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Posted 2015-05-26T00:45:29Z

May update

A few days ago Steve had his first CT scan since starting chemotherapy in February and the news is good!  The images show an overall reduction (about 30%) in the size of the metastatic tumors in his liver as well as in the primary colon tumor.  This means that the chemo is working! (Thanks to you all for willing, praying, hoping for this.)  The oncologist said that Steve is doing better than average in terms of the combination of his response to and toleration of the treatment.  We were hoping that this good result would mean that his infusions could be stretched further apart (e.g., every 3 or 4 weeks rather than the current every 2 weeks), but apparently that’s not how it works, so he will stay on this aggressive treatment plan for three more months, have another scan to check progress, and then a decision will be made as to what happens next.  For now, though, we can celebrate where he is today.  One day at a time….[...]