Jun 23, 2018 | Medical Updates
Time has flown since Maggie’s most recent admission for chemo. And we’ve been having some fun. After discharge, it took most of the following weekend for Maggie to recover from her treatment. But recover she did. Just in time for a much needed trip to the...
Jun 11, 2018 | Medical Updates
The 5:00 am alarm came early, and we made our way to the clinic for our 8:00 am appointment. Maggie’s counts were determined to be solid enough for a chemo admission. We were on the 3C floor at Batson by mid morning with chemo started shortly after. Maggie is...
Jun 7, 2018 | Medical Updates
Maggie has spent much of the week (after discharge from Batson Saturday) in bed, feeling pretty bad. Until today. After the best night of sleep in a week, she has been out of bed most of the day. She is still retaining a large amount of fluid but feels some relief and...
Jun 1, 2018 | Medical Updates
Maggie is still at Batson tonight. We chose not to discharge once her chemo treatment finished to give her some rest time. We were concerned that a dose of Lasix given for abdominal fluid retention would make the 1.5 hour drive home much longer and frustrating. It...
May 31, 2018 | Medical Updates
Maggie was admitted Tuesday morning for the first treatment in a new chemo course. The protocol is similar to the previous one at Batson – she’ll be getting chemo every two weeks and will be in-patient for 48 hours. This admission has been smooth though...
May 28, 2018 | Medical Updates, Melissa
(Maggie’s birthday weekend has been an unforgettably beautiful time. She has had little pain and great energy to enjoy three separate parties at home. We are eternally grateful for all the kindness shown to her and us. Tomorrow morning Maggie and I will go to...
May 24, 2018 | Medical Updates
Today we heard news we didn’t want but fully expected. Maggie’s cancer is progressing and the pace is accelerating. If we could start the available clinical trial next week, that might be a viable option. We know, however, a quick start wouldn’t...
May 21, 2018 | Medical Updates
Maggie’s treatment last Thursday was canceled to allow the clock to start on her washout period (required break from treatment between different clinical trials) to reduce any delay if we opt to enroll her in a new study. We came on home Friday for a long...
May 13, 2018 | Medical Updates
Happy Mother’s Day! And I’m a happy mother because I spent time with both of my daughters – I was at home with Molly in Hattiesburg today before flying to Houston to be with Maggie and Phil. I’m relieving Phil to allow him to travel home...
May 2, 2018 | Medical Updates
I think I’m overdue for a full update, so here we go. Maggie’s 4/26 infusion was well-tolerated. We had a quiet, restful weekend in Houston with low pain/nausea levels and no breakthrough pain to speak of. This trend continued into Sunday when we were able to start...
Apr 18, 2018 | Medical Updates
I’m happy to report the birthday weekend was a success. Phil had all his girls home to help celebrate another year of God’s blessings. We enjoyed a delicious dinner at Crescent City Grill (special thanks to our server and the chef for bending the rules a...
Apr 12, 2018 | Medical Updates
Maggie is receiving the last few drips of infusion #3 (the 2nd time getting both drugs) this afternoon. As last week, we’re in a private infusion room at MDA and will be leaving for our apartment after the one hour observation period. Her blood work continues to...
Apr 7, 2018 | Melissa
We’ve always known Maggie is one in a million. Now we have confirmation. Maggie has been diagnosed with colorectal cancer (adenocarcinoma). We have been in shock since Monday because we thought we would be battling Crohns’s or Ulcerative Colitis. This...
Apr 4, 2018 | Medical Updates
In another movement from the sweet Hands of Providence, we are in Houston settled in an apartment that couldn’t be any more ideal for us. We got a call yesterday evening from Sally with the church apartment ministry group. (We had placed an application the day...
Apr 2, 2018 | Medical Updates
Despite our prayers, Maggie didn’t make it to the Easter service at TBC. She is spending most of her time in bed still trying to recover from recent events and traveling. Because air travel was not comfortable for her, we’re driving to Houston this...
Mar 29, 2018 | Uncategorized
Pull up a chair…this one may take some time. We safely transferred to Houston from Jackson yesterday after Maggie was discharged around 10:00 am yesterday. We flew commercial through Dallas and arrived in Houston after a grounding on the tarmac in Dallas due to...
Mar 26, 2018 | Medical Updates
We wanted to share a quick update to let you know Maggie is better. She has responded to the PCA/continuous morphine pump for her pain. The plan is to let her have it until morning then start weaning her off. The pain management plan going forward is to increase her...
Mar 25, 2018 | Medical Updates
Maggie was admitted to 3C (pediatric oncology floor) at Batson through the ER today. She has been in near constant pain with nausea since before we left from Houston to return home yesterday. She spiked a fever of 102.5 this morning at which time I spoke with the...
Mar 24, 2018 | Medical Updates
We’re home (as of 6:30 pm today). Maggie’s treatment yesterday – a three hour infusion of the trial drug – was uneventful. She seemed to tolerate it well without major side effects. She’s tired and a bit nauseated after the long week....
Mar 21, 2018 | Medical Updates
Maggie is in. We received positive confirmation yesterday from lab tests that she is fully qualified for the clinical trial. She underwent the required biopsy for collection of a liver tumor sample prior to the start of her treatment today and handled it like the...
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