. Heslin's office.
I received the official copy of the CT scan from Birmingham. The radiologist thought that one of the larger lymph nodes had shrunk some and the primary tumor and spot on the liver looked unchanged. We were thankful to hear that SOMETHING was smaller. Combining that news with a now normal CEA was definitely good news this week.
None of the peritoneal disease shows up on the CT scan and the only real way to assess it is to open Mark up and look in there with a laparoscope (which we don't plan on doing-at least not anytime soon). If Mark is a candidate for the surgery, they would go in and take all of the peritoneal disease out as well as the primary tumor in the colon and infuse heated chemotherapy into the abdomen.
Continue to pray for Mark's healing. We pray that we are lead in the right direction with Mark's care. Dr. Farmer has been a wonderful blessing as well and Dr. Heslin. We couldn't have asked for better care from the doctors we have. God bless!!
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