All Updates

Address correction and livestream

I wrote the wrong address in my previous post about the address for...

Service details

Andrew's funeral will be tomorrow at 10:45am inside the chapel at t...

Remembering Andrew

After 15 months of bravery and determination, Andrew passed away to...

Discharged

Andrew was discharged yesterday afternoon. We are due back in clini...

Issues with platelets

We're still in the hospital. Since my last update, Andrew got a rep...

Thinking differently about treatment

Andrew continues to suffer from severe fatigue and sleeps for many ...

Inpatient day 2

Andrew has slept the majority of the day—low platelets (back down t...

Endocarditis

Last night I brought Andrew to the ER, and we were admitted to our ...

Bone marrow problems

Vivian and I left this morning for two nights at the beach. We’re t...

Delaying chemo

Today Andrew was set to resume chemo after a month-long break for r...

Friday night lights

We're at NYU tonight for Andrew's 5th radiation treatment. Last Fri...

Radiation on hold

Today was supposed to be the first of 10 days of radiation therapy ...

Back at home

Andrew’s kyphoplasty on Tuesday went very well. Immediately followi...

Treatment plan

Today has been a whirlwind with a lot of doctor’s visits, informati...

Update on seizures and back pain

Today Andrew is much more alert and acting himself. He's no longer ...

Seizures

We’re at NYU emergency department. Andrew has had two seizures, cau...

The Road Ahead (from Andrew)

Based on these quotes from my medical record and my conversations w...

Discharge today

Andrew's echo came back clean on Monday, which means he's on the sh...

To ICU and back

Friday evening, Andrew got the liver abscess (from the leaking gall...

Infection source

I know many of you are interested to hear updates as I have them, s...

What we know today

Things are changing quickly as results come in and doctors confer. ...

Admitted at NYU

This Monday was the one-year anniversary of Andrew being diagnosed ...

Bad news Fridays

Fridays haven't been kind to us this year—bad CT results, bad news ...

Chemo cycle 2

Shortly after my last update, Andrew got a CT. This was much earlie...

Trial #2

Yesterday was Day 16 of the KRAS trial at NYU. Prior to starting th...

What plan??

Over the past 10 months, we’ve learned that it’s pointless to ancho...

Choosing a trial

Andrew didn’t get chemo today. About 18 hours before the appointmen...

Next steps

It’s been a rough week, with a lot of developments—maybe an up or t...

CT results

Last Friday, Andrew got his first CT scan since he’s been on the st...

Trying to leave room for hope

This isn't the post I thought I would write today and definitely no...

The next chapter

We know we are long overdue for an update, and there is a lot of ne...

Histotripsy scheduled

Yesterday’s blog post didn’t trigger an email to those of you who a...

Holding pattern

We've had a nice couple weeks since Andrew's last chemo in mid Dece...

Good news from oncologist

I wanted to share a quick, positive update from Andrew’s oncologist...

Headed home soon

We are preparing for discharge from the hospital now. We ended up m...

Pancreatitis?

I am having a bad case of deja vu, writing this update from NYU’s E...

Update on Treatment: Progress, Plans, and Gratitude (from Andrew)

We know it’s well past time for another update, and I have some enc...

A Month of Ups and Downs (from Andrew)

Sorry for not updating the page in a while. Chemotherapy has been t...

2nd CT scan results

We are interrupting our 10-year anniversary trip at The Spa at Wood...

Everyone's Got An Opinion (from Andrew)

Yesterday, I met with my oncologists at Memorial Sloan Kettering. W...

The latest plan (from Andrew)

I’m glad to share that there’s more good news to report. My CA 19-9...

Good news (from Andrew)

Monday afternoon after Elyse’s last post, we got new blood test res...

What’s next?

It’s been a while since our last update. I’ve returned to work full...

Tumor board surprise

Last Saturday, Andrew got pelvic and chest CTs for the first time s...

Debility (Andrew's post)

Before June 2nd, my biggest health concern was a backache. But ever...

Round 4

It's chemo week #4. We had a long appointment with Andrew's oncolog...

Chemo round three

We're at NYU for chemo round three. Andrew had a nice few days lead...

Bonus days

Andrew’s experience with chemo round 2 was night and day compared t...

Chemo round two

We’re back at NYU for round two of chemo and a checkin with Andrew’...

Good day, interrupted

About 20 minutes into Andrew’s IV fluids and anti-nausea meds, Andr...

A learning experience

We’re having a good day. Andrew isn’t nauseated and has some energy...

$1,000

Andrew is struggling with side effects from Friday’s chemo. The fir...

C Day

This week has been long and hard. At times it felt like we were bac...

Hooked on Phonics (Andrew’s headline)

We ended Friday’s ER stay with confirmation via MRI that Andrew did...

Back in the ER

We’re back in the emergency department at NYU. Earlier this morning...

Home again

We came home from the hospital on Tuesday afternoon. As we anticipa...

Discharge day…probably

The last few days have been quiet. We thought Andrew may be dischar...

Delays

Starting with the good news: Andrew's cerebral angiogram was unrema...

What’s on Andrew’s heart?

We’ve had another eventful 24 hours. The velocity of information an...

Andrew's diagnosis

On June 2, Andrew was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreas cancer after ...

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