Over the River and Through the Woods to Vanderbilt We Went!

Our Vanderbilt day went pretty much as it usually does. We started a little before 7am and arrived home a little before 4pm...almost exactly ten hours away from home. We experienced some school traffic on the back road...but it didn't slow us down that much and the interstate slow-downs didn't add too much to the travel time. Woody signed in a little more than thirty minutes early. We got called in for the first two appointments pretty much on time. He got to the infusion clinic right at the appointment time...but then everything slowed down...we have discovered that appointment times right around lunch aren't the best...we usually get to sit a bit longer than an appoitment a bit earlier or a bit later. After Dr. Sosman's nurse practitioner talked with Woody, I headed off to schedule a PET scan and the three regular appointments all on the same day in early October. Woody's labs looked good...his creatinine level was back in normal range. We really keep an eye on that since it went so high when he was getting IL-2. It took a while to get the Keytruda from the pharmacy. The infusion only takes 30 min. so once it gets going it isn't all that long till we can be on our way home. Woody read during all our waiting time and I worked pretty much the whole time on the Sunday School lesson for this week...at least I have something written down about each of the verses...probably too much information so now I will go back through and decide just what needs to be shared...but at least most of the info is down on paper...good to have a good start on the lesson so early in the week. We did stop at Steak and Shake on the way home. Woody just got back from walking to and from the prayer room at church. So it looks like the sidewalk is folding up for our household tonight...ready to settle in and do as little as possible the rest of the evening. I slept part of the way home so I should feel a little rested...but I don't! Vanderbilt days always seem to wear me out more than Woody. We have already gotten a call from Vanderbilt since we got home. They were changing his appointment times for his next visit. He was scheduled to see Dr. Sosman, but he is going on vacation so we will once again see the nurse practitioner and they had to fit us into her schedule. At least the day wasn't changed...just the times. It is sometimes hard to keep my calendar straight...but I immediately changed the times on the calendar on my iPad...so that way I will remember the new times.