For some reason, I had in my mind that Cathy's herceptin treatment was every 4 weeks, so we showed up on the 27th only to find out that: 1) appointments are NOT automatic--like at the Block Center, and 2) We did NOT have an appointment scheduled for that day and couldn't get in until TODAY (April 1st). The herceptin is actually every 3 weeks IF an appointment is made at the previous visit.

Today's visit was not as I had hoped. The blood results showed that the high dose vitamin c is having NO effect on the cancer and Cathy's bilirubin has crossed the 2.0 barrier which means that we wouldn't be able to do chemo even if we wanted to (which we don't). However, it also means that her liver is failing and increasingly unable to do its job. We won't know the tumor markers until Wed or Thurs, but I can't imagine they have improved when all else has not. We are now at another crossroad as to where to go from here. We are stopping the vitamin c (effective immediately) and will begin to search out other alternative treatments. I have a couple of leads to pursue. Cathy did get a herceptin treatment today, but if her blood work does not show improvement or at least stabilization at her next appointment on the 22nd of April, we will also discontinue that, as well. The only thing I know for sure is that we need your continued prayers for guidance and healing. I have not chosen a correct path for Cathy, yet and we cannot afford another dead-end path.The battle is not going well, but the war is NOT over!!

For those who would like the blood work results, here they are:

                              2/27/14          4/1/14
Albumin                 2.1 low          same
Alk Phosphates      473 high        601 high
ALT                       126 high        139 high
AST                       122 high        178 high
Direct bili              .76 high          1.61 high
Total bili                1.39 high       2.45 very high
Total protein           6.2 low          6.4 bottom of okay