Quick Personal Update
We’re still at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. Amy received the first round of RICE chemotherapy about two weeks ago. It appears to have helped some against the tumors, but it also hit her pretty hard. So we’re working to get her blood counts back up and help her regain her strength so she’s able to tolerate continued treatment.
Still a long road ahead of us to get her strong and healthy enough to be able to do the CAR T-cell procedure, which is the one that holds some hope for a cure. But she’s still fighting, and the rest of us are doing what we can to help.
I honestly don’t know what else to say here. Mostly, we’re just holding course and holding on…
Jazzlet
August 2, 2019 @ 5:28 pm
*Hugs*
Stephanie S.
August 2, 2019 @ 5:40 pm
Much love to you both.
Avilyn
August 2, 2019 @ 6:11 pm
Continuing to keep you both in my thoughts.
Gabrielle
August 2, 2019 @ 9:18 pm
Thanks for the updates, my thoughts and hopes for the best are with you and Amy.
Madeleine Robins
August 3, 2019 @ 10:55 am
Thinking of you both. She–and the doctors, and you–are doing the right things. May they bring her back to health and vitality.
Lyndon Baugh
August 3, 2019 @ 9:59 pm
When my best friend went to UCLA hospital for “aggressive uterine cancer” in 2011 (she got better! And is recently studying HOW TO BE AN OUTRAGEOUS OLDER WOMAN) we discovered the book TURNING HEADS. They also have a website photogallery of people putting effort into being as cheerful — and good-looking — as they can during treatment.
http://turning-heads.org/
SunflowerP
August 3, 2019 @ 11:51 pm
I don’t post every time, but I always read, and you and Amy are in my thoughts.
Dawn
August 4, 2019 @ 9:43 pm
My best wishes to you all. Sending you metaphorical spoons.
Dana Lynne
August 5, 2019 @ 2:39 pm
Thanks for the update, Jim. You and your family are in my thoughts.
Nikki Hansen
August 20, 2019 @ 11:11 pm
I’m so sorry to hear of the hard, hard, hard health issues Amy, and all who love her, is navigating. May her recovery be steady and swift!