First, we were finally able to start treatment! A week ago Thursday (7/21), Clay had is first treatment of immunotherapy. Praise God that other than a some fatigue for a few days afterwards, he didn't have any side effects. The first round of treatment consists of an infusion every three weeks for four cycles. From there, we will reassess to see if his body is responding to treatment.
Second, we also met with a neurosurgeon and radiation oncologist who recommended doing a GammaKnife procedure on Wednesday (7/26) to treat the two spots on his brain. We decided to do that as it has a 95% efficacy rate and the spots were so small. I was so worried about this procedure and he came home, made himself breakfast and went to work. I've been constantly amazed by him! We will do another scan in 3 months to see if it has been effective.
Lastly, we are leaving tonight (7/30) to go to Houston to meet oncologists at MD Anderson. We have had this appointment for 6 weeks and since the partnership with our hospital and MDA is still so new, it was recommended that we go ahead and keep that appointment.
Clay is still going strong with his diet changes, and we feel that it is greatly helping with his symptoms. We went on a date in June right before when we initially thought he would start treatment, and at that point it hurt him to even shift his feet under the table. Praise God, he took me out for my birthday a couple weeks ago, and he was able to walk multiple blocks and was in far less pain-all without being on any pain medication! This is such an encouragement to me!
We continue to be amazed at all the ways the body of Christ is supporting us-from meals to meeting all our travel and housing needs in Houston to helping with the kids to setting up a prayer and fasting chain during the first 12 weeks of treatment (that fill up within two days). It is such a beautiful gift, and we can't thank you enough!
Prayer Requests:
-For this treatment and his diet changes to be effective in ridding his body of cancer
-Safe travels and helpful information in Houston
-Our three big kids are in Arkansas for a week having the time of their life. Please pray for our parents while they're tag-teaming keeping them
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