The Bushgang Blog

Stephanie and I were at the hospital most of the day with her hooked up to the pump administering the various bags of drugs. The experience from my point of view was not bad at all. Everyone was very nice and we were able to watch a movie and read a while. Steph started experiencing some mild flu-like symptoms last night and it has continued through today. She is getting along pretty well so far. She actually mentioned that the tumor is bothering her today. Since the chemo works on rapidly developing cells, it appears this is a good sign. Perhaps the tumor is already being destroyed by the drugs! I'll keep you all updated with a new post really soon.

UPDATE: Tuesday evening, we received a message from the doctor that the PET scan results we had been waiting for were in and the news is great, THANK GOD!!! The cancer is primarily located in the left breast with very little in the lymph nodes under her arm. So little in fact that he is not worried about it at all. This is truly an answer to many prayers. Although we are walking into the valley, God's light is still shining upon us. We are so grateful to everyone that has been praying for us! This morning we went to the hospital to have a port-a-cath installed to ease the administration of the chemotherapy drugs. It is commonly referred to as a "port". It was inserted just below her right collar bone. The procedure took about 3 hours from arrival to departure. NEXT STEP: Cycle 1 of 6 for chemo begins on Tuesday, April 17th. The plan is to also draw blood for the BRCA test. This will help us determine the right approach for making sure the cancer has as little a chance o