Hey everyone,
Just a quick update from the home front. Stu started feeling the effects of the clinical drugs after we got home. He is dealing with tons of inflamation, which the doctors at Providence/St. John's Medical Center are very happy about. They feel the inflamation is Stu's body fighting, which creates a really hostile environment for the tumor cells (we want this!!).
As I'm sure you can imagine the inflamation causes some temporary side effects and for Stu the side effects are loss of language, since the tumor is in the language part of his lovely brain. Stu is being really patient with us and with himself as he struggles with what to say. He spends a lot of time each day working on regaining his speech, and our girls and I see the improvement. He also likes to do Luminosity to keep his brain engaged... you should see his scores!!
These are temporary side effects and should start to subside around the two month mark, which puts us around the end of January. To keep ourselves busy, we are going for walks, visiting with friends and family, playing games and enjoying time with our girls. We are looking forward to a family trip to the Galapagos with Stu's mom. We will post some pictures here, when we return.
Stu would love to have friends visit, go for a walk, go out to a movie, watch football. Just send him a text if you are up for some fun.
We are wishing you all a wonderful holiday season and we are looking forward to catching up with you all in the New Year if we don't see you over the next few weeks.
Sandi (and Stu)
