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Skip mentioned that one of the Agros board members, Larisa Kaukonen, is an ER Physician. It just so happens that another board member’s husband, Greg Schroedl, is also a ER physician and Vice President of administration at NorthWest Hospital. While we had originally left Whidbey Island heading for Swedish Hospital, by the time we reached [...]

Good morning Skip, I woke a little early this morning but I am feeling good. I think the doctors may have the acid reflux under control so I am hopeful I can begin eating today. The article below from CDC is a good one and shows the life cycle of the amoeba clearly. Thanks for [...]

Skip, I am hoping to head home today. I am now being told the I have low grade pneumonia in bottom of right lung and it is because of my shallow breathing with the liver issues. I had a CT Scan this morning and have been eating real food for lunch, dinner and now breakfast. [...]

After my chemo on Friday I felt great and felt good Saturday as well. Today I was feeling a little flu-like and about 5:30PM I started to get a temperature. Doug Lee (Oncologist) had told me if my temperature ever hit 101 I needed to get to the hospital within 2 hours for IV antibiotics. [...]

A very rough day for Don today. He was in great pain. They finally changed his pain medication again, and by tonight he was feeling better. The medical team still has not made a decision on the liver drain. Their preference is to leave the drain in until the tumor has shrunk. But so far [...]

Please pray. Don was admitted to the hospital around 5PM today. The doctors think the swelling in his abdomen is from the liver infection spreading elsewhere, and they want to have him under care so they can address the problem. They also consider it important to drain more fluid volume from the liver tumor. At [...]

What a difference a day makes. Don walked around his hospital ward twice today with a nurse and his IV pole by his side. The nurse claims she had a hard time keeping up with him. He was clear-minded most of the day. He even tried to do e-mail (not as successful, but he did [...]

Another even better day. Today Don looked and felt better than I’ve seen him in at least two weeks. “Astonishingly good” is how he described his own condition. He walked a number of times around the ward hallways. Last night he stayed up late, reading from 2 Corinthians and 1 & 2 Timothy, and was [...]

You’ll understand what a good day this has been when you see below the 2 update e-mails sent by the one and only Don Valencia. The decision to stay at the hospital instead of going home in a couple of days was prompted by Don’s own sense that this would be the best way to [...]

Skip, Had a good night sleep last night (12:20AM- 8:30 AM with the usual nurse prods and pokes at the deepest part of your sleep). Good shower, eggs, bran muffin and a bowl of prunes. Heather slept over again and it was great to hear about the fun time she had with her small group [...]

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