I got all of Michael's recent lab results today. His CEA level was 4338 on August 18. It is now 3287. The CEA are basically tumor markers. It is a good way to measure if the treatment is working. Normal levels are 0 - 2.5. I know it seems bad but the doctor said it's all relative. They have seem some people with fewer tumors and higher markers and some people with more tumors and lower markers. The good thing is his CEA is going down which means he is responding well to the treatment.

He had chemo today and it really took the wind out of his sails but I got a whopping 3,500 calories in him today. (I'm really getting good at this!) He was up 2 lbs. The doctor warned us that the chemo would become harder and harder but he's hangin' in there. His RBC (red blood cell count) is climbing out of the danger zone and his WBC (white blood cell count) is actually normal. So everything seems to be going according to plan!! YAY!!