As stated in a previous post, Cathy had an MRI last week to check how her tumors have responded to these last several months of chemotherapy. Today she had her appointment with her oncologist to discuss the results of the MRI.
Cathy's cancer is in her gallbladder, bile ducts, and liver. Based on what the oncologists saw on her MRI from last week, and the MRI taken before Cathy started her chemo, all of her tumors have shrunk.
The gallbladder tumor is half the size it was pre-chemo.
The tumors in the bile ducts are both smaller.
The spot on her liver...that they were not 100% sure was even cancer to begin with...is slightly smaller. They are treating this like it is cancer now, though, because it has gotten small, just like her other tumors.
So now what? Well, her team of doctors have decided that her best bet is to continue with chemotherapy. She starts up again on Monday. This time, though, she will only receive one of the two chemo drugs she originally was getting. Also, she will only have chemo treatments twice a month instead of three times a month.
Cathy sounded really good when I talked to her. She is still very hopeful and has faith that a miracle can still happen. We were all, of course, hoping that her cancer was gone, but the news she got today was still very good. She is going to continue living her life one day at a time, being grateful for the time she does have and looking for the good in everything. She and Jay are headed on a trip back east in the next few weeks, and it sounds like we are going to start planning the Disney Cruise in October. This is going to be one busy year for our Sorenson family...two more babies on the way, two college graduations, new jobs, vacations...all great things for us all to look forward to.
Thanks so much to all of you who have kept Cathy and our Sorenson family in your thoughts and prayers. I know our Heavenly Father hears them.
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