Love on Ottomatic

Otto is out of surgery and it looks like things are in place to give him a bit of relief.  The doctors hope the procedure will help drainage and let Otto return to  normal color and to normal health.  Well, as normal as he can get to pre-chemo.  Hopefully he will be released from the hospital by Wednesday.

 Keep the thoughts and prayers coming.  A couple of text and emails tonight definately put a smile on his face. Give Thanks!

Much Love,

Lee

Greetings My Friends and Family!

 

Let me start by thanking all of you that have been reaching out over the past few weeks with notes, calls, emails and texts; all wishing me well and reminding of the Army of LOVE that I am surrounded by…it has given me immeasurable strength and determination to fight this fight as fully as I can…it also reassures me that this is just another chapter in a Long and Vibrant Life!  I wish I had the time and energy to respond to everyone, but lately it’s been impossible, but please keep’em coming, it helps! Give Thanks…

 

My last posting was over a month ago, the day of my “Post Round One CT Scan”…and I promised to share results when they were available; we did well.  The overall tumor burden was reduced approximately 15% and there was no visible advancement of the disease…I was thankful for that, but honestly had expected more.  As I’ve said here many times; I thought chemo would be a lot worse than it has been so far, but you gotta’ realize; it’s still pretty brutal and a lot to endure on a daily basis!  So, I guess I was hoping for more progress…I mean come on, why not 50%?  Regardless;  I do remain thankful that we are moving forward.

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It was amazing to see how Otto handled the first round of chemo.  He skipped the anti-side affect drugs and most often walked to and from his infusion sessions.  Doctor Ko was surprised when Otto in Oliver Twist fashion said “Please Sir, my I have some more?”  When two weeks ago; Otto wanted to up the dosage to kick this cancer in the butt and really speed up his recovery! 

The day of the infusion, Otto’s blood work came back with some deltas that needed to be addressed. (more…)