Charging Ahead!

Vince saw the surgeon's assistant on Thursday for the swelling in his arm and luckily it's completely normal. He said that it will have swelling for up to 6 mths. and it really looked great. I wish they would have told us that in the beginning, but hey...they can't overload you with too much info, I guess!

He also told us that Vince will never be able to lift up his elbow out to the side, only from his elbow down and up to his mouth! The surgeon NEVER told us that! His assistant said the reason for that was because they took out all the ligaments with the tumor! We NEVER heard that

either! So, needless to say we were quite surprised! WE are so grateful that Vince still has him arm and we do know that is not their goal to save the arm, but their goal is to SAVE his life, and we are all for that of course, but the surgeon told us different and we are looking forward to seeing him on May 14th so we can hear what he has to say. But, for now Vince is doing his exercises to gain more use of his arm and he is NOT allowed to move his shoulder AT ALL! The scar tissue needs to build up so that it will hold his bone in the socket so it won't dislocate. Thankfully he has zero pain! What a blessing!

Vince saw the Oncologist on Friday to see what the "Game Plan" is for the chemo treatments. He is still going to have 13 treatments as planned because this is the part that is considered to be the "Life Saving Part" and their is no letting up, especially at this point. It is very critical to treat this disease aggressively so that the cancer will hopefully be eradicated! We are praising God for all HE has done and we will continue to praise HIM! Vince is ready for the battle!

By the way, we told the Oncologist what the surgeon's assistant said, and he also understood that Vince would be able to do more than they thought, so that confirmed for us that Vince will be able to have more movement like we were told originally by the surgeon. He also said that he thinks that Vince will skate again in the future! So that is great news!

He will start chemo in 2 weeks and also start physical therapy around that time as well. We will find out for sure on May 14th. His treatment is expected to end in February or March, so please pray that Vince will endure the treatments with no harsh side effects! Dr. Tap said that he expects that Vince will do just as well as he has thus far! We are all looking forward to chalking off each treatment on the calendar and we can't wait to for Vince to be "CANCER FREE"! What a JOYOUS day that will be!

Here is a photo of Mindy, Bobby, Gianni and Vince a few days after his surgery. He is amazing!

Hey! Check out Mikemo's Top 5 reasons for living at home. It's on the right side of this page. Just click on the "Crailtap" link under the title! Makes me smile!

The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and I am helped. My heart leaps for joy and I will give thanks to him in song. Psalm 28:7