In early November I completed my second round of immunoembolization, which is the therapy they used to treat several small tumors in my liver. Last week I had scans done in Charleston and today we came up to Philadelphia to meet with Dr. Sato and his team to review them. We received good news that the tumors are stable and some of them have even shrunk! The team kept telling us that "this is something to celebrate!"
Unfortunately, they also found a new (but very small 4-5mm) tumor on my upper right side near the surface. At this time the tumor is too small for surgery so we are going to watch it until my next round of scans in January. Dr. Sato reviewed the options with us and we decided to proceed with two more rounds of immunoemoblization. We report to the hospital at 6:30 am tomorrow. Once we confirm that the liver tumors are dead and no longer growing I will start a systemic treatment - hopefully at home in Charleston!
We did not necessarily get the news we were hoping for, but today was a small victory! It shows that our (and all of your) prayers are being answered. I know many more victories will be coming in the future. Billy and I are enjoying a date night tonight! We are going to check out the lights in Love Park then going out to a nice dinner!
For those of you who are fans of the movie Christmas Vacation, please check out a picture of Cousin Eddie and Ellen from a Tacky Christmas party we attended this weekend!
