We did get the final report of the last PET/CT scan and it was clear of cancer. We rejoice in that! Gary has struggled with his right eye, tearing alot and at times painful, so he went to an eye doctor last week.... mainly because his reading glasses were not working for him. *smile* We have used Dr. Reyes many times and he is a member of fellow missionary Lance Gotcher's church. He was well aware of what Gary has gone through these past two years. He ran the usual test and was concerned that the right eye appeared to have a little cloudiness in it, indicating cataract. He put Gary on another machine to test his eye and we had to wait for the results.
After the test were back in, Dr. Reyes called us back in his office and explained that he put Gary on the test because he was concerned that the damage to the nerves on Gary's face and/or the brain tumor, might have done some permanent damage to Gary's eye, causing him to lose his sight. He had tears in his eyes as he explained how relieved he was to see that the damage was very minimal.
There is some loss of Gary's peripheral vision, but considering all that he went through, it is nothing to be alarmed about. He put Gary on drops because his eye is very dry, and prednisone drops for a month. We will then go back and see if there has been any improvement. Gary has already noticed that his eye does not hurt or tear up as much as before, so we feel the drops are helping.
On another note... Before having the stem cell transplant.... in fact most of Gary's life.... he has had terrible cracked heels. He could never walk around barefoot or wear sandals. Since the transplant, his heels are as smooth as a babies! Just one of those funny, unexplained things that happens with cancer.
This past Sunday, we were able to reunite with our church we turned over just before going to the States. Faith Baptist. You can go to http://www.phillips2pi.blogspot.com/ to read about it. Thank you for your prayers!
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