So I just got off the phone with Mindy (she’s in the hospital and I’m at home taking care of things here).

The tumor has not changed in size after two rounds of chemo. And her CA125 number (cancer antigen) has gone up so her doctor has given two options-surgery or changing to a more aggressive type of chemo. Her doctor wants to do the surgery but will be consulting with cardiology first to make sure that it's safe because of the blood clot by her heart. If they give the all clear then surgery would be Monday.

So there’s a LOT of new information, but I’ll try to keep it short and sweet here.

Mindy has been changed to stage 4A which means her cancer is going to be harder to cure. And they believe she has mixed cancer cells-one type being resistant to chemo.

After two rounds of chemo- her tumors didn’t shrink, she got more fluid, basically all the things that shouldn’t happen when on chemo.

Surgery to remove the tumors, etc is too risky because she has a large blood clot in her heart and another large clot in the vessel leading to her heart.

So right now, the plan is to add another type of chemo to her current chemo regimen in the hopes that it will at the very least dry up the fluid. After two rounds, tests will be done and we will reevaluate.

But that is also subject to change also.

She had an Echo done today (a big fancy one) and she will be getting a pleurex catheter either today or tomorrow (tube in chest to drain fluid/help her breath better)