Busy day today...had an extra child to deliver this morning before heading off to our appointments. Chris, now the oldest son at home, discovered his alternator/power steering belt hanging down on the ground from his car, so he needed a ride to work. Sooooo, we dropped off the 2 youngest boys at their school, then Chris at his job, then Bekah at her school---then off to Auburn for the Vit C infusion (#13). Weight: 119  BP: 87/54 (before) then 104/66 (after).

We stopped in at my Cracker Barrel to have lunch because we had a 1:15 appointment with the Oncologist at Parkview and we didn't have time to go home first. Dr Aggerwal talked about the possibility of adding a hormonal treatment this Thursday (Faslodex). Cathy also shared with her about the pain that she has been having on/off in her lower right back. The Dr. prescribed a refill on Cathy's pain med (just in case).  Cathy will not take any unless it is causing her to lose sleep. Dr. Aggerwal also mentioned that Cathy's tumor marker had gone UP when she had her blood drawn on the 7th. It had increased to 489 (up from 338 in January). Keep in mind that she was in the 3000 range toward the end of 2013 and she began this ordeal at 7000+ two years ago. We were unaware that they had checked for the tumor marker on her last blood draw because it wasn't on the copy of the blood work we received. Apparently, they check it before every Herceptin treatment. The Block Center only did this every 3 months. We are looking with anticipation to her blood test results this week as this will be the first indicators of how the high dose Vit C is working. They will NOT specifically be checking for the effects of the the Vit C, as we are not getting that from them. It will however, let us know if there have been any improvements in the liver function indicators and the bilirubin counts. Prayers, as always, are greatly appreciated!

There still continues to be slight swelling in the legs, but not the back pain that she had experienced last week. Abbie, our oldest daughter, is draining off 1-1.5 liters every 48 hours now. That's your up-date and thanks for reading!!

"The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness." Lamentations 3:22-23