Tuesday, April 07, 2009



Okay, so we have some good news that we kind of forgot about, but while we were having coffee with Mark & Raelynn tonight we remembered, but I'll show you a bunch of random pictures first. This first picture is my view from the laptop now. Ramona is heating up the cheese sauce for our usual 10 p.m. 'meal'




This is us on Valentines Day. We're at Don Pedro's. I'm very glad the tumors are smaller now than they were then.

This is Ramona's fourth set of hair. It is now unfortunately in the garbage or clogging our sink. It actually disappeared a month ago already.

This is us at Celebrations in early January. Rick and Elaine took us here for our anniversary. I can't remember what Rick was wearing that night, this is either him or our server :)

Anyway, Ramona had a MUGA scan last week.
A quick re-cap of MUGA scans.
Three years ago when this all started, Ramona's heart had a 75%....fraction....thing...meaning her heart was healthy (if you're going to bother with a science degree, I would recommend learning a few scientific words). After a few rounds of chemo (three years ago), her fraction was down to 51% which is the very bottom of normal and indicates that heart damage had happened. So anyway, this apparently irreparable heart damage had improved in the last few scans (the scans have showed numbers in the upper 50's)
The scan last week showed her heart was at 61%! That's pretty ridiculous.

IV antibiotics should be starting for her leg tomorrow.
We'll also hopefully get Ramona's hemoglobin checked tomorrow so she can get fueled up for the weekend if needed.
-Earl
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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

You guys are hopfully sleeping thats what i shoud do i woke up and cant sleep , so i thought about you and prayed for you,God is good you will be fine, he ancered my prayr i quit smoking that sounds good i quit smoking i could never have down that by my self,it might sound like a little thing to some poeple for me it's big, you have a goog Day God bless your ant

jealene said...

So glad to hear of the improvement! Still think of you guys often and pray for you.
Blessings,
Jealene Friesen

Anonymous said...

You are looking Good! God is faithful! I know you have a heart for evangelism... I have purchased several hundred "Jesus" DVDS to be distributed in the Interlake this summmer. I'm asking the Lord for $ and volunteers. bye for now Jeff and Cindy Plett Fisher Branch Mb Canada

Pamela said...

Wow! Praise the Lord for what He has done for your heart! The healing process will continue! Love ya both!

Anonymous said...

praises! praises! God's ways are often inexplainable!
You guys look beautiful and so much in love!
Gloria.