In this past week the Wayland Wildcats won, the Michigan Wolverines won and the Detroit Lions won....it was a good football weekend for the Andrews family. The kids are pretty good at getting in the routine this school season. It is a little strange having our eldest in college classes until 10 pm. My how life is changing!
Today Tom and I were on the road before 6 am to head over to Ann Arbor. We met with a team of Radiation Oncologist to discuss the next round. I guess I should back up a minute. We tried to have the U of M in Wyoming MI perform the radiation as it would be a 15 min drive for Tom. However Dr. Forstner stated that his case was a little to complex for their facility to handle, so back to AA we went. As the tumor is in the lower right region of his liver and it is crucial that the correct area is radiated along with the fact that is not immensely clear as to what area to radiate, Tom will have markers inserted in an Outpatient surgery. We hope to have this done next week so that we can proceed with the actual radiation. The following week the radiation will begin. It will be a precise and concentrated and they will use the SBRT treatment again. He will also be injected with the IC-Green die to monitor his liver function. Tom will have a total of 5 treatments and they will be no earlier than a day apart because of the high dose. He will need to use a breathing tube to regulate his breathing during the procedure, this is NOT what Tom is looking forward to. His side effects should be minimal compared to his chemo.
We also took advantage of my day off and met with a funeral specialist @ Kubiak-Cook Funeral Services. Tom and I have wanted to do some pre-planning for years now. I finally made the appointment to do it. Don't read too much into this meeting....but we both walked out thinking that this was a good time to preplan while we are thinking clearly.
Nahum 1:7 "The Lord is good. When trouble comes he is the place to go! And he knows everyone who trust in Him!
