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As you all know, Steve passed away on Saturday, November 5, 2016. He went to the hospice center on Friday afternoon and was there less than 24 hours. He wanted to be home most of his last days and he got his wish.[...]
Well friends.....It's with a very heavy heart that I have to write the post I never wanted to write, nor did I expect to be writing it anytime soon.[...]
I had to take Steve to the hospital today. His breathing hasn't been very good and I just knew it needed to be addressed. I'm so glad we went because his oxygen level was VERY low.[...]
Steve's surgery last week was a success. The spine surgeons were able to remove the tumors that were compressing Steve's spinal cord without having to insert the titanium rods. His bones were surprisingly strong. They did insert a little cement into the spine where they removed the tumors, just to give it a little more strength. Because they didn't have to insert the rods, the recovery was much easier. Steve was up walking around the following day and then doing the stairs a day later.[...]
A week ago Wednesday, Steve's doctor ordered an MRI to get a better look at his spine and the tumors to see if Radiation would be good or not. When the radiologist read the MRI he contacted Steve's doctor and suggested that Steve go to the hospital immediately to have the spine doctors look at the MRI. The concern was that the tumors were too close to his spinal cord and they were afraid of paralysis.[...]
Steve has been having a lot more back pain. It started to get worse last Thursday night. He had a hard time getting comfortable and could barely move. It was so hard to see him in so much pain. Friday morning when I spoke with the doctor, he told him to double up on the pain meds he prescribed him and if it got really out of control to go to the hospital to get something stronger to give him relief. He was scheduled to have a bone scan on Monday (yesterday) and CT Scan Tuesday (today) so he said we'd talk after those scans to see what was going on.[...]
I just wanted to post an update since I haven't in a while. I realize some people are afraid to ask, but seriously you can always ask us how Steve is doing. We don't mind talking about it. It's our life now.[...]
Sorry it's been a while since I've updated you all about Steve. I've been so busy between the girls being out of school, and my summer classes.... it's been pretty crazy, to say the least![...]
Last week, Steve had a new Bone Scan and CT Scan so the doctor had a baseline before we start the next chemo. I was curious to see how much growth there would be without him having chemo for 4 weeks (2 treatments). [...]
As a parent, the last thing we ever want to do is see our children hurt. We've raised our girls with so much love and protection in the hopes that they would always feel safe with us. As a family, we've been through a lot the past 23 months and we've tried to be as honest as we could with the girls, letting them know along the way how much we love them and that everything would always be "okay".[...]
