Bill's Brain

It has been two months and I have given ZERO updates. I may be slightly overwhelmed. But. Every two months, we get a new scan. So, here’s the news: There is some stuff showing up in his brain again. Some “areas of interest.” “Foci of nodular enhancement.”  “Findings are concerning for residual/recurrent disease.” – MRI Ugh, […]

Today was the day. The super big, enormously important, meet-with-the-specialist-and-see-how-the-first-round-of-chemo-and-radiation-went day. And I’m going to cut straight to the chase, and say it was an amazing day. The scans look so good. In fact, the doctor said there are no visible signs of the tumor on the scan. Hallelujah! Not very many people with glioblastoma […]

Today is a big day! Today Pops goes in for a scan to see if the tumor was receptive to the first round of chemo / radiation. Please keep him in your thoughts. This is a ridiculously nerve wracking moment for him.  I am not sure if we will get to see the scans today […]

Pops got his first vaccine today! Only a few more weeks on high alert, total lock-down and he’ll be immune. We are super stoked for him to be able to see a few friends, maybe get a massage, and start getting back to our new kinda / sorta normal sometime in March. ~Jessica

It’s Pops’s last day of radiation and chemo before a whole month of R & R (with his favorite daughter 😉 ). I don’t know if he’s going to miss his fancy machine, but I know he’s going to miss his new favorite napping spot by the fire at the radiologists. ~ Jessica

Pops has great energy still and though he can’t putter around his own garage, he has taken to working in Brad’s garage instead. And he’s replaced all of Brad’s out light bulbs. And he’s usually vacuuming when I call. He sometimes recruits Ryan to help, and even enlisted Jon and his truck to take a […]

I got “home” today. At this point in life, I have no idea where home is, but I’m back with Pops. The sun was shining and we took a long walk around the neighborhood. Here he is proving how good he’s feeling. 😀 ~Jessica

Pops starts chemo and radiation today. All the good vibes to pops and his fancy new machine.