Surgery Plans and Update

Kameron met with our local oncology orthopedist on Tuesday to discuss his upcoming surgery to remove the tumor in his leg. His surgery is tentatively scheduled on July 19th. He will need to undergo extensive preoperative testing, new imaging for surgical planning, etc. This will all need to happen before his scheduled surgery.

Then Kameron had an appointment with his oncologist on Wednesday. They gave him an antibiotic infusion to prevent pneumonia and rechecked his blood counts. His platelets (which help with clotting) are low and his white blood cells (which help fight infection) are also quite low.  And he is anemic. He may need a blood transfusion in the next week or so. All are expected side effects from his chemotherapy.

Kameron had this past week and this upcoming week off from his chemotherapy regimen. He should undergo two more infusions of methotrexate the following week and the week after that, should his counts permit moving forward with treatment. There is always the possibility Kameron won't be stable enough for chemotherapy.

We've been able to get Kameron to eat enough to maintain his weight. But it's been hard to have an appetite with such an aggressive chemo regimen. In addition, he has had mouth sores. But thankfully those are improving. 

Kam has been struggling a lot with a recurrent bloody nose. Yesterday he had one so intense that was not responding to our home measures, and after a call to his doctor, he had to go to the ER. His platelets, white and red blood cells continue to lower (but not severe yet). They packed his nose and infused it with a gel to prevent further bleeding. It finally has stopped. We are hopeful this may stop his daily nose bleeds.

We will see his oncologist again on Wednesday. Please pray for our warrior's appetite. Weight maintenance (and gain) is imperative for his battle. Pray his nose bleeds stay away, as it's been a daily struggle and is probably worsening his already miserable nausea. That his counts stay up and we won't have a delay for his treatments. Delay in treatments can mean delay in surgery. Continue to hold our family in prayer. For Jesse and I to maintain energy levels and our ability to encourage. 

Thanks for being our tribe. ❤