Volcanoes Tickets - 2 locations now

Volcanoes Game Fundraiser
for Randy Bultena and Lisa Harder
Thursday, July 16th
Tickets are now on sale
at Bumble's Botique
525 Taggart Dr. in the West Gate Shopping Center off Wallace Rd.
AND Copy Cats on Edgewater

$14 tickets on sale for $10 each - CASH only
Each ticket holder will get a Volcanoes Baseball
Randy and Lisa will get to throw the first pitches
and a Volcanoes Jersey.
Please come support them this special night
Get it on your calendar!

Randy and Lisa are both up at Dornbecher getting some chemo. They have a new friend who is a student at Sprague who now has the same cancer. Randy's update for today is that as of noon today, Lenette and Randy were just waiting for a room so he could start his chemo. I guess it was very busy up there today. God has been helping Lenette, giving her more strength to get through the day and to help her stress level go down a bit. There are ALWAYS things going on with 3 teenagers and one fighting cancer and graduating next week. The doctors are trying to work around his schedule and let him go to graduation and then give him a few days off to recover before he has to go back up again (the Monday after Thursday's graduation). We will see if he is able to attend the all night party. Maybe Robbie can be his chaperone :)

Keep on keepin' on Randy! You Rock!

Pretty Good

Short and sweet - got a text from Randy last night that said he is feeling "pretty good". He goes up to Doernbecher for more chemo today. Be praying he gets through this and gains some strength so he can attend next week's graduation.

Transfusion today

Randy did have to go up to Doernbecher to get a blood transfusion. His red blood counts were very low. So, this should help. The family is living day by day. Never knowing what will come next. Wednesday should be a day of rest, then back up to Doernbecher for chemo on Thursday. That is good that he is able to stay on track with his chemo, so he can most likely go to his graduation next week. Please keep the whole Bultena family in your prayers as they all go through so much. Keep on Rockin' Randy!

Tough Week

Randy has had a rough week. He has been battling fever, low blood counts and mouth sores all week. The mouth sores make him not want to eat. He down to 115 lbs. Saturday night he spiked a temperature of 104 - which of course is really NOT good for a cancer patient. He had to go up to Doernbecher to get some different antibiotics (remember he is still on some other antibiotics for a while now). They returned home around 5 AM. With his blood counts so low, he is so tired. They are considering a blood transfusion tomorrow. It is about a 3 hour procedure and would like to do it in Salem, as that would avoid the travel to Portland. The blood transfusion should help with his counts, which would help with his mouth sores and help him to be more alert. The family is tired and exhausted. Please keep them in your prayers. Chemo is pending for Thursday, depending on his blood counts and what they can find of an infection tomorrow. If his chemo is delayed, then he will probably miss his graduation on June 5th. I know he really wants to attend. Keep your encouragement coming for Randy!

Volcanoes Game Fundraiser Tickets

Volcanoes Game Fundraiser

for Randy and Lisa

Thursday, July 16th

Tickets are now on sale

as Bumble's Botique

525 Taggart Dr. in the West Gate Shopping Center off Wallace Rd.

$14 tickets on sale for $10 each - CASH only

Each ticket holder will get a Volcanoes Baseball

Randy and Lisa will get to throw the first pitches

and a Volcanoes Jersey.

Please come support them this special night

Get it on your calendar!

The Concert

What a great concert. There was a stage, lights, sound, and music. Many people came and more were coming even when I (the old blogger) left around 10 PM. Here are a few pictures of the night with some of the earlier bands. Rick Bultena's band, Cloud Nine, played and sounded GREAT!!! Randy even got up and played a number with them. He had some GREAT friends there to help him get around and his family was all there to encourage, support, and help with medicine, extra sweat pants and a chill out time in the car to rest for a bit. If anyone has anymore photos of the night of the later bands or info on fundraising, please e-mail me (Beth -- TinsethFamily@msn.com) and I will get the info up for everyone to read and look at. Thanks to EVERYONE for a great evening supporting Randy! I hope to have a complete list of helpful people, bands, lights, facility, food, etc. etc.

Ready to Rock

Randy got his blood counts yesterday and they are good enough to go to the concert. He is not feeling up to playing at the concert- bummer - but he is looking forward to watching and enjoying as long as he can, still pretty tired and sore. Please come join him and support him at the benefit concert tonight. Info on the concert in post below.

Rock On Randy Benefit Concert

Benefit Concert - THIS FRIDAY

featuring 10 Salem area bands
May 15th at 5 pm - midnight
at the Northwest Kids Club
located on Hawthorne Ave. behind the Newport Bay restaurant
There will be BBQ and refreshments for sale to benefit the cause also.

Tickets will be sold for $10 before the concert - please call Tyler King @ 971-240-8463

Or $12 at the door.

If you can not come and would like to donate toward the benefit concert, you can pay for a ticket and provide it for someone who can not attend otherwise.

Please contact Tyler with that information.

