Update on Cezar's Condition

Cezar has been able to eat chicken sopas, rice (mashed with LOTS of soup/sauce, afritada (small shredded pieces), taho, ice cream, and some shredded fish. :) His new best friend is ginger tea with honey which soothes his sore throat.

We talked to his med onco this morning and we were given requests for cbc and chest xray (he has some chest pain and doc wants to rule out pneumonia). Not sure how much he weighs now as the scale we have at home isn't very reliable but since he started eating again, he has started to gain some color (his ears are now pinkish) were as he was so pale before. Demeanor has taken a turn for the better and he seems to be a lot more cheerful these days. For the past 3 days he has been able to join us at the table for breakfast (we usually just sit side by side in his slanting chair) :)

Formula feeding has been cut down to 2-3x a day unlike 2 weeks ago when we had to formula feed him 5-6x a day. He can now drink a lot of water so hydration doesn't have to be done entirely through his peg tube.

Tumor protruding from the gums is no longer visible, his gums look like regular gums with no teeth. The small part of the tumor seen inside the the right nostril is no longer present. His nose is no longer bleeding. He has a discharge from the right nostril but it has changed color from dark brown to a light yellowish color. Rad onco says this is necrosis and what we are seeing are parts of the tumor disintegrating. Before radiotherapy started, he would have this continuous flow of old blood from the right nostril. Doc says it's because the tumor was still connected to his vascular system and feeding from his blood..Now that the tumor is supposedly dead, it is no longer acting like a parasite and feeding off of his blood. This is the reason the tumor is no longer bleeding (because it doesn't share its blood supply with Cezar anymore). Last cbc showed regular blood count, we are hoping it's going to stay that way.

Surgery will probably be in 6 weeks or so. Please pray for us some more. I know all of you are quietly praying and wishing for his recovery and we just want you all to know that we appreciate your kindness. Thank you and we hope you have a wonderful rest of the week!