Well, we received the results from the test on Monday and it turns out the masses are actually blood clots that have grown 20% in 3.5 weeks. They have to run another test in order to determine where the blockage is but they believe it is in the vein from his spleen. If that is the case they are talking about cutting his belly open and placing a stint in the vein to relieve the blockage. If they do that they intend to also remove all the fluid that has replaced his pancreas. We would have to be in the hospital for at least a week and then we are uncertain about the healing time at home. We are so thankful it is something that they can fix and we are hopeful the surgery will do this. We are scheduled for the test on Tuesday, April 27th, and should have the results the following day.
Good news, we are officially on maintenance as of Wednesday. So it looks like Jon will be able to finish treatment at least one month before he graduates from high school. We are so thankful to finally be on maintenance as this means most of the chemo will be by mouth and our visits should be fewer and farther between to the clinic.
We had to return to the ER Wednesday night due to severe chest pains, but after running all sorts of tests, they could not find anything life threatening and we were released just after 3:30 am. His cardiologist was notified of this incident so we expect to have to have follow up visits with him at a later date. Hopefully this was just an isolated incident and we will not have to return to the ER anytime soon.
We especially appreciate all the prayers that are being said for Jon and believe me, they are making a difference! Please don’t stop and we will keep you up to date on his progress.
Thank you.
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