Cancer

Tomorrow is Marshall's next doctor visit and hormone treatment, as well as another PSA test to see how things are going.  He is also supposed to start on a bone strengthener (Xgeva).

Yesterday we got a call from Marshall's sister that his brother-in-law (Red) is in the hospital after a long battle with lung cancer and they are going to take him off the respirator tomorrow.

So Marshall will be heading to Ohio first thing Friday morning to be with family.  We are going to ask Dr. Flaig to postpone Marshall's Xgeva treatment for a few weeks to avoid the possibility of any unanticipated side effects during this next week or two while he's out of town.

And we are hoping that the PSA results are good so that he leaves here knowing his treatments are still working and he can put his own cancer in the background during this sad time.  Marshall spent his high school years living with Red & Audrey so they are not only sister and brother-in-law but they also had the role of parents for a period of time.

I will post the results of the doctor visit when I get home tomorrow.  Marshall is going to get a hotel room near the Denver airport tomorrow night so he doesn't have to get up so early for his Friday flight.