September 17, 2010 Uncle Oliver has arrived!

Dr. Fayad called and confirmed that it wasn't pizza nor burritos on the slides. It was Lymphoma. We were both secretly hoping that he would call and say: "Oh, its not that bad, lets hold off on treatment a while". But its not always wishes are granted, I've noticed....

On Monday, Adrian will go back to Dr. Abikhaled and have the power port put back in his chest. The only funny thing about this, is that it is the same doctor that did it last time. He has a child in Trinity - school where Chloe went last year.
Remember that Trinity has this wonderful program called the Shepherds? They help people who are in need. One of them is to help bring dinners to families. They did that for us, brought us home cooked meals every other day.
One day when the food arrived, it had a card on the tray and it said "We hope you like it, you are in our thoughts and prayers" Shannon & John Abikhaled.
I quickly ran and got the directory for Trinity and looked up the names, and yes it was the same family!! So I called them to thank them for the lovely meal and for putting the port in Adrian. :)  Trinity is such an amazing school, they helped us in so many ways.

The port goes in the chest and has two cords which connects with Aj's big arteries going to the heart. This will help the chemo drugs to come close to the heart and then the heart will do the job of pumping it around the body. The chemo is so strong that 'normal' veins in the arm would not hold up. It is easier to have a port rather than having a Picc line. (risks of infection and clogging with picc line)
The triangular piece of the port sits just under the skin on the right side of his chest. When he has chemo treatment, the nurse will put the needle through the skin and into the 'pad'. (he puts a numbing cream on an hour before)

On Tuesday we will go to Dr. H's office and Aj will get his first cycle of chemo. I am not sure what type yet, but will write as soon as I know. Normally, he gets there around 8.30 am and is done just after lunch. When I know what type of chemo, I can ask Dr. H about it. Then I will have some more information to share with you.

Adrian's dear brother Oliver arrived tonight, we are all very happy he is here. The girls went crazy when they saw him. :) :) :) He has come to spend the weekend and Adrian's birthday with us.

Time for bed...