A day in the pod.

I am not one to write a post with a lot of information and not much story. Buckle up, and hear the day and tale of Kent. Today, we started the day off leaving the house at 8:20 am. This was and would be the last of anything nornal in the day beside our ride home. We arrived at Cancer and Hematalogy roughly a bit before 9. We registered and it could have been a brief glimpse into our very busy and unnormal day. Kent then had labs with a tech unfamilar to him but kind and caring. We then waited to be called back to his Doctor appointment. We were greated by Kent's nurse who took us back and we then again waited for our Doc and he had his training attending resident with him. In this appointment I invite you in to the discussion and plan as of now as we move forward into the next phase of the cancer journey. Kent comes prepared to every appointment with questions and we rapid fired them at him and he answered all of them but some left us a bit nervous as we left the exam room. So here we go as we know now..... 1) Kent will continue to 12 treatments. We recieved a schedule which includes 14 treatmemts. (we had left doc) so we will investgate that further as we move into this next week . 2) CT scan after 12 treatments as discussed with Doctor. 3) We asked Doctor about a possible surgery to remove tumor now that we have a confirmed smaller tumor, he confirmed to with our approval he will bring before the board with other doctors. This surgery would be risky as to where the tumor is placed is difficult and could bring further complications. 4) If we get to the point we need to do maintence chemo this is what it would look like for Kent. Kent would begin a regimine of drugs that may be introduced to Kent for the first time as these would hopefully stop from supplying the blood to the tumor. He then would continue to wear a pump home to complete the treatment. We are also unsure if this would be after surgery or if surgery would not be an option. Overall it was a very information heavy appointment. Please pray the cancer miraculously is "eaten" by the chemo! Please pray as we navigate through each step of this. We pray God answers exactly what we need. 

On to treatment for the day. Treatment # 9! 

We left Doc appointment and again waited in the waiting room to be brought back to our "typical" chemo area. We were called back but from a different door than we typically walk though to treatment. Kent and I looked at each other a bit confused but trusting we were taking the senic route to our pod. Nope! We were brought very close to where Kent was getting treatment 11 years ago. We were intoduced to a new nurse. Now we are ok with a new nurse, of course because the care of this cancer center, but we were bummed as you see we were excited to send off our nurse to her Maternity leave as she was to have her third child but 1st girl! One of the sweetest nurses that we were so fortunate to have. Her loving care and Christian walk were evident every time we saw her. We will miss her greatly! We met our nurse today and she was kind and did a great job but we certianly felt the void of our familar caring we recieve. Today we were tucked behind a wall and I was thinking it would be a bit quieter for Kent as there were more pods in this location and easier for Kent to relax. Wow was I wrong. Thursday's Chemo was one of the busiest we had ever experienced. When we returned home both nausea and Vomiting returned after a long deserved nap. I called after hours Doc. (as it was the middle of the night.) They confirmed what we were doing was correct. I was giving the correct meds and alternating them and helping Kent stay as hydrated as possible. They suggested Kent going in for further hydration in the morning to help with his nausea. 

We arrived and Kent recieved one and a half hours of hydration. It is now Friday afternoon and Kent is resting and concentrating on eating and catching up on sleep. He is doing better after receiving Hydration. I thank each one of you for continued prayers for Kent. Thank you to each one of you for praying for our entire Breen, Chapman and De Young families. Your prayers and love mean so much to all of us. ~Leah