the line is out...

for the first time since january tim will be taking a shower without PRESS AND SEAL. (every single day we have had to cover his line with press and seal and tape to keep it dry). they removed his central line on friday and all went well. there was a small portion of the clot that came out with the line and they feel that the remaining portion of the clot will just be absorbed by the vessel wall. ? (hopefully...but if he experiences ANY sort of chest pain he is to go immediately to the closest ER) so far so good. they tend to tell us "stuff" that makes us crazy lately...and if not crazy we certainly are in CONSTANT PRAYER>


as you all are aware...we are in the midst of a HUGE transition phase with regards to tims treatment. we thought it would be a very CUT AND DRY decision but we have found that it is the fartherest thing from a yeah or nay. our kids are asking us EVERY SINGLE DAY whether or not we made our FINAL decicion yet...i guess in a sense we have made a decision but it would be very hard to say that it is the FINAL DECISION>

as of right now...tim is no longer doing the chemotherapy treatments. his central line has been removed and we are done in the day hospital. he is on his own with making sure he drinks enough and eats enough. he is still on ALL his same medications to get him through from day to day. (yes, he still has that huge pile of pills every morning and that little pile of pills and that ugly heparin shot every night). he will still get blood work every 7-10 days in the outpatient lab to monitor his stuff.

he is planning on going golfing this afternoon and to the beach tomorrow. (thank you ed and andy)

each day post chemo he feels a bit better...and a lot stronger. in about 3 weeks we will meet with our "regular" oncology doctor (he has been off work for a bit...his 60 year old wife recently passed away from cancer-talk about seeing things from both sides of the fence). that is when we will hash out all the details of tims future in a bit more detail. find out if there is any alternative treatments available and stuff like that.

so...for now we enjoy the energy that he is getting back and we hang out with our kids and we walk the boardwalk and we watch the sunset and we enjoy the ocean and we eat maryland crabs and grotto pizza.

thanks for checking in

tim and tammy