Dr Apt Update

Despite the nasty weather we had on Tuesday night, Dad's apt was still on for yesterday.
Me, Robert & Ellen were there. Unfortunatly Sam couldn't get here due to all the flight cancellations.
He did however, come in last night.

The results of Dad's cat scan show spots on his lung & liver.
He has metastatic colorectal cancer.
Basically what that means is, the cancer originated in the colon & has now spread to other organs.

The Dr said he has aprox 6 months left.

( My heart broke a little more just typing those words.)

I know that there isn't a crytal ball for them to look into.
I know they could be wrong but just hearing that shook my world.

The Dr said that the only "treatment" they can offer him is a form of chemo in a pill.
I believe the spelling is Xleoda but Ive never been good at spelling & prob didn't get that right.

I just spoke to Robert & Dad has an apt tomorrow at 1:45.
He is going to try the pills.

Dr said the pills work in 1 in 4 people.

When my father asked my brothers last night if he should try it, Robert said "yes".
My dad asked him why & Rob said "because I'd rather have a 1 in 4 chance then a 0 in 4"

My father is a fighter.
Always has been.
And still is.

Im concerned & worried about the side effects.
But I am hopeful that maybe, just maybe, this will buy us a little more time.
As I've said before, no amount of time will ever be enough.