Day 1 is Done

First a quick update on PawPaw (Paul's Dad).... The pathologist is not sure what it is. While they say that the sample looks "poorly differentiated" (which in cancer speak is very bad), all the other tests are "inconclusive." So the doctors are sending the sample and the stains out to the Mayo clinic for a second opinion. So we still don't know what we are dealing with. We are hoping to hear back from Mayo tomorrow. Please continue to keep PawPaw in your prayers.

As expected, yesterday was an up and down day for Andrew. He flirted with low blood pressure all day but actually didn't need any support! But he did end up getting a fever, a rash on his face, torso and groin area and he had some vomit. All normal side effects expected from the drugs. He also experienced some pain but the pain was easily controlled by bumping up his pain meds. He slept almost all day and woke up for a couple of hours while Uncle Vince visited. He quickly perked up when he saw Uncle Vince because he knows Uncle Vince brings him orange tic-tacs. Like three boxes of orange tic-tacs (has anyone seen the movie Juno?) And last night Uncle Vince also brought Andrew airplanes. Uncle Vince is officially Andrew's new favorite person (and mine because he brought me some Yang Chow for dinner)!.

We are about an hour in on today's medication and so far so good. My dad is here today (with more airplanes for Andrew!) so Andrew has been sitting up and playing this morning. Paul is also coming home today so we are all excited to have him back home.