by Tom Lewis | Apr 14, 2024 | Uncategorized
Duke of Schanzer Cathy is feeling good today. On Tuesday we will begin our next trek to Duke Brain Cancer Center for another MRI and progress report. Everything seems the same: occasional headaches, nausea, stumbles, and confusion, blended with daily doses chemo and...
by Tom Lewis | Feb 11, 2024 | Uncategorized
We are back from our five-week trek to Serabu. It was our longest trip on record to Southern Eye Clinic. Four other fabulous surgeons joined the mission team. Except for a couple of weeks with Dr. John Anhalt, women ruled this surgical expedition. Additional “Thanks”...
by Tom Lewis | Oct 1, 2023 | blog, Cathy's Updates, Uncategorized
Medical Update Today is a good day as Cathy begins her nineth month of glio crazies. It’s been a week of rest and tests as she anticipates her next MRI in a few days. Platelets are up and so are her spirits. The lower dose of chemo has reduced nausea and fatigue....
by Tom Lewis | Jul 9, 2023 | Uncategorized
Medical Update Perhaps God is manufacturing a miracle for Cathy. He is at least off to a good start. A reading of her recent MRI describes changes since her last MRI, which for this reading was four months ago. Her latest report officially reads “Interval Improvement”...
by Tom Lewis | Apr 16, 2023 | blog, Cathy's Updates, Education, Mission Trips, Uncategorized
BACKGROUND On March 13, 2023, Cathy had delicate surgery to remove a golf-ball size brain tumor from behind her right ear. Amazingly there were no residual neuro-deficits and life was looking up again after the previous month of clinical chaos, searching...
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