Hope you all had a merry Christmas and happy New Year! We are back from travels after spending time in beautiful places and with many of our family members.
Chris has been seeing a new oncologist since we've been back as his CT scan showed that the cancer in his body has been growing again. We were very surprised and didn't really expect to hear that so soon as the cancer markers in his blood had been going down so much. His oncologist at Swedish, Dr Gold, referred us both to Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA) and Virginia Mason (VM) this time to see if there were any trials that Chris could qualify for. SCCA did not have any at this time though they are still watching for one. Virginia Mason wanted to see him so we went in on Friday to visit Dr. Picozzi, who was supportive in a way that we were not expecting. He said that there were still several options for Chris to try, which was encouraging. The first thing that they want to do is to drain his gallbladder because it's been causing him increasing discomfort and interfering with his eating and sleeping. We were very surprised to get a call today from Dr Picozzi stating that a group of doctors had reviewed Chris's case last night and had agreed that they could put a drain in internally and that should ease some of his issues.
What they are going to do is have Chris check in to the hospital tomorrow and he will have surgery first thing on Monday. If all goes well, he will be able to come home perhaps as early as Tuesday.
The next thing that they want to do is a PET scan, which Chris has not yet had. This will tell them where exactly the cancer is. The third thing they want to do is try to determine the true type of cancer that Chris has. It seems it is still in question whether Chris has gallbladder cancer or pancreatic cancer. Dr Picozzi stated that depending on the type of cancer they may have a trial that Chris could qualify for.
I have also been on the National Institute of Health (NIH) website which lists cancer trials going on all over the United States for different types of cancer. I did find that there is a hospital in Vancouver Washington (I believe it might be Peace Health but I can't remember for sure at the moment), that has a trial for gallbladder cancer. Dr. Picozzi asked me to bring in the information I've found about this trial in the event that it may be the best match for Chris's type of cancer.
For now, Chris isn't getting any more chemo treatments, as he has to be at least four weeks 'clean' from chemo in order to participate in a trial. He hasn't had a chemo since before the holidays so he can start a trial anytime now.
Thank you for continuing to support and encourage us with your positive thoughts and prayers. Please continue to pray that God will work through these talented doctors, nurses and technicians to heal Chris.
With love,
Wendy
Anytime Chris wants/needs, I will cancel other sub assignments if I ca be of help.
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Frances and I are constantly praying for Chris. Thanks for the update.
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