A few steps in the right direction

Hi guys!

I'm very happy to report that Scott was able to walk a bit today.  He made it from his room to the nurse's station.  He hasn't taken more than a couple steps since before being in the hospital, so this is great news and big progress.  He's so tired of being confined to the hospital bed - he's determined to get better.

Additionally, radiation went a little easier today.  It's still painful, but a little less.  We're hoping this means the radiation is shrinking that stupid, evil tumor.  With any luck, he should be able to go home by the end of the week, at the latest.

I'm back to work most of this week, but Neil is still pulling all nighters so that Scott isn't alone.  He's a pretty great Dad to him. 

Scott's fever spiked again Saturday night and Sunday night, but the Doctors are holding off on giving him more antibiotics for now, since they can't find any signs of infection.  His fever was back to normal this morning.  The best guess is that it's from the tumor and/or his body fighting the tumor. 

I'm getting asked a lot about when we'll know how much the radiation is working and the answer is - we don't know.  No CT Scans or MRIs have been scheduled yet, and may not be until the end of his 10 treatements.  That would put those at mid-next week.  (The 28th should be his last day of radiation, for now).  As I've mentioned before, we're hoping for very positive news about how the tumor has shrunk after radiation, and then after a short rest, we move on to Chemo again.  And we're praying that chemo is going to knock the rest of the cancer outta the park!

I also wanted to take a quick minute and thank the lovely little girls who live across the street - Mya and Michelle (and they're Mommy Eileen) for giving our doggies the extra attention they so deserve.  They take them over their back yard to play with their doggie, or all the kids, parents and dogs are out front of the house and running them around.  By the time I get home, they're like "oh, hey mom - where's my bone?! and they're off!  They are getting so much love and attention and excercise just by doing that - and that's way more than we've been able to provide them lately. 

So - a BIG GRAND GYNORMOUS THANK YOU from me, Scott, Ollie and Maggie.  :)

Please keep the love coming - it sounds like someone is starting to answer our prayers.

Have a good night,
Amy (& Maggie AKA "The Angel" & Oliver AKA "Rotten)