Adjusting to the "stump"

We were lucky enough to spend this past week at home after leaving Mayo last Saturday.

Christopher is doing great adjusting to his new leg, or as he refers to it "the stump". It is amazing how he is managing himself and not really needing much in the way of pain medication.

His grandmother, Sheri was here with us and was a great help and source of support for him.

He is anxious to get his new prosthetic as relying on crutches is tough and getting old. It will be, however, another 6-8 weeks before that happens.

We did get some great news last week regarding the pathology report. It seem that the tumor actually showed almost 80% necrosis as opposed to little or no necrosis first reported on the MRI prior to surgery. Chris was very excited about this as it means that the last 10 weeks of chemo was in fact somewhat successful...thank God!

He begins his new chemo regime tomorrow, at which time we will find out the new protocol which will probably be any where from 6-8 more months?

In the meantime he is eating a lot, has pretty good energy and overall feeling very well.

Now that we are back to the usual routine and the surgery is over with we will continue to keep you all updated as things unfold.

Thanks to everyone for your continued support and prayers!

Peace, Patty