May 19th Goal

We met with Dr. Wright yesterday before getting admitted for chemo.  The schedule she gave us for the next two rounds (and hopefully the last) will put John's "last" dose of chemo on May 19th.  That is also the day our baby turns one year old!  Doctor's orders are to not get a fever and stay on that schedule, so we will see how well John's body can follow orders.  On May 19th, we won't actually know if that is going to be the last dose or not, but we hope so!  Two to three weeks after that dose, John will have his scans to see if all the tumors are gone.  If the scans do not have any traces of cancer, then we are done with this cycle of chemo!  And for a while we will just have scans every three months.  Within 6 months, Dr. Wright hopes John's exhaustion is mostly gone.  Within a year, he should have a lot of his strength back.  Dr. Wright was pleased with John's weight.  He owes his weight stability to the feeding tube still; it has continued to be the best way for him to get his calories.  She wants him to keep gaining weight and then start slowly building strength back up.