Chemo #6 + many more events and appointments

Whew, we had an exciting busy week/weekend spending time with good friends and going to a beautiful wedding. But we also finished another dose of chemo, met with a doctor at the hyperbaric medicine department, had another blood transfusion and made the transition to a new insurance plan!

At our chemo appointment we saw Garrett's weight still holding up and some recovery in white blood cell and platelet counts. This may be a sign that the chemo is starting to kill cancer cells in his bone marrow and make room for some healthy bone marrow cells. We will probably keep on this chemo for many more months (maybe six, or more?) as long as Garrett is tolerating it and we keep seeing progress, albeit in small increments, such as this!

Although we had a consultation with the hyperbaric doctor last week, we still have questions to get answered. We have a follow up with our radiation oncologist this week who will likely have insight that will help us make an informed decision. Our main question is if the time intensive hyperbaric oxygen therapy helps heal the skin tumor/radiation damage, will it be a lasting solution or only a temporary one? This is hard to know for sure, but the chances of lasting healing may determine if the four hour travel/treatment every week day is worth it to Garrett.

I had a restful day today to recover from all the fun we had this weekend, but we get back to our normal-busy schedule tomorrow. Eye doctor and radiation oncologist follow ups this week. Hope the transfusion can keep his energy up and his appetite can keep him maintaining/gaining weight!