I am not normally a blogger, but Michelle gave me permission to write this because she is unable to focus on the computer. Since she last posted things have progressively gotten worse, especially her nausea and pain. Last weekend was very rough, and by Tuesday Michelle felt dehydrated enough to go into the clinic for hydrations. While she was there, she spoke with Dr. Drengler and he let her know that the MRI had found more lesions on her spine. On Wednesday Michelle met with Dr. Zubyk. The doctor brought her all the way to her office just to tell her that she did not know what to do for Michelle. Dr. Zubyk is concerned that the areas affected have already been radiated and that additional treatments would be too much.
On Thursday, Michelle went back into the clinic for hydration, she got there early enough that she was there before they started clinic. She asked to see Dr. Drengler’s nurse to discuss what Dr. Zubyk had told her. After hydration, Michelle came back home. That afternoon, Dr. Zubyk called back to let Michelle know that she would schedule 10 sessions of treatment to radiate the spots on her ribs. After that is when Dr. Childers called to discuss the treatment for her liver. Because the last embolization procedure used radiation, simply repeating the procedure would be an over-exposure. This time, the beads they use will be treated with chemo. Dr. Childers was able to set up this procedure quickly, it will be done next Thursday. Hopefully, this will help relieve Michelle of discomfort. After she got off the phone with Dr. Childers, Dr. Jude called to set up a tele-med appointment for Monday to discuss her spinal surgery.
The worst part of all this is that Michelle has been in a lot of pain, and the pain is making her nauseous. So, she has not been able to eat very much. She has previously able to control the pain with regular Tylenol and Alleve, but over the last few days she has had to use the Tylenol 4 and Vicodin. We are hoping that the surgeries on her back and liver will help to relieve her of the pain. This is why Dr. Drengler is so amazing. He had to have called all of those other doctors to get them moving so quickly. We have been very blessed that he took on Michelle’s case.
My sister Sherry also called with a book that discusses a homeopathic treatment that has helped others living with cancer. Maybe it is a cure, maybe not, but it won’t hurt to look at it.
For Michelle the hardest thing in all of this is that she has been teaching a class for the Diocese, and there were two more sessions (the next two Saturdays) but she had to call and cancel. On the plus side, she will get to rest this weekend. She has also had to cancel a trip to Kansas and Colorado that she and a friend have been planning for over a year. That might be all for the best, as some of the mountain roads that they would be travelling are still closed due to snow.
The children have been helping out, getting things for Michelle, and doing her chores for her. We are all praying that we will be open to God’s will and that He will continue to protect us.
We are all very grateful for all the people that have been bringing meals for us. Michelle has been too sick to make a grocery list, much less to go to the store. All of those meals have been a blessing, and we thank God for all of the those that are helping us.
God bless you all! He hears your prayers, so keep ‘em coming!
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