We have just returned from another grueling day at Vanderbilt, but Woody has passed all hurdles and it looks like he is good to go--no show stoppers--at least to this point!
After I posted yesterday, Dr. Sosman called us and asked some questions--like had Woody had this test and that test, etc. So this morning Dr. Sosman had his nurse schedule the tests that Woody needed. We pulled out of our driveway at 12:30pm and didn't pull back in till 8:30pm. Woody had an MRI of his brain and also a CT scan and lab work done. A prayer was answered when the scan of his brain didn't show any tumors. Also the CT scan showed what it had shown before--areas in his upper chest--but didn't show new areas--another PRAISE!
Dr. Sosman was very pleased with how well Woody had healed from his upper arm surgery. He said that this was as close to a surgery as he had ever scheduled an IL-2 treatment.
Woody is to report to radiology at Vanderbilt tomorrow (Feb. 11th) at 1pm for a pic line. Then he will be admitted. He will have his first Interleukin 2 infusion around 10pm. Those infusions take about 15 min. Dr. Sosman was very positive in all he told us today--for each possible side effect he said that there was something that would help lessen the side effect. He said that it just takes a couple of tries to find out what works best for each patient. Woody will be watched very closely for show stoppers.
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