Tena koutou katoa
27 October 2024
We as a whānau would like to update you all on where we are at with our Pāpā and his medical journey, on the 30th of Sept dad started the new medication you have all generously donated for, luckily for dad he had 7 days rest as the Keytruda took a toll on him. On Tuesday the 8th of October we headed to Keneparu to start his new chemo medication. Everything was smooth sailing, dad was feeling good, still maintaining his happy demeanour and positive attitude. In amongst other appointments and hui dad has had scans and blood tests done. Unfortunately for dad not even a week after his chemo his blood count had dropped quite significantly to the point the doctors phoned him and told him to go to the ER ASAP as his kidneys and liver have taken a massive hit from this new medication. Although we knew this could be a side effect we did not think it would be this soon. After being admitted to the hospital dad is now at home. We were due to be in Palmerston North again Monday just gone but unfortunately under the strict guidance of his doctors he has had to cease all cancer medications until further notice. As you could probably imagine this has hit us very hard as a whanau. Seeing dad looking very well but his blood test were saying otherwise. We couldn’t understand but are very thankful for the due diligence of dads Doctors for picking it up quickly. We will be meeting a team of doctors in the coming weeks to see where too next and to hopefully plan out a new medication regimen.