I am going to write the blog on my iPad and then perhaps add a photo later. We have had another very long Vanderbilt day...made even longer due to an accident that had traffic really backed up on I-24 on our way to Vandy. We were able to exit and go a different way to Vanderbilt, but it did take longer and we got to Woody's PET scan later than they had asked. But such is the life in a large city...glad that we don't have to be in high traffic rush hours very often! We left the house at 5:30am and got home a little after 6pm. We were at Vandy from a little before 8am till around 3pm. On the way home we did stop for our treat of the day at Steak and Shake. Woody really deserved the stop today as he hadn't had anything to eat since last night. We got back on the road and headed toward Melany, Wade, Erin and Alex's house in Murfreesboro and stopped for a short visit with them. They had gotten some new furniture and new carpet that we hadn't seen. It was hard to get me up out of the nice cushy recliner when it was time to head home! I can say that I have seen all nine of our grandchildren today as when we got home I went next door for a few minutes to give them the latest on Woody.
So speaking of the latest...Dr. Sosman came in and said that the tumors have gotten larger since the last PET scan. So he recommended that Woody wait four weeks and then come back to get set up for taking the "latest and greatest" newly approved Melanoma drug, Keytruda. This is also given by infusion and is an immunotherapy drug. It has only been FDA approved since the first of September and is only approved for late-stage melanoma patients for whom Yervoy (ipilimumab) didn't work. It is still going through trials to be approved for other Melanoma patients. So that is the latest in Woody's treatment saga...on to the next treatment.
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