Getting down to business

Today I'm just doing a few updates on Kyle.

He had chemo yesterday, and it really wiped him

out.  I'm noticing that each round seems to be

a little harder on him, and his body and his

blood work.  

This is to be expected 8 months in.

It's hard for me to watch.  I like "regular"

Kyle, not "the guy named Mark who has cancer", Kyle.

(Inside joke.  His real name is Mark Kyle Nielson.

He's NEVER gone by Mark a day in his life. EVER.

But up at Huntsman, because on his insurance

--and everything 'legal'- he's Mark Kyle, they

have called him Mark since day 1.  It's Mark

they call in for blood work, and Mark they

call for Doctor appt's and Mark they call back

for chemo.  IF ONLY some random Mark Nielson

had cancer....and not Kyle.)

Monday Kyle has his "Mapping" procedure for

radiation (Y 90).  They called Friday while he

was at chemo and said it could run anywhere from

3-4 hours to 9-10 hours depending on how things

went.  I'm working, so his mom will go up 

with him.  

We are hoping for the shorter end of the spectrum,

but want to make sure everything is "mapped"

correctly and thoroughly, so if it takes the full

10 hours, it does.

Then next Friday he has his "last dose" of chemo

for a while, while his body gets ready for the

radiation (if it goes well Monday.)

Anything new makes me nervous, and with everything

they put into a cancer patients body, it's no wonder.

The range of results is always "good" to "death"

when you study the literature.  I guess it's "good"

to "death" when you get in your car each morning--

but it's not quite the same as inserting "poison"

PURPOSELY into ones own body, right?

In closing for today's post, we would like to ask

for a few extra prayers, good thoughts, rain dances

(However you commune with the God/the greater power/

the energy of the universe we will take it) on Kyle's

behalf for all his upcoming events.

So if you would be, and could be, willing to say an

extra prayer or two on our behalf over the course

of the next few days, we would appreciate it.  We're

hoping all goes well and will keep everyone posted.

Thanks to the many visitors at chemo yesterday.

I had the day off and was flying in and out for

job interviews and meetings with social workers

and seemed to have missed people left and right.

Thanks for your love and support.

That's the news for today.