Kris and I are wrapping up our second day here at Oasis. Not a whole lot happened today on the treatment front. She received another round of Genoxal and Kemdalin, along with her cocktail of nutraceutical pills. These are designed to weaken any tumors and bolster her immune system before they hit her with the oxidative therapy later this week. We also attended a great lecture by one of the staff doctors about the Oasis treatments and how they work to fight cancer. Very interesting and enlightening stuff, I'm looking forward to part two tomorrow. Other than these few things we haven't done much else today. We should meet with her doctor again tomorrow to cover any new treatments and tests she'll receive.
Our medical records still haven't arrived from the Irvine Oasis site. This is starting to irritate me. We wasted too much time with that place in November and again they're wasting our time by not having transferred our records ahead of our arrival. They better hope everything arrives tomorrow because I really don't want to have to arrange to get this stuff from home while here in Mexico!
We met another of our fellow patients today, Sharon and her sister Jenny. They have traveled here from Australia. Sharon has stage four melanoma that has metastasized to nearly every part of her body, including her bones, putting her in quite a lot of pain on a daily basis. She is very strong though and very frank about what she's been through. She has a six month old son waiting for her back home and is hoping her stay at Oasis is what puts her on the path to healing. They also introduced us to more research and therapies I wasn't familiar with. It's amazing how much more we learn about cancer each day here. I hope our folks back home can put the other good people here into their prayers as well, every bit helps.
We also had a sad departure today. Nicole and her mother Tina had to leave the hospital and return home to get further tests for her brain cancer before the doctors can treat her here. She needs a surgical biopsy to determine the nature of her cancer and they just don't have the facilities to do it properly. I'm hoping they can get home and have their tests done quickly so they may return here to Oasis and get her the treatment she wants and needs. It's hard to see good people go through such hardship, but in the short time we have known them I can see they are a very strong family and will continue to fight no matter where the fight takes them. Good luck Nicole, we hope to see you back here soon!
The menu today wasn't as surprising since I knew to expect tasty selections. One new item was zucchini soup , it was really quite good. The broccoli soup, not so much. But I'm determined to at least try everything they put out for us so that I can take all the good ideas home with us :)
We were able to have a better Skype call to Cesa and our girls tonight. That really felt good to see and hear them for a few minutes. Of course, Cori was so sweet and Camryn was so wild, but that was exactly what I needed to see. Ten more days and we'll be home to have them run us ragged!
Well, I know it was a pretty boring update tonight, but that's all I've got. Before bed I'm going to try to brainstorm some fund raising ideas for Kris to help pay for the huge costs of this treatment. Sharon gave us some interesting ideas based on what has been done for her family back in Australia and I know there have to be plenty more creative things we can do. Maybe I'll do a live charity chest waxing event, and everyone can place bets on when I'll pass out from the pain. That ought to raise about $7.38.
Well that does it for me, check back tomorrow for more exciting updates from Playa de Tijuana. G'night!
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