13 May, 2018 19:16
JOHN LARDIN UPDATE
As reported last month the weather in Florida this year had to be the best in the over 10 years we have been going and the return trip back to Michigan was also one of the best trips back. On the return John has a cat scan and saw the cancer Dr. and the heart Dr. The cat can showed that the tumor had decreased from 21cm. in April. He had his defibrillator checked and no reported incidents. The heart Dr. gave John and ekg and all reports were good. Next trip was to the hip Dr. to replace the left hip which is giving John more and more pain. Bottom line is chemo and heart Drs. gave the ok for the hip surgery. Originally hip Dr. wanted to replace hip on May 6th but Judy said too much going on so replacement is scheduled for June 4th at Botsford (Beaumont) Hospital. The bad side of all the above is the last chemo treatment was April 11th in Florida and cannot get treatment until six weeks after the hip surgery. Hopefully will not have a negative effect on the tumor. Before the surgery Judy, Vickie, Jacquie, Marion and Kate will be making an overnight trip to Shipsapwana Indiana and Judy and John will be making a long weekend trip to visit family in Texas. Speaking of Texas, Larry and Kim purchased a home in a suburb of Corpus Christi. A four bedroom, 2700 square feet, half acre of land which gives Judy and John their bedroom back. Other than that nothing exciting happening..I continue to thank you for your prayers and please continue them not only for me but the rest of the TRI-V Family in need of them as well as family and friends.