The Bushgang Blog

Stephanie's chemotherapy begins today. I am typing this blog post from the waiting room. It is 20 minutes until 2:00pm and we have been here since 10:30 this morning. We have at least 4 hours to go from the time they call us back. Who knows how long it will be! Stephanie's regimen is 6 cycles. Each cycle consists of 3 weeks on and 1 week off. Her last treatment will be on September 1st. This is enough time for her to be back to growing hair before the holiday (and picture) season is upon us. :-) Please keep us all in your thoughts and prayers as we muddle through the next 6 months!

Dr. Clifford came in and told me that the surgery went well. Thank you Lord! Instead of doing a biopsy, he went ahead and took all the questionable tissue out. The concern with this is healing. Since one of the chemo drugs she will be taking suppresses healing, we need to wait until Stephanie has healed enough before we start. Please pray that this healing occurs faster than expected! Steph will be in recovery for about an hour and then we will head home soon after that. Thanks to everyone praying for us! Next update will probably be in the next few days.

They are running behind. Stephanie was just wheeled out of the room. Should be about 1 hour and 15 minutes for surgery. She has not been given anything yet so surgery probably won't start before 1:00pm. 1 hour in recovery and then we can get ready to go home. I'll update when I hear from the doctor.

Sorry for the short notice but Steph is having a meta port put in at 11:15am this morning. We are at the hospital right now and Steph is ready to go back. We are also having a biopsy done on a questionable spot. The outcome, cancerous or not, won't change the fact that she will be going through chemotherapy once again but it would be nice to know that cancer has not come back a third time. Please pray for a successful surgery, good outcome on the biopsy and a quick recovery. It is expected that chemo will begin in two weeks. I'll post updates as things unfold today! Thanks for your prayers!!! Kevin

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Hi everyone! Sorry for the long delay between updates on Stephanie. My New Year's resolution is already falling into the pit of forgotten promises. Don't worry, I don't plan on giving up easily! Steph and I are heading to Maui on Friday. Steph's Aunt Dolly has been very helpful in the past and is going to watch Levi while we are celebrating our 17 years of wedded bliss. Seventeen years! Wow time flies when your having fun! On that note, the last two years have been a little slower to pass as most are aware. Our medical oncologist made a recent decision to move back to the west coast. That event led us down the path of finding a new medical oncologist. We did. He reviewed Steph's case and determined that a strategic move was in order...more chemotherapy. When we return from Maui, Steph will have another PET scan to check once more for cancer that may have spread to another part of her body. Once the results are back, a chemotherapy regimen will be established. I...