Good news

Kathie had her semi-regular appointment with Dr. DiMartino on Thursday. Questions were asked about vitamins, cold medication, blood test abbreviations, etc. The good news? Kathie's CEA (Cldfkjdkjdklfj Eldjfjkdjfldj Aklkdjflkdj... or something like that;) - it's a blood test thing that is an indicator of if cancer activity is increasing/decreasing/staying steady (or at least, that's what we pay attention to it for). For change to be considered significant, it has to be a large number change (1/3 -1/2... 1.5x/2x the initial number). Kathie's number was right below 400, and droped to about 250... significant... not necessarily meaning a significant response, but at least meaning that the treatment is working and we're currently headed in a good direction. Last time it had only dropped by about 30... so it could be showing a positive trend, or there's a different lab personal:)

Kathie's energy continues to remain fairly high, minus some fatigue that she's had for about, oh the last 40 years or so. She's pretty much shot by 3PM, and needs a good nap - which Lauren joined her for a couple of times - um, to show support.

Lauren headed back to school Thursday evening (after she took Kathie in to get her pump removed and they ran a couple of errands). Today, Kathie was going to head over to BSU to "help" Bob with the couches (or look at him and Lauren's roommate's fiance unload it like Lauren did) and do a meal with Lauren, but the Saturday wear-down won. Kathie decided to stay home and will probably rest most of the day. Tomorrow, if trends continue, she should be back up and running.

Posted by Lauren