Charlie & Nancy Holt Family

Friday, December 25, 2015

Life changing news

December 2015

Our life has been turned upside down.  On November 30th, Charlie went to see Dr. Miller for a severe pain in his back.  He ordered a chest xray that showed spots.  They ordered bloodwork and a CT scan that was done on Saturday December 5th.  On Tuesday December 8th, we saw Dr Miller and he recommended Charlie see an oncologist.  Wooster Oncologist - Dr Alam scheduled an appointment for Wednesday.  He immediately ordered a bone marrow biopsy to confirm multiple myeloma cancer.  Keith came home on Thursday and went along for the biopsy.  Dr Alam wanted Charlie to be checked into Akron City hospital.  He had hyperviscosity syndrome and needed plasmapharesis to remove the high levels of protein in his blood.  Charlie spent the next three days in the hospital, having three procedures and received a total of 54 bags of plasma.  On Tuesday December 15th we returned to Dr Alam's office to explore options for treatment.  He recommended hitting the cancer aggressively and started treatment the next day.  He had hydration on Thursday, Friday and Monday then on Wednesday December 23rd he had a chemo treatment again.  He has not had any adverse reactions to the chemo.  For the plasmapharesis, Akron City put a port in his neck and they left it in in case he needed to have the procedure done again.  He is scheduled to have the port removed on Thursday December 31st at Akron City Hospital.  I received a call telling me to watch for confusion, blurred vision or lethargic because the proteins in Charlies blood was at 13.

Next week Charlie is scheduled to have a bone xray and a chemo treatment on Wednesday.  I am so grateful he has not had nausea from the treatments.  He is extremely tired, he is having pain in his back and chest.  He is on 6 oral meds and being treated for thrust.

Talk about a life changing event.  We will be married 43 years on January 20, 2016.  I can 't imagine my life with out him.  Don't take life for granite it can change in the blink of an eye.  I love you Charles A Holt and proud to be your wife.  

Fight....kick cancer....




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