New Friends

Me, Trent, Todd, and Steph

(My lens had a fingerprint on it, sorry for the fuzziness!)

We have been looking forward to our visit with Todd and Steph for a while now. They are friends from Pocatello who are going through cancer treatments too. They found our blog from the radio ad for the cupcake fundraiser and we have been able to share many things. Our lives have traveled very similar paths and have finally crossed. All things happen for a reason. It was a great visit and we are glad to count them as friends. We are praying for you Todd and Steph!

Trent has done much better today. He was up helping to tend kids, clean the kitchen, and watch the dog. It was so nice to see him up and about. The pain in his chest was mostly gone until this evening when it started to act up again. The morphine we were given doesn't seem to help too much. We will have to start doubling up on the oxycodone. Besides the pain in his chest he keeps saying it feels like his stitches are going to split wide open. I am sure that won't happen. Number one-no more stitches, and number two-his incision is completely healed and looking beautiful. All the little holes that the stitches were in have bled just a bit before they scabbed over. When Trent sees even a drop of blood he assumes something is wrong. I can totally understand that reaction because of the horrifying hole that was the biopsy site. However, since the surgery he has healed up great. Just a psychological thing I guess.

We did hear back from Huntsman today. We are still on schedule to start chemo on Monday. As of now the drug regimen has not changed. We are going with doxrubycin and cisplatin. They are both nasty for nausea but not the brain stuff. Hopefully Trent will remain lucid and normal, albeit sick, throughout this round. We are enjoying the last few days of feeling good before the horror begins anew. We have to keep thinking, it is a means to an end. We have to do this to make him better, but it is all so backwards. Pushing him to the brink of death just to yank him back is awful. It is terrifying and horrible to watch and I don't even have to feel it. I can't imagine that I would hold up as well as he has. I am so proud of him and completely in awe of his strength. Together we will see this thing through.