At 9am today Marc said he was leaving the hospital by 10; there was no doubt that he would. Marcia had the Dr. paged to come in to write his discharge orders and, all said and done, they didn't get out of there until 12:30pm. Steve had gone to the house and mowed the yard so it was ship shape when they got home.
The pathology report came back this morning and the news isn't good, the report confirmed that the lesion is Astrocytoma Grade IV, typed as Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM). Marc will start radiation and chemotherapy in about 3 weeks, it will be 5 days a week for 4 to 8 weeks. They will start outpatient speech and physical therapy next week. They will be busy scheduling all of the followup Dr. visits for the following week. We are all going to try to live as normal of life as we can and are optomistic that the treatment will be effective and that Marc will have few side effects from the treatment.
The blog entries will be once or twice a week now that we are home from the hospital but if anything changes we will post it. Marc, Marcia, Steve and Julie thank all of you for your support and prayers and ask that you continue to keep us in your daily prayers.
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4 comments:
So glad to hear that you are home. Neal says that it is good that someone else in the family FINALLY has medical proof of dain bramage. Take it slow and don't expect to be your true self for a while. You are in our thoughts and prayers as always.
Julie,
Thank you so much for the e-mail and maintaining this blog. I had no idea Marc had brain surgery, or even a brain,lol, until I got your e-mail. Tell Marc we are thinking of him and praying for his speedy recovery.
Dale and Cindy Fahnholz
Hey, Marc,
We're praying for you over here at the Czerniak house - your friends from Orwall Rockies days! Home recovery is always the best of all and I am sure that between Marcia, Julie, Steve, and those precious grandchildren of yours, you will be loved on and well cared for. We're keeping an eye on you guys through the blog thanks to Lynn passing the word on yesterday. Hope you'll let us know if we can help in any way. Be a good patient, rest even if you don't always feel like it, and keep your good humor!
Diane, Matt, Crystal and Spencer
Glad to hear you are doing good and are back home. I know you are much happier being at your own home.
Get well soon buddy. We are pullin for you.
Hope to see you next week.
Thanks Julie for your work here to keep us up todate!
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