Treatment Clarification

There is one thing I need to correct regarding Leslie's treatment. The second round of treatment, the chemotherapy, will consist of her going in for chemo every two weeks in the office, not the pump she will wear. So the way we understand it at this point, she will have to go in and sit to receive chemo those 12 times. We estimate she will complete this round of treatment around March of 2008.

I have to admit that the timeline was longer than I expected. I guess I was a bit too optimistic in thinking she'd be done with treatment sometime late this fall. I'm disappointed it will last this long, but I know God has much to teach us and will continue to provide us with the grace we need this entire time.

Tomorrow morning she will meet with her radiation oncologist. They will map out the treatment with her, but not begin it tomorrow. From our initial understanding they will tatoo marks on her to guide them in the radiation treatment. I think it will be small dots, not butterflies or anything like that. :-)

One of the things we continue to be thankful for is how the Lord has led us to just the right doctors. Dr. Kallab, the oncologist we met with today, we very thorough and gracious. Leslie really likes him, as do I. We really appreciated the fact that he never seemed rushed with us as we met with him over an hour. He also encouraged us by relaying how some friends of ours in the medical community (Karen Hunter and Pris Strom) had both told him to "take good care of Leslie."