John finished two rounds of his treatment and had some back pain. So he callled his doctors and got the ball rolling on getting scans scheduled. He had scans and found out on May 9th that the cancer in his spine had continued to grow despite the chemo. So we loaded the kids in the car Thursday morning and went to Yellowstone. John's parents and two siblings came along with us and we all had a blast. We hiked Craters of the Moon, hiked Yellowstone, and canoed and 4-wheeled Island Park.
Monday the 23rd, we had an awesome neighbor come to our house super early so we could get to Huntsman at 7 am. John had a quick surgery (it only took 1 hr from wheeling him out of pre-surgery and wheeling him back in). The surgery was to put a port back in his heart. After surgery he went to the infusion center and started his newest chemo plan. The new plan is a short burst of mesna, then 30 mins of cyclofosmide, and 30 mins of topotecan. This is every day for five days, then two weeks off. After he does this twice, we will scan again. If its working we will do this another 3 times and scan again.
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