Still Waiting....

Tony has finished his first round of chemotherapy, without the Doxirubicin agent. Tony's heart ejection factor is still pumping at 44%, and the doctors would like it to recover to 50% ejection rate, before re-introducing the Doxirubicin. The Cardiologists believe with 2 drugs......Coreg and an Ace Inhibitor, his heart muscle can recover enough strength over the next two weeks so that the Doxirubicin can be part of the second round of chemotherapy. Tony's second round of chemotherapy will begin, July 29th.

The Neurology team has completed the EMG testing on Tony. They have ordered an MRI of his C and L spine, and hope the findings of this MRI will support the findings from the EMG test. Tony had the MRI done earlier today, and we hope to learn something tomorrow that would explain the weakened state of his arm and leg.

Tony will be transported back and forth from UCLA Medical Center, to an inpatient rehabilitation center (hopefully Huntington Memorial Hospital, Pasadena), to receive alternating treatments of chemotherapy and physical therapy. Tony will not be going home until he can walk with a walker. Hopefully his inpatient physical therapy sessions will begin next week, so that he can get a good 5 to 7 days of physical therapy work done, before he is transported back to UCLA for his second round of chemotherapy.


Please pray for patience and sustainability for both Tony and Patrice

"Find rest, O my soul, in God alone; my hope comes from Him."........psalm 62:5