The Home Stretch

Dan with his mom, Susie, and his dad, Bob!


Ross in Ft. Meyers with his cousins, Kyle and Trevor




Our Family at the High Hampton Inn in NC


Ross and MK with their cousins Lillie, Sarah Anne and Laander at Sunset Rock


Dear Friends and Family,

We are back from a busy summer of travel. We intended to be home last week, but we stayed in the mountains to avoid tropical storm Fay (with me driving I thought it was prudent to wait until the roads were dry).

We had a wonderful visit with Dr. Reardon at Duke. Dan's MRI was clean again (yahoo!), but his platelets were critically low. So we are opting to finish chemo in one month. His last round was lowered by 25% and it was much more tolerable. Dan's platelets are up above 100 and his energy is better than it has been in quite some time. His next round will probably be an even lower dosage.

After that we will have an MRI and a PET scan to make sure that there are no nasty tumor spiders hanging around. If not, he will begin his chemo holiday. It will be a time to get his body strengthened and prepared for what ever is to come (we are hoping for a VERY long time of no regrowth).

Dan's current dragon is pain. We are going to try a new approach (new medications, meditation, yoga, massage, etc.). Hopefully, as the final chemo leaves his body he will be able to achieve a real state of peace both mentally and physically.

Thank you, again, for your continued prayers and support. This is not over, but we do seem to be at a point of restoration for the time being.

Lots of love,
Leah (and crew)