Jon and I had dinner with Alison and Kirk last night. Alison was still very tired from her busy Thursday (first chemo infusion day - 7 hours + benadryl) and her pulmonary evaluation and function tests on Friday. Some good news: she had an uneventful chemo experience with no noticeable issues and her pulmonary function tests were normal and her overall pulmonary status was good! Yeah! Her medical team thinks that her pulmonary issues (remember she was hospitalized for 11 days with "pneumonitis") was an adverse effect of the Temodar (the chemo she was on while having her radiation therapy). The current plan is to have an Avastin (chemo) infusion every other Thursday (should be much shorter visits).
Alison is looking forward to feeling stronger and getting out and about more. She definitely wants to spend more quality time with her daughter Dani. Alison and I are working on a photo project and once we get her lifetime of photos sorted, we will do some journaling, etc. Jon has installed a webcam on Alison's computer and "hopefully" those of us with video chat available will be able to have face to face visits via computer (better than no personal connection at all).
A funny little story about dinner: we brought up a Zachary's deep dish Chicogo style pizza (a Berkeley landmark) which pleased them very much only to find out that Kirk had NEVER had Zachary's before. There is a first time for everything! OK, that's it for now. Thanks for staying connected!
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Kirk and I were just having a discussion about Zachary's the last time I was up here, and I learned the same thing! HOW, after living in Berkeley for all these years, did he manage to avoid Zachary's for so long?! So glad you guys finally introduced them to each other...Zachary's is A-mazing. :) xo.
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