Unfortunately this is an update with more bad news. We got the results of the pet scan today along with a call from the doctor. The cancer has spread to her spine, adrenal gland, some muscle tissue in the left hip, and a spot in her flank (whatever that is). In addition to this she had another 1200 ml drained from the left side of her chest on Wednesday and the fluid appears to be continuing to produce.

So what does this mean? It means that the cancer is spreading, a lot. It means that although the chemo seemed to be containing what was happening in the stomach/intestinal region that it didn’t do much to stop spread to other areas. So now there’s a bunch of little wild fires that may or may not respond to treatments individually.

New actions – We are changing chemo with the hopes to get it started and approved by insurance this next week, also starting an immunotherapy therapy as well. Along with that we are getting another chest x ray (these are becoming a weekly thing) and then based on how much additional fluid has accumulated we need to make a decision about possibly putting in semi-permanent catheters so that we can drain fluid from home every few days so that it doesn’t build up as much and cause such issues with breathing.

I’m not a person that asks for help, and I feel like I’m constantly asking you all for prayer, this is quite uncomfortable for me, but we could use some prayer here. God can cure this, but we are well aware this may not be His will, and we are understanding of that. Still we appreciate prayer for a miracle, prayer for strength, prayer for low side effects from these new treatments, prayer for Rebecca’s comfort through this. We have a cruise planned at the end of June, and she’s really been looking forward to that. Prayer for her to be able to do that still. Prayer for more time, and the quality of that time.

Some positives – I got Abigail home this evening from finishing her first year at college, Rebecca and I will appreciate laying in bed tonight and knowing that the Suarez Crew is all in the same house together for a few months. Despite Rebecca’s discomfort lately with breathing and some pain she is still relatively normal, working, and able to participate with anything we are doing. I’m thankful the doctors have more things in the arsenal to throw at this disease, and that they have a solid plan in place of what we do next. Rebecca and I continue to get good quality time to hang out and cuddle and hold hands and just enjoy us together. I appreciate all of you, and your thoughts and prayer and love that you have for us. We know you are all there, and we know you feel for us, and we feel that, thank you.

I promise next update will have a picture. We have more tests, scans, and some appointments this coming week. So I’ll update next week when we know a little more.

Enjoy your weekend, and your loved ones.