Chugging Along
Like I said, we’ve got no time for cancer. Everything went well yesterday. The ultrasound showed no changes to his kidney or liver. Sigh of relief for that.
We are almost six months out from the end of treatment, if you can believe it. One quarter of the way there. There — that magic date of April 2012, when we can actually use sacred words like “cured” and “survivor,” words we’ve never before allowed ourselves to utter.
His lab results came back great too. I’d been expecting his hemoglobin to drop since it’s been at least six weeks since his last blood transfusion. Well, it has dropped but only slightly and, at this rate, he won’t require another transfusion until November or December. Not only is it nice not to have to dedicate an entire day to that tediously long procedure, but it means that his kidney is producing more red blood cells, or at least losing them less quickly. All in all, it’s very good news.
His kidney numbers all look good too, with his creatinine even lower than before. Seems like every month now, we hit a new low (which is really a new high!). We’ve become increasingly lenient with his diet lately and I’d been worried that his phosphorous might levels might have crept upwards. But no, they’re still in the normal range, which means, of course, that his kidney is processing out all that extra phosphorous (cheese, cheese and more cheese) on its own.
Ah, the little kidney that could. And could and could and could.
Great news all around Krissy! Yay Austin!!!
So glad to read the good news!
Great News!!!!!!!!!!!
Lot’s to celebrate this week!
Bravo!
Hello,
I fell onto your blog while looking for educational material for hospital nurses on Mediport. What an unusual story Austin has with his access. I’m an oncology nurse (adult) and I just has to say I admire your attitude with this wicked cancer. No matter how you slice it – cancer sucks! It’s a journey complete with a roller coaster you never wanted to ride. ~ Take care of you, your family and your rock star Austin!
God bless! Wonderful news!!!