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Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Sept Oct and Nov and still not well

Brad has had a sinus infection for months now. He has been prescribed 4 different meds that are not doing the trick.  After lab work a few weeks ago we found out that the leukemia is back.  The doctors said it "broke through" which I don't quite understand because he is 100% Brad DNA.  He has been to the docs for the sinus infection and also had to get a PET scan to look at his sinuses.  They are ordering a CT scan this week to look closer and already confirmed that he has a defeated septum, which will inevitably need surgery to clear out.  As far as treatment for the cancer, Brad has decided to wait a bit to see if his WBC count goes down.  It was at 134 and needs to be between 5-11.  They are planning on doing a treatment of Rituximab (rat DNA chemo) and also a drug called Vanetaclax for the cancer in hopes to put it in remission.  We are praying for a miracle so that he will not have to endure more treatments and all the garbage that goes along with that! I am so proud of him and his courage and patience.  I honestly do not know how he is doing it.  I have included photos of him with the kids in our life (daycare and family) because they provide him with a great source of light and happiness!




 Heading to the PET lab...yes indeed he is a survivor!