We had the follow up visit with the infectious disease doctor at the University of Utah. We had our niece Olivia with us to be returned to her mom in SLC. She was absolutely golden today. She was the perfect little angel. The three of us were sitting in the waiting room looking at all the brochures for living with AIDS and Hepatitis C and such. It made me think we didn't have it so bad after all. At least we were only dealing with staph. That is what the doctor told us today. They are pretty sure that it was staph that was causing all the problems. The pathology report showed no abcesses in the tumor at all and they are confident they have taken care of whatever was left behind. However, they decided to keep Trent on the IV antibiotics, Vancomycin and Meropenum, for a couple more weeks. That way when the chemo knocks off all of Trent's neutrophils he will still have something to fight any infection with. I felt pretty good about that. Both of the doctors looked at the incision and were very happy that there is no outward sign of infection at all and all of the labs are coming back normal. YEAH! We LOVE normal!
As the time comes closer for the next round of chemo we are more and more scared. It does not help at all that we know EXACTLY what it is like! It is AWFUL! It is hard to go through that all again after we have had some time with Trent feeling pretty good. But we are excited to get back to kicking cancer!
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Things sound encouraging. I know this weekend will go all to fast as you approach this round of chemo. I and everyone else pray that it isn't as awful as the last. Perhaps with the tumor gone, Trent will be more comfortable and and it really won't be as bad. You have had so many miracles. It is my greatest prayer that it will not be more than he or you can bear. Love you all.
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