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10/12! Almost there!

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It’s been several weeks since I’ve posted any updates, and that is mostly because nothing too exciting has been happening.  We are just chugging along!  The nausea, vomiting, exhaustion, neuropathy, etc. has progressively gotten worse, so treatments have been a little harder each time.  The good news is that they have stopped giving him the Oxaliplatin to try to reduce the chances of having neuropathy long-term.  Some patients have it the rest of their lives, so we are praying that isn’t the case for him.  The other good news - I think I can officially say, he did not lose his hair!  They said it is about a 50/50 chance with this type of chemotherapy, and it looks like he was on the 50 that keeps it!  It definitely has a different texture and has thinned a little, but it’s still there!  The last piece of good news - ONLY 2 MORE!  It makes me want to cry saying that.  It has been a longggg 5 months, and I finally feel like we are seeing light at the end of the tunnel.  We are scheduled