Results soon...

Hi Elf...eryone...this is to bring you'll up-to-date on Tim...he's been holding his own with some good days and some not so hot...the usual pain and trying to find what's going to work for him...we are finding out that pain patches just isn't his thing...the patches seem to make him feel sicker instead of helping take the pain away...

He's made an attempt to go for coffee twice now and always comes home hurting more than when he left and then sleeps all day...but he says it was worth it cause he got out...of course, the guys still call and stop by to check on him...Red who had hip surgery is coming along pretty good and has stopped by a couple times in last couple of weeks...Larraine still brings ma on Sundays when she doesn't have family in town...

We are now getting our super hot weather...I have made an attempt to be out only when need be and try to do in early mornings or after dark...hahaha...monsoon season doesn't seem to have hit us just yet...but last night it was all around us thunder and lightening and today cloudy but it is keeping most the heat out...at least this morning it did...it is sunn:D now...so it's gonna be another day of 116 here...

Now, for his six month tests...daughter came up to help out Friday, July 17th as we had to be in Georgetown all day pretty much to do them...up at 4 a.m. out of here at 6 a.m. to be there at 8 a.m. for his nuke shot and surprisingly enuff they took him in after three hours instead of four hours for the whole body bone scan and not sure what to say on it...he still lit up like a green Christmas tree with some areas brighter than others due to the tumors, so not sure if change or improvement or the same as in March...but ohhhhh, that sitting in the wheel chair was getting to him....then because he couldn't have anything to eat or drink six hours prior to the CT of the abdomen except clear liquids...he had to drink this chalky berry drink every 20 minutes over a two hour period and then they took him back to scan and then inject contrast and scan again...hopefully, the kidney is still shrunk and liver tumors stable if not shrunk...we finally got home about 2:30 p.m. and crashed for a few hours...he slept longer since his hip/leg was really hurting even with the pain meds by the time we got home...by bedtime he said it had pretty well eased up and feeling his self as much as can be...

We will be going to see the doctor on Wednesday July 22nd to get the results about 11:30 a.m. so I will post that evening what the outcome is...we are not sure if he will have another infusion the next day at the local hospital...a lot will depend on if the doctor recommends it again and also if his sutent will be continued or be changed to another cancer medicine....

Our prayers still go out to everyone in need near and far and prayers for Tim are still requested and of course we take one day at a time and try to make the most of them...Hope all is having a good summer and not getting too burnt and hot from the weather...tehe...take care, be safe and our thoughts are with everyone....:D