Lancelot In The Hospital Options

[Pippin's Mom Kel]

My poor little Lancelot is in the hospital tonight. We're not sure what's going on with him. I'm so tired, overwrought and worried that I just can't even bring myself to go into details. Please, please, please say a prayer for my little guy.

I'm not ready to lose him. I can't believe we're doing this again, less than a year after we lost Pippin. My poor, poor little boy.

[moon_beam]

Hi, Kel, stopping by to let you know you, your precious Lancelot, and your husband are in my thoughts and prayers today as your precious Lancelot undergoes the ultrasound which will hopefully confirm the cancer is in remission. Please know we are here for you to share whatever your news may be - - and hopefully to celebrate good news.

Peace and blessings,
moo_beam

[Pippin's Mom Kel]

Hi, Kel, stopping by to let you know you, your precious Lancelot, and your husband are in my thoughts and prayers today as your precious Lancelot undergoes the ultrasound which will hopefully confirm the cancer is in remission. Please know we are here for you to share whatever your news may be - - and hopefully to celebrate good news.

Peace and blessings,
moo_beam

Moon_beam,

Thank you so much for thinking of us! We're disappointed with today's ultrasound results, but probably more disappointed than we ought to be. The worst news is that his spleen isn't "normal" yet. The oncologist kind of waffled and said a couple times that it might not even be changes from the lymphoma (and she doesn't sugar-coat, I don't think). It is, however, better than it was when he was diagnosed. The good news is, though, that his liver is back to normal, and the lymph nodes in his belly that were abnormal are no longer visible on ultrasound. So the word is partial remission. He may or may not get a full remission. Unfortunately, she said partial remissions tend to last about 6 months, while full remissions last around a year. I'm trying not to find that too discouraging. It's more than we thought we'd ever get, and who knows what the next six months will hold? He's surprised us (pleasantly) already.

Other than that, his exam is great. No lymph nodes under his jaw, his weight is up even MORE (so he's above his baseline). She even said: "I don't give the fat cat lecture. If he's gaining weight, it's good." So, amusingly, I guess really *is* a little on the pudgy side. I take that as an overwhelmingly good sign about how he's doing with his lymphoma and the chemo. She reminded us that although it's a partial remission right now, he's doing wonderfully, and that's what we need to focus on. And I have to remind myself, 6 months remission doesn't necessarily mean 6 months *left*.

So... we're disappointed, even though we got largely good news.