As Thy Days, So Shall Thy Strength Be 日子如何，力量也必如何

Last Wed. Dr. 邱紹華 gave us a whole week to deliberate to go chemo or target medicine treatment. It wasn't too difficult to come to the decision with target medicine - Iressa when we saw him today at his office.
上星期三邱醫師給我們一個星期的時間決定用傳統的化療或是用最新的標靶治療方式，我們決定用標靶治療的方式。


Our patient will forsake the hell of chemo for the time being and take an easier and supposely better efficacy path. A follow up visit with Dr. 邱 is in 2 weeks, mid of July. Initially, we'll take this a 4 months course and see how it goes.
看完邱醫師的門診後，藹玲已經開始服用標靶治療的藥物，
可以在家中服用藥物，兩週後再去看門診，追蹤觀察，在七月中旬。基本上這個療程需要4個月。到時後再看狀況決定是否需要更多的時間。


Prepare to see Eileen with lots of ACNEs or pimples when I show you her picture next time. This household will soon add one "teenager" girl in addition to the two teenager boys. The side effective of Iressa, so we are told.
下一次將藹玲的照片放在部落格時，會多了很多青春痘。這間房子將會多了一個青春痘美少女，敬請期待！


Pleural effusion remains while our patient gets weary and frigthful at mentioning about being hospitalized again to drain the fluid. Dr. 謝治政 goes easy on her this time cause' he doesn't think the fluid in the chest cavity left from the lung incision is so critical and life threatening. We're hopeful that soon our patient will expand her remaining left lung to fill up the space so as to squeez out the fluid.
這次看診時，胸腔積水並未改善太多，藹玲不願做引流的手術，
謝醫生認為目前狀況並沒有生命危險，所以不一定要做引流的手術，希望藹玲左邊剩餘的肺部可以很快發揮功能，取代被切除的肺部功能，將剩下的積水排出。
Coughing remains and not yet able to swallow her own saliva down rather wipe it out with baby wiper. She consumes 40 boxes of baby wiper paper (more than 6,000 sheets) in a week. Michael has to place a special order for another 120 boxes to be delivered soon.
目前咳嗽的狀況仍然有，藹玲無法將口水吞嚥下去，而是用嬰兒專用紙巾擦除。一週大約要消耗掉40盒紙巾（超過6000張）。
永強已經額外再訂購120盒紙巾了。


She makes progress in snail pace. Sometimes we both get anxious and wonder when one sees the light at the other end of this tunnel of recovery.
藹玲的復原緩慢但持續進步中。有時候永強和藹玲會對復原這漫長的道路有些擔心，何時才能看到那盡頭的亮光呢，請持續以禱告記念。