Reunion, new grandbaby, and chemo

Hey, All!! Here are some pics of Allan: chemo today, family reunion where he played horse shoes with his brothers, during the service for Mom and Dad Strong, the Strong kids line up one more time for photo ops. We had a great time in CA! Visiting with family is a great thing! Allan loved it and his appetite showed it too! His appetite really kicked up in CA and has remained so.

Today we went for Allan's second round of chemo and they did a blood draw on him first to find out what his counts are. For you that keep up with the numbers, here is what they gave me today on Allan: on 6/2, his first day of chemo, he had 13k ANC, 12.8 Hgb, and 426k on his platelets. 6/9 2600 ANC, 12.0 Hgb, and 382K on the platelets. The day we left for CA, his counts dropped to 700 ANC, 11.7 Hgb, and 404 k for platelets. TODAY: 4500 ANC, 13.1 Hgb, and 230k platelets!!! Next week we just go in for a blood draw to check his levels and the week after that Allan is scheduled for a CT Scan. The following Tues he has his 3rd chemo and finds out what his latest counts are and what the CT showed...it is just to see if the cancer/tumors are bigger, smaller, etc so they can adjust the chemo either up or down so the chemo is working better for Allan. He has had no dizziness, nausea, vomiting etc. God has his in His Arms for sure! They give Allan two bags of stuff to help his tummy to not get nauseous etc before they start the actual chemo.

Allan is feeling good and enjoyed his weekend back at work. We miss all of you already and are looking forward to when we can be together again.

Allan was loving meeting our newest granddaughter during the reunion. She is adopted by our Lisa and her hubby, Jeremy. I think babies are such healers when your heart is tore up. Allan is really enjoying the fact that he only has to shave maybe once a week!!! Thank you again for all your love and support. With out the Lord and you all, we could not make it through this valley time. God bless all of you abundantly for lifting us up in prayer!! We appreciate it more than you will ever know!!!