Myles

Hello, this post won't contain any videos, 70s references, or Myles's usual witty writing style. Myles's cancer began 2014 pretty aggressively and he's currently in the hospital ICU.  Myles has loved writing this blog and your feedback, support, and love mean so much to him.  So while he's taking a blog break to fight his cancer in the hospital (or more likely snore), I will use this venue to update everyone on his condition as frequently as possible.

Myles woke up in the middle of the night two nights ago and could not move his left arm.  Soon after, his left leg stopped moving normally and he was taken to the hospital by ambulance.  After many tests, we have learned that the cancer has now spread to his brain, and at least one of the larger lesions began bleeding, which led to the problems with his arm and leg.  

Fortunately, the bleeding appeared to stop yesterday afternoon.  He's being given large doses of steriods to reduce the swelling caused by the bleeding, and fortunately, his scans have been stable since yesterday afternoon.  The current plan is for Myles to begin radiation therapy tomorrow to hopefully shrink the lesions.

Myles is not in any pain; he's been sleeping a lot, watching a lot of football (what else is new?) and is in relatively good spirits given the situation.  The kids and I have been spending lots of time with him this weekend around their usual activities - soccer, musical rehearsals, and getting together with friends.

Like we have throughout the past three years, we don't let the cancer define Myles or our family, so the kids have continued their usual flurry of activities, around which we hang out together at the hospital. We greatly appreciate all the food, kid shlepping, more food, emails and texts, and more food.  But the greatest gift you can give the kids and I is to treat us normally. If we're not at the hospital, we likely don't want to talk about the hospital, or cancer for that matter.  Just give us the gift of normalcy.  We love that.  Plus, it has no calories.

I will update this blog as frequently as I can.  Myles will read your comments and posts, and they mean so much to him, so keep them coming!

Love to all,
Marcie