Chemo treatments

Les heard from Dr. Lee's office today. He starts chemo treatments next Monday at 9:45 AM. It will take approximately 4 hours, so it will be a long day for him. On a positive note, he won't have to wear the pump this time and go back in 2 days and have it taken off.

His attitude is positive and he is ready to begin. Your prayers are a blessing to us.

New Update

Well how quickly things can change with one phone call. Today (Friday), Les's doctors met to look over test results and found more cancer cells in his liver. They have determined that surgery at this point would serve no purpose because new tumors could then develop right behind the ones they remove.

Instead they have decided to put him on a different form on Chemotherapy starting next week. In three months they will do more tests to see if the tumors are shrinking and check for more cancer cells. The hope is that if the Chemo is working in three months, they could do the surgery at that time.

Please continue to keep him in your prayers. Chemo was not an easy time for him last year and with a new form, there are more fears and unknowns to face.

Update on Les

Les will be having surgery on May 29. The surgery will be to remove four new tumors that were discovered in his liver last month. The three tumors that were burned off last year are gone. We will update this site with information on how he is doing. The hospital will only allow two visitors on the day of his surgery and they have asked us to keep all visits to a minimum for the first three or four days after. We will keep this site updated though and any comments or well-wishes during this time will get to him. Thanks for your prayers for our family during this time.