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Friday, October 30, 2009
Chemo # 2
Bob's chemo, scheduled for 10/21/2009 did not get done because when he arrived his blood count was too low. They gave him a shot and on Friday he was able to get chemo. He did well with it. He is however, loosing his hair!
Thankfully his spirits are good, he's simply weak and in a lot of pain. Please keep him in your prayers.
Thankfully his spirits are good, he's simply weak and in a lot of pain. Please keep him in your prayers.
Proud Grandma
We welcomed Caiden Larz Croom into the world on October 28, 2009 at 9:11 a.m. He weighed 6 lbs 15.6 oz and was 20 inches long.
I was thrilled and honored to be in the delivery room with my daughter while she went through her labor (long ... started at 3 p.m. 10/27/2009) and delivery. She was amazing during the entire thing! He's a little peanut and of course it was love at first sight! Mother and son are home now and resting!
I was thrilled and honored to be in the delivery room with my daughter while she went through her labor (long ... started at 3 p.m. 10/27/2009) and delivery. She was amazing during the entire thing! He's a little peanut and of course it was love at first sight! Mother and son are home now and resting!
Proud Mom!
Our son, Gaven, received an award from the Chief - of - Police on Monday 10/26/2009 for his assistance in solving a burglary. We are very proud of him! 
Monday, October 19, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
Caiden's Baby Blanket
Caiden Larz Croom is expected on October 31st. We aren't sure that Cassy and Caiden will wait that long for him to make his appearance.
I've been working on a baby blanket for him - but it's taken me a while....I've been just a little bit busy. This weekend I did manage to finish his blanket (shown below) and make apple turnovers from scratch with no recipe...and amazingly they turned out so well that I think I will bring them for the dessert for our Potluck at work.
Okay, here is his blanket.
Friday, October 9, 2009
Round 1
Bob had his first round of chemo on Wednesday October 7.
He's been sick to his stomach ever since, as well as having the chills and muscle tremors. No vommitting! - although they did tell us he probably wouldn't the first round but by the second round he most likely would.
He's doing well though - making jokes and such but the poor guy is miserable and certainly bored being stuck at home or at the doctors all the time.
In other news Cassy will be 37 weeks pregnant on Saturday! HOLY MOLY! Caiden will be here to play soon!
Ok....ready, set, GO!
He's been sick to his stomach ever since, as well as having the chills and muscle tremors. No vommitting! - although they did tell us he probably wouldn't the first round but by the second round he most likely would.
He's doing well though - making jokes and such but the poor guy is miserable and certainly bored being stuck at home or at the doctors all the time.
In other news Cassy will be 37 weeks pregnant on Saturday! HOLY MOLY! Caiden will be here to play soon!
Ok....ready, set, GO!
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Admission following surgery
Following his surgery we were all set to leave...then he began having pain in his chest. After the nurse checked him out and called the doctor they ordered another chest x-ray which showed air leaking into the chest cavity and compromising the lung.
He has now been admitted for an overnight stay. Hopefully after a chest x-ray in the morning it will have resolved. Unsure at this point what will happen next.
He's just been given another dose of pain medication so he's resting peacefully at the moment.
He has now been admitted for an overnight stay. Hopefully after a chest x-ray in the morning it will have resolved. Unsure at this point what will happen next.
He's just been given another dose of pain medication so he's resting peacefully at the moment.
Another day at the hospital
This morning at 5 a.m. we had to leave to head to the hospital in Rockford (Swedish American Hospital http://www.swedishamerican.org/).
To update:
September 4th Bob (my husband) had a doctor's visit - at the visit the doctor found 5 masses in his neck.
Since then he has had:
A CT Scan of the neck and chest (which showed that his neck and chest are full of masses 'too numerous to count'.
A CT Scan of the abdomon and pelvis (came back clear)
MRI of the brain (We knew there was nothing there to begin with :)
A biopsy of one of the masses in his neck (which resulted in an overnight stay in the hospital because they had to put in a drainage tube)
a PET Scan of the body
A Bone Marrow Biopsy (results will be in on October 6)
Today he is having a Port put in so that they can use that for his Chemo. http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.atlasofpelvicsurgery.com%2F10MalignantDisease%2F2SubclavianPort-A-Cath%2Fcha10sec2.html&h=5efca20fc2c5946f61ebe46f1ef47641
He has been seen numerous times now by the Oncologist, ENT's, and Surgeon's as well as our Primary Doctor.
Results thus far
Hodgkin's lymphoma http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/hodgkin has been diagnosed. As long as the bone marrow biopsy comes back clear then it's going to be a stage 2 B - which is good (if anything about any cancer is good) - the prognosis is pretty good.
He will start chemo next week and then we are looking at 6 months of chemo (ABVD http://www.lymphomainfo.net/therapy/chemotherapy/abvd.html ).
So, that's the latest. Obviously stressful around here. He is off work - possibly for the entire 6 months. Waiting to find out about disability and such - as with him not working things just got ugly.
No cycling to speak of, although I really could use a nice warm fall afternoon on the bike to just ride and forget for a couple of hours.
Happy Riding to my friends still out there - hope to see you on the roads soon!
To update:
September 4th Bob (my husband) had a doctor's visit - at the visit the doctor found 5 masses in his neck.
Since then he has had:
A CT Scan of the neck and chest (which showed that his neck and chest are full of masses 'too numerous to count'.
A CT Scan of the abdomon and pelvis (came back clear)
MRI of the brain (We knew there was nothing there to begin with :)
A biopsy of one of the masses in his neck (which resulted in an overnight stay in the hospital because they had to put in a drainage tube)
a PET Scan of the body
A Bone Marrow Biopsy (results will be in on October 6)
Today he is having a Port put in so that they can use that for his Chemo. http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.atlasofpelvicsurgery.com%2F10MalignantDisease%2F2SubclavianPort-A-Cath%2Fcha10sec2.html&h=5efca20fc2c5946f61ebe46f1ef47641
He has been seen numerous times now by the Oncologist, ENT's, and Surgeon's as well as our Primary Doctor.
Results thus far
Hodgkin's lymphoma http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/types/hodgkin has been diagnosed. As long as the bone marrow biopsy comes back clear then it's going to be a stage 2 B - which is good (if anything about any cancer is good) - the prognosis is pretty good.
He will start chemo next week and then we are looking at 6 months of chemo (ABVD http://www.lymphomainfo.net/therapy/chemotherapy/abvd.html ).
So, that's the latest. Obviously stressful around here. He is off work - possibly for the entire 6 months. Waiting to find out about disability and such - as with him not working things just got ugly.
No cycling to speak of, although I really could use a nice warm fall afternoon on the bike to just ride and forget for a couple of hours.
Happy Riding to my friends still out there - hope to see you on the roads soon!
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