In a few minutes, (about 6:00 PM California time) Cody will going to do yet another exploratory "treatment" to try and figure out why his white cells aren't coming up. We had a CT scan from the neck down Wednesday, and another CT scan from the neck up last night. We have met with and infectious disease doctor yesterday and an ENT doctor today. It appears he has sinusitis. His sinuses are blocked, lymph nodes swollen and spots on his lungs. The spots are being treated as if it were fungus. (they aren't sure what it is...a fungus, bacteria or virus, but are pretty confident it is not a tumor) The two may be related....the lung and sinus issues.
The treatment tonight is to retrieve what is in his sinuses for a biopsy, while there, clean it out a bit. The purpose is to pinpoint what is robbing him of his white cells and where it started so it can be treated appropriately and swiftly. They feel that once they know, they can treat it and his white cells will start coming back. We re pretty much at a stand still with cancer treatment until his cells start coming back.
So...it appears, we will be here for awhile..at least another couple of weeks....which is OK. I'd rather be here in his condition, and so would he.
Pray for wisdom for the doctors in treating this mystery cell robber swiftly so Cody's white cells can come back up and we can get on with the primary battle. In spite of all that is going on....Cody remains in good spirits, albeit, tired .
Thank you for your continued prayers.
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