Time for an update!
My mom, Karen T, was finally able to depart the state of CT to go down south to sunny Florida as Ceil continues to get better. To state that her help is what got us through a tough time is the understatement of the year. We couldn't have accomplished what we did without her and I will be forever grateful. We'll see her soon as Ed and Kar come back before Turkey Day and stay until Santa comes but I believe beat him back to Florida (it's a little known fact that Santa, in fact, does not stay in the North Pole during the winter anymore. With the price of heating and the Elves unionizing to get Obama-care, he's resorted to the possibility of shutting down the biz)
Like I said, Ceil is getting better. I think it is definitely taking more time than we both imagined but at least the small steps are in the right direction. She finished up radiation therapy last week so that ends her daily trip to Farmington.
Since then, she has had another scan neck-down to verify no other tumors or lesions have developed which we are elated to let you know came back 100% clear. In a couple of months they will do another MRI to check her head to see how the radiation therapy did.
Ceil is going to have another power port put in on Friday. This will be used to give her herseptin (you will notice alot of mispelled words in my blogs - I'm not a Doctor. Medicine names tend to get mispelled by me. I don't feel bad though, the darn spell checker hasn't figured them out either). The herseptin is used as a preventative drug to deter any cancer coming back in the future. Ceil will get a 1/2 hour bag thru the port every third week. The port just makes it easier due to Ceil's small, deep veins.
So all in all, a good post for you to go out and celebrate!
Thanks for checking in.
Vin
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