So we are off to Reno, we leave on Sunday for 3 weeks. We will be gone from May 8th till the 27th. Donnie will be doing Low Dose Chemo treatments; VP-16, a newer chemo drug used a lot for Lymphomas. He will also be doing Glathiutone (Glue-ta-thigh-own) IV treatments (helps keep the good cells alive while chemo kills the bad ones) twice a week along with the chemo. Then the other 3 days of the week he will be getting IV Homeopathic Immune Boosting treatments along with Chelation (key-lay-tion) treatments (helps get all of the toxins out of his blood). Haha sorry for all the side notes :) He will do these; 3 hours a day for the 3 weeks. Then after the 3 weeks he will have 1 week off, after the week he will then get treatment 1 time a week for 3 more weeks. Then another week off then 1 time a week for 3 more weeks and then he should be done! Pheeewww that’s a lot of weeks :) the Doctor is fully confident that he will be complete remission after that. Which is so amazing to hear! If 3 months is all that it will take, it will be so worth all of the traveling and money (none of this is covered by insurance, lovely, I know) and hard work it has taken.
We rented a 2 bedroom apartment about 3 miles from the clinic. It’s great because it’s corporate/medical housing so they charge by the day. It has all of the amenities of home. Which we need, especially with Donnie’s strict diet. He is on an organic only, no added sugar, no artificial anything meal plan. It’s going really well but it is a ton of work and an obscene amount of money. It’s a wonder why everyone doesn’t eat healthy. It takes me 45 minutes just to pack him lunch! But it definitely has made the whole family change our food lifestyle, and it’s probably the best thing to come out of this! We are taking the kids with us as well and making it sort of a "vacation" if you can call it that ;) The doctor said that he would not be sick like he normally would with traditional chemo treatments. So we will be able to hike and swim and take the kids to all the various places Reno has to offer. Which we are kind of excited about, weird to say, because we will be down there for cancer treatment. But I think it will be nice to just reconnect as a family and just enjoy the time together! We have various family and friends making some trips up to see us, which will be much needed. We are just making the best of this crappy situation. Both of our parents have been amazing, I just feel blessed to have so many great people in our lives helping us through all of this.
I have had several people ask if we are doing any sort of fundraiser or anything to help with our mounting medical bills and expenses in Reno. So I established a savings account at Wells Fargo in Donnie’s name! If you would like to donate to his medical fund you can make a deposit payable to Donald J McGurk, account # 3904451527. We so appreciate every ones continue support for our family during this difficult time. We are so grateful for all of the thoughts and prayers! I will continue to keep you updated on everything that is going on while in Reno!
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