There are many softball games, birthday celebrations, and dance recitals in my future.

That sounds like fun family reconnections.

The good news on the bloodwork shows that the liver is much happier, the inference being that the mets there are responding to the study drug. The metastases along the abdominal wall don't produce any such information in the bloodwork, but we're hopeful that if it's working in one place it will work in the other.

The import of it all is that it is the disseminated abdominal mets which make her cancer inoperable. If those go away there's a path forward for curative surgery. (And this has happened to another patient during this clinical trial.)

Of course we're kind of grasping for good news straws at this point, as it's early in the process. But we get a CT scan in late May and we'll know for sure.

So that's why we're trying to power through the obstacle course and stay for treatment Mon-Weds.

Emmett gets the Big Damn Hero award for stepping up immediately to look after his sister for a whole week, which makes it possible.

Oh I’m so glad. Hoping this is s sign of treatment results to come. And that the logistics give you all a break after this sucky hiccup.

Yay for a happier liver!

Just LET ME HAVE THIS DREAM, okay?

What I want to know is what costume am I wearing in this dream?

Man, the human body is both a marvel and a hot mess at the same time.

Trufax.

We'll be taking advantage of the two-day blank spot in the calendar to go to The Last Bookstore today or tomorrow. I'm very excited about it.

I'm slightly weirded out by how quickly both Hec and I have slid into "we" for all of this. But it's a team effort, and he is honestly slightly more on top of things than I am. I'm just trying to stay on top of the next thing right up ahead; he's juggling all the pieces of the big picture. It all feels like a "we" thing.

JZ if you can focus on anything you can or want to and leave the rest to him, that’s amazing and what a partner is for. Fingers crossed your abdominal Mets are responding!!

Laura that is v obnoxious of your SIL, you should lay down some rules for her and her guests so you aren’t super inconvenienced (like how often they can leave or come back or if they have to do it all together or whatever)

Bravo Zulu to your whole team, JZ and Hec!

The good news on the bloodwork shows that the liver is much happier, the inference being that the mets there are responding to the study drug. The metastases along the abdominal wall don't produce any such information in the bloodwork, but we're hopeful that if it's working in one place it will work in the other.

That is excellent news about the bloodwork! I just exclaimed about it to Tim for like 5 full minutes.

The import of it all is that it is the disseminated abdominal mets which make her cancer inoperable. If those go away there's a path forward for curative surgery. (And this has happened to another patient during this clinical trial.)

Holy cow, that proof of concept in another patient is such good news!

We'll be taking advantage of the two-day blank spot in the calendar to go to The Last Bookstore today or tomorrow. I'm very excited about it.

Not gonna lie, I *also* exclaimed about this to Tim. Jealous!

I'm slightly weirded out by how quickly both Hec and I have slid into "we" for all of this. But it's a team effort, and he is honestly slightly more on top of things than I am. I'm just trying to stay on top of the next thing right up ahead; he's juggling all the pieces of the big picture. It all feels like a "we" thing.

Having had to be a medical caretaker of a spouse (and also having another major, 2-part, 2-day surgery coming up), the "we" thing is a real thing. It's like Laurie and Amy in Little Women, pulling together in the same boat.

The import of it all is that it is the disseminated abdominal mets which make her cancer inoperable. If those go away there's a path forward for curative surgery. (And this has happened to another patient during this clinical trial.)

I'm sorry you're going through hell to get there, but THIS ^^ is potentially amazing for you!!

Also, not surprised that Emmett is coming through for y'all. Proud of hm, though he has always seemed that he would. And, yes, didn't take long in this body to make me an ID non-believer.

Ooops, Shrift, I forgot to reply to this:

Just LET ME HAVE THIS DREAM, okay?

What I want to know is what costume am I wearing in this dream?

Something fluffy and Shirley Temple-esque: [link]