T3N0 = Stage 2

It’s been a little while since I’ve updated on Travis. So this is what’s been going on the last couple weeks. They staged his cancer as T3N0, or stage 2. However, they did a ct scan and found a “smudge” on his lungs. If it turns out to be cancer then it will change it to stage 4. Trav got his PICC line put in last week to prepare for the Chemo. On January 7th he will start Chemo and Radiation. He will be hooked up to the Chemo all the time Monday through Friday, and Radiation will be a daily appointment Monday through Friday for 5 weeks. After he finishes it up he will wait 6 weeks before they can do surgery. Once the surgery is done he will have another round of Chemo. We really appreciate everyone’s continued support through all of this! Love y’all!

Genetic Testing results

We met with the Radiation Oncologist today and found out that we did the genetic testing 2 years ago...good news being it was fine then…bad news is we just wasted an entire month getting us closer to an answer we already knew! But, the radiation oncologist is getting us moving in the right direction now and hopefully soon we’ll have this thing staged and know what steps we need to take to get Travis cancer free! Thank you for the continued support and prayers! Love y’all!

Testing..

Well…more questions, few answers. Travis and I went to the surgeon this morning. The next step is sending him for some genetics testing. If it comes back positive, he may lose his entire colon. If it comes back negative we’ll most likely do an aggressive surgery, so different from the last one, and remove his lymph nodes this time. Chemo is still a possibility, but we really aren’t sure yet. Radiation, probably not, but not necessarily ruled out yet either. Thanks for everyone’s continued support!

It's back

Well I thought and hoped this blog would never be used again!  But, Trav's cancer is back. He was having bloody stools and so he got a colonoscopy. They found the cancer at the edge of his scar from the last cancer.  He had a colonoscopy 6 months ago, and it was fine...so it's pretty quick growing.  We are pretty overwhelmed, but are going to fight this again!  We don’t know a whole ton. He  is going to get a CT scan tomorrow, and then on Wednesday he will have an appointment with our surgeon.  Tuesday we are having a fast for Travis if anyone wants to be join us you are welcome to! 
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All the support we’ve received today is overwhelming! It’s been an emotional day, I would’ve thought it’d be easier the 2nd time around, but it’s not…it’s still cancer and it’s awful! Thank you for all the love, support, and prayers! It sincerely means a lot to know we have so many friends and family that cares! (That includes the e-mails, texts, hugs, etc!) Thankful to my parents (Rick & Michelle) who still stop everything in their lives to support me through everything! Grateful my Mom was able to take our kids for the day and still find time to make us a delicious dinner! We love you all! Also grateful for and love my sweet Travis!

Colonoscopy

Trav was having some complications and so he went in for a colonoscopy. This picture was me waiting, since then we have found out it's cancer again.

From Travis:

It is with a heavy heart that I'm making this post. Sadly my fight against cancer is not over. Today we discovered it has returned. Please send any prayers and/or good vibes my way if you have any left to give. Here goes round 2...