My apologies for such a delay from my last email update. Unfortunately I have developed a pretty painful case of esophogitis over the last 2 weeks. The esophogitisis led to some pretty wicked nausea --- can’t keep anything down --- dehydration – you get the picture. On Sunday, 10/2, I ended up in the UNC ER for 3 liters of fluids, anti-nausea meds and morphine. Whew! Monday morning rolled around and it was time to go in for another chemo infusion and extra fluids. We skipped fluids on Tuesday, but had them on Wed – Fri of this week. They seem to be helping, although slowly. What a long week!
Even with all the trauma of this week, we still see God’ provision at so many turns. My veins are still holding strong (THAT is a miracle!); and only 1 more day of chemo infusion, 7 more days of radiation, and 6 more days of chemo pill. We have come a long way from where we started on Aug 25.
We so appreciate your prayers and unwavering support in getting us here. Where would we be without you? We thank God so much for the gift of you and your dedication to us.
On a sad note – we said good bye to our long term friend Macy on the evening of Macy 10. She was a good and loyal companion for nearly 14 years. I have often said we should all live as well as Macy! The timing is never good on these things, this time particularly so since it followed a long day of treatment at UNC. But we knew it was time and Macy is all the better for it.
Please continue to keep us in your prayers over these next 2 weeks. We’re close, and we’re ready!! We promise to stay in better touch. We’ve got better drugs now – and strict instruction to use them! Take care--- we love you.
KSN and family