Today we held probably the first Family Council we've ever had. We took the opportunity to meet with those who could be here to talk about Dad's condition. We included Wes through Facetime and David on the phone.
Dad shared with us about his prognosis and activities. He will start physical therapy more regularly at home and the radiation therapy starts a week from tomorrow at UVRMC. It will be rough and it will hurt, but "we're gonna do it anyway, we're gonna fight." He asked for us all to continue to be supportive and helpful to keep up his improvement. The chemotherapy will start at the same time as radiation with a short break, then monthly cycles of chemotherapy.
The oncologist shared that patients who don't go through these treatments may last 2-3 months. Those who do can live 2-3 years, maybe longer. So we have been counseled to get things all prepared so that doesn't weigh on our minds. We've also decided to start planning some monthly family outings, depending on dad's condition of course.
We started yesterday by taking a trip with seven brothers and dad to Sundance (see another post soon).
More to come soon!
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