Saturday, March 13, 2010
Cry out to Jesus
Marcus is having a renal ultrasound as I type. Dr. came in around 1:30pm and told him that she is concerned that his creatinine levels are increasing again and he still is very swollen in his legs/feet....the lasix did not get rid of as much fluid as she hoped and she is stumped really....SOOO, renal ultrasound to make sure kidneys are ok, then she totally discontinued neurontin(which they replaced the lyrica with) because she said that can also cause fluid retention. She also switched his antibiotic to an oral one, since the IV antibiotic has salt in it and he was getting it 4 times a day-also lowered his IV fluid intake because he is just not releasing enough fluid-and he keeps getting more pumped into him. He is more swollen now in his legs/feet than he was when he did the IL-2, which is amazing to me...so not going home tomorrow-maybe monday-all depends on this swelling.
Dr. said she felt like it was a miracle his creatinine levels went down overnight wednesday-and then he was able to get chemo-I am in agreement with that! Although we are unhappy levels are going back up and I am concerned his poor kidneys are just taking beating after beating...I will continue to "Cry out to Jesus" because He is listening......I know He is :)
Thank you all again for your continued prayers and support. We are truly blessed with amazing family and friends.
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Hi my name is becky yates and i live in kentucky my step son who is 19 has been battling since he was 14--started out as a mole on his cheek -he was clear for almost two years and then in january it is back in his liver, lungs shoulder blade....they were able to take out a ten pound mass in his belly. he went to the national health institute in maryland--they have a study they hope to do on him if they can get his tumors to shrink some--immunotherapy--they have actually put 2 men in remission for almost five years with it . started taking a five day cycle of temodar to try to shrink those tumors..we will find out monday if it is working at all...anyhow i just wanted you to know about maryland and the national health institute because the therapy sounded really promising...we are all in a dream like state at this point--it does not seem possible someone his age can be so sick,
becky, thank you so much for letting me know your step son's story-please email me at mstanley@gt.rr.com i would love to stay in touch. i will keep him in my prayers. this disease sucks and there is nothing else i can say about it :(
Wow, Mindy, I had no idea. I am praying for you all!! And I am so proud of you, for how you're clinging to Jesus! Truly He is the only one that can get you thru a time like this. Glad to hear you're home, hoping things keep looking up!
Many blessings, Angie (Jessica, Jenna and Josh's cousin)
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