Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Week of Sept 1st & 8th

Nancy's wounds continue to heal and the skin graft packing is working. That is the good news. The bad news is she has been scheduled for 20 more Hyperbaric Oxygen treatments and that news was a disappointment to her. The amount of time and effort these treatments require have taken their toll on her. Nevertheless she is determined to finish this stage of treatment and move on to the radiation.

She has been able to get out more often and we went out on the boat a few times over the last few weeks. She went to the eye doctor for some new glasses and that has helped a lot.

Saturday 9/12 was the breast cancer run/walk for the cure down at the stadium. My daughters organized a "Team Perazzo" group including personalized T-shirts. We had a great turnout for the walk as our family and friends joined us for the walk. My oldest sister lost her battle about 14 years ago and my other sister is a survivor. So we had a lot of support and it was breathtaking to see so many people come together (maybe 250,000) to race/walk for the cure.

Nancy was determined to join in the walk and completed the 3 mile journey! I think she even surprised herself by doing so well in the walk.

Recently my nephew was fortunate enough to go to New Zealand to play rugby for several months. When he returned he bought back a photograph of the New Zealand rugby team all wearing "Team Nancy" bracelets....it is awesome.

Thanks again to everyone for the thoughts and prayers. No doubt the Good Lord is listening.

Bob

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Week of August 18th and 25th

The past two weeks have been a roller coaster for Nancy. She is still going to the hospital every day for the Hyperbaric Oxygen treatments. Her regular doctor from the wound clinic was out for two weeks and the doctor who filled in told Nancy he thought she should have surgery to close the wounds up. In addition she should start radiation shortly thereafter. In the interim he recommended she go off the Methotrexate (the medicine she is on for her eyes).

The advice this doctor gave was contrary to her regular wound clinic doctor so it created some confusion and frustration. She decided to wait for her regular doctor to return and he examined her last week.

The good news is the wounds are almost completely healed and he gave her a new packing designed to help graft the skin together. So, no surgery required. The bad news is he signed her up for six more weeks of Hyperbaric Oxygen treatments. Needless to say this was very disappointing news. The only thing we can hope for is that it takes less treatments than what he signed her up for. The decision on the Methotrexate is still under consideration.

Concerning the radiation treatments; the wound specialist is very clear that she cannot start the radiation treatments until he is convinced the wounds are completely healed.

 Once she starts back with the radiation she will no longer go to Christ Hospital for the treatments, but rather to a new location in West Chester that has more advanced equipment that can handle her case. Her radiologist at Christ will still monitor her progress.

Needless to say Nancy feels there seems to be no end in sight, but she is making slow and steady progress. Please pray the wounds completely heal so she can move on to the next step.

Thanks
Bob