More Waiting

We had been waiting for news regarding a clinical trial. He doesn't qualify. So, now we are waiting again for a different clinical trial and Layne's qualification to move forward. I don't know what the anticipated time frame will be - possibly two or three weeks just like last time. It would also allow him to stay here at Huntsman. Oh how we love the waiting game.

Houston Trip

I dropped Layne off at the airport this morning. He's on his way to Houston for an evaluation/consultation. He'll be talking with the doctor there tomorrow and be back tomorrow evening. We'll have Rachel's first clogging class for the year, the boys will have Young Men (an added Tuesday event), and Layne will be coming in at the airport all around the same time. Should be fun. Life as usual I guess. I'm looking forward to hearing what happens with the clinical trial. It'll be nice to get a yay or a nay, so we can move forward either way. There sure is a lot of waiting when cancer is involved. (At least it seems like that for us.)

Chill Factor

Last night Layne asked what we were going to do in the winter. It took me a second to figure out what he was talking about...the fact that he was pulling the sheet over himself while I was attempting to keep the sheet off of me because of the heat was a big clue. He's a bit concerned that if he's a little chilly now...how cold will he be during the winter when the weather is actually chilly instead of in the triple digits. I'm not sure what we're going to do.
I thought about the day before when he wore jeans to work and commented about it being cold at the office. It's August. I'm used to seeing him wear shorts and a short sleeve shirt to work during the summer. (Oh, to have the dress code of an engineer.) It was odd to see him walk toward his truck with long sleeves, long pants and actual shoes (instead of sandals) on. It was then that I had remembered that on Monday I noticed him wearing pants and had wondered if he had any shorts that were clean. I haven't washed any of his lately. Hmm...
I don't know what we're going to do this winter. I guess like everything else, we'll have to wait and see.
In the meantime, we get to go for another treatment tomorrow. We're hoping this one doesn't take as long as the first one did.

Schedule Change

Layne was originally going to start chemo yesterday. The new start date is July 27th. We still have a ways to go. More of the waiting game. Maybe we'll have a 'normal' few weeks before then. We have a reunion that we're thrilled about...and will be even better now that we know Layne will not be working with the side effects of chemo.
I was planning to start homeschool again the first week of August. We'll see how that goes...considering it will be the same week we're figuring out how he'll react to the chemo.
I'm glad he's back at work. It's been an adjustment for us. (We had a whole month with him at home.) It'll be a good thing for him to be able to accomplish something there before he takes a week off for chemo.

Rainy Day

We've been pretty dry around here. It's been hot and we've had several fires in the area. Pretty scary stuff. I was a bit nervous about my kids, fireworks and all the dry grass around...especially when I thought about all those that weren't in their homes because the fires were too close.
Rainy summer days are great for getting things done inside and reading cozily with the kids. Layne's been at work. So, it's a great day to regroup and be with just the kids again. It's a also a great day for tears.
Layne had scans taken on Tuesday (7/3). He's been hoping for results. He talked with Dr. Garrido (oncologist) and then gave me a call. He didn't get very far in his conversation with the doctor before his phone had cut out. A bit frustrating for him...considering Dr. Garrido had just said that he did have a minute to answer some questions. Bummer. Our lives are sort of a waiting game, what's another hour or so? He had called me to tell me all about it...that, and they didn't have the result back yet. He shared something that was unexpected, so I was a bit shaken up by it.

...and Slow

What does 'slow' have to do with all of this? The whole waiting game is a big piece of the puzzle for us. Layne has mentioned that maybe it's because he needs to learn more patience and this is the way Heavenly Father has chosen to do it.
It seems there's a longer wait than expected for just about every step of the process. And, the process seems to be a long one. It's been a couple of months since Layne first had the colonoscopy and we were told that he had colon cancer. It was another month before it was removed, and now another month has passed and we might be close to determining treatment. I'm hoping that's not the case for everyone. In between all of that has been waiting for the results of different tests.
We are currently waiting to know what is discussed/decided tomorrow when the Tumor Team meets. I'm doing my best to have faith that they will be inspired.