Hi everyone...thanks as always for your continued support. This week has been wonderful! Not only have we had Marcus and Heather here quite a bit, but Jordan flew in for his reading break. Life is good...
Our latest news is that Dallas will be entering the clinical trial of a new drug. We're feeling really positive about this. We met the Oncologist, Dr. Stephen Chia, last week and we liked him a lot. He specializes in HER-2 Cancers - this is the cell that has been a major player in Dallas's cancer. We are cautiously optimistic about the new drug (right now it is only known as ARRAY-380). So far, the side effects seem to be less than the alternative drug, herceptin, which can be hard on the heart. ARRAY -380 is a blocker to the receptor in the HER -2 cell so the hope is that the cancer won't progress any further. This clinical trial is also being run at a Cancer Clinic in Houston, Texas and one in Ontario so Dallas says if it works maybe we should all buy shares in the company!
As far as we know now, we'll move to Vancouver for a month in mid-March. The schedule that we'll have there is quite rigorous - sometimes we'll be at the Cancer Clinic for 12 hours a day or more. I've been researching places to rent, on a monthly basis, that are closeby. Dallas and I would like to be able to walk back and forth to the clinic everyday if we can. And of course we hope to have extra room for visitors so keep us in mind if you're travelling to the coast!
More later...
Love, Patty & Dallas
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Monday, February 9, 2009
Back from our break!
Hi everyone...we had a great few days in Palm Springs. We had a wonderful visit with our hosts, Anne and Brian O'Leary. They are such an inspiration to us - Brian finished his leukemia treatments several months ago and hasn't looked back.
We were also lucky enough to be able to squeeze in an evening with some of our gang from the valley. Ed and Sharon Wiens were kind enough to host an evening so that we could catch up with Bob & Diane Powers, Vern and Cheryl Thomas, Al and Leann Wittke and Jan and Dexter Lindsay. It was such a great vacation - thanks so much you guys! Our days flew by too fast! Hopefully, we'll be able to join you down there next year.
Our big vacation news is that Dallas managed a couple of rounds of golf with Brian on the last two days of our stay there. It was a total surprise to both of us . One evening Dallas was becoming bored watching the golfers go by. The next thing I know my guy is picking up a club and taking a few practice swings. I was sitting on the sidelines watching him with happy tears streaming down my face. We didn't really think that Dallas would be able to golf again so this was such a gift. Dallas has been in a lot of pain since then but at least there's hope that his golf career isn't over.
This week will be a busy one - we're going over to the Vancouver Cancer Clinic for an appointment with the cancer researcher. We're hopeful that he'll have some answers, or at least some suggestions for us about Dallas's treatment.
Everyone, please know that your emails, calls and support continue to help us through our days - thanks so much for keeping us close in thought. Fred, Sandy, Conner and Caitlin - thank you so much for your cards, notes and constant prayers - all the way from California. Conner, this year Dallas promises that you're going to catch that salmon!
More later...
Love, Patty & Dallas
We were also lucky enough to be able to squeeze in an evening with some of our gang from the valley. Ed and Sharon Wiens were kind enough to host an evening so that we could catch up with Bob & Diane Powers, Vern and Cheryl Thomas, Al and Leann Wittke and Jan and Dexter Lindsay. It was such a great vacation - thanks so much you guys! Our days flew by too fast! Hopefully, we'll be able to join you down there next year.
Our big vacation news is that Dallas managed a couple of rounds of golf with Brian on the last two days of our stay there. It was a total surprise to both of us . One evening Dallas was becoming bored watching the golfers go by. The next thing I know my guy is picking up a club and taking a few practice swings. I was sitting on the sidelines watching him with happy tears streaming down my face. We didn't really think that Dallas would be able to golf again so this was such a gift. Dallas has been in a lot of pain since then but at least there's hope that his golf career isn't over.
This week will be a busy one - we're going over to the Vancouver Cancer Clinic for an appointment with the cancer researcher. We're hopeful that he'll have some answers, or at least some suggestions for us about Dallas's treatment.
Everyone, please know that your emails, calls and support continue to help us through our days - thanks so much for keeping us close in thought. Fred, Sandy, Conner and Caitlin - thank you so much for your cards, notes and constant prayers - all the way from California. Conner, this year Dallas promises that you're going to catch that salmon!
More later...
Love, Patty & Dallas
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