Chemo to Cryo

David's exam yesterday didn't give us the results that we were hoping for. The doctor found several new growths in the right eye (the bad eye). Thankfully, the growths were at the periphery and he was able to use cryotherapy on them. This is the same basic technology that they use when they freeze warts off at the dermatologists'. David seems to be handling it all in his normal happy way, although he looks like he's been in a championship boxing match.



So, now I get to wrestle him to try to get some ointment into his bad eye several times a day. This is no easy task since he's such a strong little booger. I have to admit that I don't think I have really gotten much of the ointment into his eye....just around his eye. Maybe it will soak in.

We have to go back in 3 weeks and see how the cryo worked. Rob and I also have to weigh the benefits and risks of continuing to treat an eye that is already mostly blind.

Rob and I are really doing emotionally quite well with this news. I think that we were both prepared that this was a real probability, and it didin't come as too much of a shock. It was discoraging, but we are dealing with that.

Again, we appreciate your prayers more that words can say. The older kids are handling the scariness of the eye alright. Isaac is fairly unsure of it, but I think he is coming to understand it.

I will update you some more later.

-Kim