Wow! What a day! I am so glad I decided to go with Bill today. Seeing is believing. They took out 6 LITERS of fluid today... yes, 6 liters. It took about an hour to get all of it out. He is 15 pounds lighter than he was this morning. He not only feels better, but really looks like he has lost 50+ pounds. It's a little crazy!! I hope it lasts longer this time. The nurse told him he needs a standing appointment to have his stomach drained every other week. I kick myself for not taking a picture of the 6 liters, I will make up for the lack of fluid photo with A TON of pictures from our adventure tonight.
We went bowling with the Rhone's tonight. Bill has had a hankering to go bowling and we were teasing him that he should call Make-a-Wish and choose a pop star to go with him. (My vote was for Justin Timberlake.) Now, I know you are probably thinking that is a really cruel joke, but you have to remember that when you live this day in and day out, you have to laugh and joke once and awhile. Bowling was a blast! We were not very good... OK, we were pretty bad. In fact, I'm fairly certain that we were on a faulty lane. Could ALL of us really be that bad? We did have a scare, though. On Bill's first frame, he fell... yes, fell. Thankfully, he got up laughing - actually, thankfully, he got up and wasn't hurt. He'll probably be a little sore tomorrow. Mark brought an incredible symbol of Bill's draining today! Take a look at the soda picture. It's a great visual for the 6 liters. Those 3 (2-liter) soda bottles represent the amount that was removed - it's an insane amount of extra fluid.
We wrapped up bowling early and headed home. We picked up Bill's new pain prescription of Oxycontin, that he started tonight. We don't know if it's the new meds, or the draining, but he said that he felt weird. I have a feeling it could be a combo of both things. Stay tuned...
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Hi again Jackie and Bill,
Don't if you get updates on all the latest cancer findings, but have you heard about the University of Kentucky study on grape seed extract killing 76% of leukemia cancer cells in 24 hours? This is being reported in the Jan. 1, 2009 issue of Clinical Cancer Research! Please check it out online and/or with your doctor. In the meantime, you may want to bring home some seeded grapes. Praying it helps!
Love, Susan
I have heard about bio-magnetic therapy helping as well.
Why not try everything?
Magnets, Grape Seed Extract, if anything makes a difference, who cares how weird it sounds?
We want to win, not look good doing it, right?
Jackie and Bill, it was great seeing you today, sorry I didn't make your spa look as good as I could have. But your pool is looking much better.
It was funny, when Bill said he gave up 6 liters from his stomach, I started doing the math, that is a gallon and half, which in water would weigh about 12 pounds, and when you figure they are taking more than water out of the stomach, it should weigh about 15 pounds.
Bill said he weighed himself before and after, and he lost exactly 15 pounds.
Can you imagine? If I lost 15 pounds, I would be my ideal weight.
But I wouldn't ever want to lose it that way. Bill is a stronger guy than I am.
Bill, keep on it, you are kickin' butt.
You are an inspiration to us all.
Todd
We had so much fun with you guys today! The lane was not formed correctly though, because there is no way we are ALL that bad at bowling! (Okay maybe it's possible!)
We always leave you feeling blessed for the time we got to spend! It is never a dull moment!!!
We will be fervently praying for next weeks scans!
All our love,
Mark, Leslie, Jordan, Hayden and Luke
HOLY COW- 6 liters!
There must be sense of relieved pressure from his stomach. Will this help him to regain some appetite?
*always thinking about you all!*
wow! 6 liters. Bill must feel he's on cloud 9 after all that! Tyler looked so cute with those bowling shoes!
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