Rock on Randy t-shirts will be available at the concert for $10 each

Rock on Randy bracelets will be sold at the concert for $3 each

The bands include:

1.F.O.H.

2. Mumbling Threats

3. PHANTOM!

4. Cloud Nine

5. Electric Secretary

6. Paper Boats

7. The Navy

8. Ambulance Party

9. Sorceress

10. Sister Ray

This Benefit is to help 18 year old Randy Bultena and his family as he has been diagnosed with osteosarcoma just above his ankle, which includes reconstructive surgery and up to ten years of follow up treatment.

BIG THANKS!!!

I was able to see Randy's senior pictures today - WOW -- what a handsome guy!!!
The family wants to say a big thank you to Bob Palmer at Palmers Photography Studio. He donated a HUGE chunk of Randy's fees for the senior pictures. That really helps out during this hard time in their lives. The pictures are fantastic. They were taken last fall before they even knew of his cancer. He had a FULL head of hair with some curls on the end. I don't know if we will be able to put some pics on here.

Also a big thanks to Michelle at the Shell station here in West Salem. They put a change jar out for Randy and Lisa. It was stolen a few weeks ago by a guy. He was video taped and returned later to turn in the change money for dollar bills - Hmmm - not thinking too much. He was caught. Lenette thinks his punishment should be to spend some hours of community service at the cancer ward at Doernbecher's. It could change his life. The Shell station had to take down the jar. :(

HOME!!!

Randy was able to get home tonight. He is pretty tired and still on pain killers, but he is doing OK. A nurse is coming over tonight to help Lenette learn how to put in the antibiotics. He has to do this a few times a day. Keep praying for him as he is trying to heal from both his surgeries.

New Hotel (Hospital) Room

Randy is now back at Doernbecker. The doctors have said his flaps are responding well. That means that where his stomach muscle and his leg where they took the skin off are doing ok. When he first had the surgery, they said the skin graft would be hurting pretty much, but Randy says the stomach muscles are really the hurting spot. He said it feels like he did 1000 crunches. Randy's cultures came back all positive for an infection :( He said is it a pesky slow infection, which is better than a dangerous infection. BUT, because he has an infection, then he has to have an IV antibiotics twice a day for about an hour each time. That is a bummer because he can't get around very much. He is really having a hard time getting up at all. Even sitting up in his bed is really hard. He said he has been in his bed for 5 days without moving very much.
He does not have a cast on anymore. They will put on a removable boot or brace on his leg, so they can check the area better. He has been watching a lot of TV - whatever is on. Anyone have some good suggestions?
Chemo is starting tomorrow, then will be on it for 48 hours. Then if his counts are doing ok, then he can go home for a few days before they start the next round.
There is the Rock on Randy Benefit Concert next Friday - He hopes to go. Maybe Randy and his dad Rick can play together. I am still not completely sure of the price. If anyone knows, please leave it in the comments section for everyone to read.

Recovery

His recovery is coming along ok. They did get to see his toes pink up a little, which is good news for blood flow. He is still on a lot of pain meds and very tired. Lenette came home last night just long enough to grab the other car and go back up. She needed another car up there so she can make runs to taco bell when Randy feels like eating something. He needs his strength up to start chemo on Friday. She said as long as things go well, he might get to come home Sunday - on Mother's Day!

Today's surgery

Randy had to be up at OHSU at 6 AM to see if he would need to have the surgery. The doctors checked out his leg and found some of skin is still dead. So, he had to have more surgery. He started surgery around noon. Before he started, he had some "happy juice" and Randy was pretty funny with his parents and the nurses. During the surgery, they took some muscles from his stomach and put it in his leg. They also took some skin from his thigh and put it on in where the skin was dead around his leg. They were able to clean out the prior surgery area and clean out blood clots. The surgery was around 4 1/2 hours. The skin graft should be the most painful part of recovery. He will spend the next 4 days at OHSU because the nurses have more information for the recovery of this particular surgery. Then he will move back to Doernbecher to start chemo on Friday. Most likely he will not get to come home this week. The family has asked for specific prayer that there is NO infection and that there continues to be a good blood flow in the new skin graft and new muscle placement. The nurses will be closely monitoring the blood flow. Randy still had a good attitude going into the surgery as he just wants to get done what needs to be done to Kick This Cancer! Possibly an update later...

He did have surgery today.

He did have surgery today. He is in recovery. Will update more when my computer works.

Rock On Randy Benefit Concert

Benefit concert featuring 10 Salem area bands

May 15th at 5 pm

Northwest Kids club

located on Hawthorne Ave. behind the Newport Bay restaurant

There will be BBQ and refreshments

The bands include:
1.F.O.H.
2. Mumbling Threats
3. PHANTOM!
4. Cloud Nine
5. Electric Secretary
6. Paper Boats
7. The Navy
8. Ambulance Party
9. Sorceress
10. Sister Ray
This Benefit is to help 18 year old Randy Bultena and his family as he has been diagnosed with osteo sarcoma just above his ankle, which includes reconstructive surgery and up to ten years of follow up treatment.