Questions and answers

We did not get clear cut answers today as we had hoped. We got news but it's all open ended. Dr Patel has been out of town since last Thursday. He said he would call us first thing this morning. He did not. His nurse said it would be the afternoon. Cruel and unusual is what I call it! We've been waiting since Firday!!! Jeff finally called back at 2 and the nurse said hey were still waiting on the scans from MDA. What??? They were requested weeks ago. Someone didn't do their job and I hope I never find out who it was! Here's what we know.

Dr Patel thinks Jeff has had a response to the chemo although not as dramatic as he had hoped. Nothing new grew and nothing else got bigger. Jeff now only has one lesion on his liver and two on his lung. Before chemo there were a couple. He still has the tumor in the back of his throat and the two involved lymph nodes. But without the scans he can't say how much they have shrunk. He feels confident enough to let Jeff start round 3 of chemo on Monday.

We are unsettled and shaky. We want more answers and feel let down by our doctor. When it comes to your life I don't think it's too much to ask for. We are not accustomed to being treated this way. I'm trying to decide if I still like dr Patel.

When we have more information we will let you know. My Aunt Kay, whom I admire so much, said she didn't have the answers either. But she felt quite certain Jeff and I would be equipped with the tools need to get through this. I agree. And one way I see this is by all the many people that are put on our path to walk with us, love us and support us. Thanks today to Lotte, Mike and Robby. I didn't know they would be on our path today but there they were to help us shear our lambs for the fair in no time at all. Thanks for sending them, God. Perfect!

So we are going to move forward with hope for our future and love in our hearts. It should be a happy weekend before chemo on Monday. Thurday Gracie cheers and Friday Luke has a game and Saturday all three of my kids show lambs at the tri state fair. Obviously I have lost my mind. Jeff has a goal this weekend too.He wants to ride a horse and help sort cattle. I hope he does and feels like a million bucks! I love that man! Even though he drank my diet water when he was trying to gain weight. His peace offering was a full sugar Gatorade. Because that's like a diet water??? He's on my list.

Demanding of answer,
jeff And Leta