Sunday evening we left for Lincoln
to stay the night at the condo before our appointment Monday with Dr. Julie
Vose. Monday morning we went to the fertility clinic in Omaha before our
appointment with Dr. Vose to give a sample of Chase’s sperm to freeze in a
sperm bank. We had to wait about 4 hours to get the results of his fertility
and that would decide whether or not they would be able to save them for later
in case the chemo makes him infertile. While we waited for the results we got
some lunch and headed to the oncologist for her results of the biopsy and
opinion on treatment.
They called us back and took
Chase’s vitals. This office was so much busier than the first oncologist we met
with in Kearney. We waited an hour or more to go back and meet with her and
there were about 30 patients in the waiting room. We got to our room and a
nurse came in and asked Chase a lot of basic questions about his symptoms. Dr.
Vose came in about 15 minutes later to give us the results of the retested biopsy. She got the exact same results Mayo
Clinic found. Stage 4 B Classical Hodgkin’s lymphoma. She had the same opinion
on treatment as well (ABVD) although she suggested chase only do 6 rounds every
2 weeks instead of 8 rounds. It was very nice to have consistency and
confirmation on what the diagnosis was and the type of treatment we should do.
The appointment with her was very short and to the point. We feel honored to
get to doctor with her. She is a very experienced oncologist in the field of
lymphoma. Her nurse Brad scheduled us to get his port placed Wednesday morning
at 9 am and to start chemo later that afternoon at 2:00.
While we were in our appointment I
had to step out and take a call from the fertility clinic and as if hearing
your husband has cancer isn’t enough, we found out the cancer has also made him
infertile. This may not be permanent and there is only a 10% chance that this
chemo treatment will affect his fertility. But we are praying we will make lots
of baby Eilers!
We had an off day on Tuesday and
relaxed and went shopping all day. We had a nice relaxing day and went out to
eat with some of Chase’s good friends.
On Wednesday we got up at 4:30 am
and headed for Omaha to check in for his port placement procedure. Everything
went smoothly and he felt wide-awake and good right after the procedure. We
went to eat at Panera after the surgery then back to the hospital to start the
first round.
Finally the moment we have been
waiting for… the start of getting rid of this cancer. They started out by giving him some anti nausea medication. Then
they administered a bleomyosin test (which is the “B” portion of the ABVD).
This drug is difficult on the patient’s lungs so they really have to be careful
to see how they react. He reacted just fine so they continued on his treatment.
They finished administering the entire treatment and this took about 2.5 more
hours. The process in whole was about 4 hours.
He was a little tingly after the
treatment but he still has not had too many side effects. His energy level is
so high and he was up at 7:00 am this morning wide-awake. He has had crazy
hiccups and slight indigestion. We called the doctor on call and turns out it
is pretty common and he told him to take Prilosec and a couple of other post chemo
medications they called in for him.
We are doing great and Chase is
recovering great! Please continue the prayers we are already seeing results! The
Lymph nodes have gone down in size and his breathing and itching are doing
better already! Thank you Jesus!!! Thank you for all your support and prayers.
We appreciate all you have done for us.
-Chase and Danielle
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