Alec had his post surgery follow up appointment yesterday and finally...some good news! Dr. Ferrone went over all the pathology reports and all margins were negative, which means they took the tumor out, along with extra tissue, all that tissue surrounding the tumor was negative therefore, all the cancer is gone from his liver. Best news...remember how in October we got good and bad news, the good being that his lung and lymph node tumors had shrunk and the disease stabilized, the bad was that the liver tumor had grown 1cm? I could not understand those scans, why would chemo work on some tumors and not the others? It was all the same cancer, it didn't make sense. Pathology results concluded that the liver tumor had actually NOT grown. The tumor, consisted of dead cells (cancer cells that had been killed by chemo) and those cells retained water, making it look like it had gotten bigger on the scan. Bottom line, CHEMO WAS WORKING AFTER ALL! To say we were relieved and thrilled is an understatement. We were given so much HOPE yesterday that we actually danced our way out of the appointment (literally, we danced). We also treated ourselves to 2 giant lobster rolls last night, we think we deserved at least a lobster roll after all we went through.
All the prayers are working and we are filled with HOPE AGAIN! Alec certainly has a more positive outlook, at least we know now when chemo starts again in January it will be worth it. We still have a long road and there are no guarantees, but again, it all comes down to having HOPE. Thank you Dr. Ferrone, Dr. Waine and Dr. Allen for giving us the best Christmas present ever.
Speaking of Christmas, we enjoyed kicking off the season at the Christmas Prelude this past weekend. Jill, my Mom, and the Lombardos were here. We went downtown for a little shopping, eating, and spreading the Christmas cheer. Sunday, Amy, Keith, Kendalle, Steve, Cat, Jay and Alli all came up for another day of shopping, eating and being merry.
Alec and I at the Franciscan Monastery, singing along to Christmas carols.
Santa coming in on a Lobster boat!
The Lombardos
Boston girls up for a visit.
Thank you all for your prayers, we are so grateful to finally get some good news. We couldn't ask for anything more this Christmas (except Alec wanting a tuna rod and reel...JK, JK). But seriously, we have nothing if we do not have Hope. Nothing like BELIEVING in a Christmas Miracle!
All our love,
Heather, Alec and Millie
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