Woody did go to the radiologist in Tullahoma today. They talked to him, scanned him and marked him. He will go for a PET scan on Thursday in Manchester. After that the radiologist's office will get back with Woody to set up times for his radiation treatments.
The radiologist says that Woody will have to have 15-20 radiation treatments. Twenty is double what Dr. Sosman and Dr. Holt said that he would be having. So I have put in a call to Dr. Sosman and also emailed Dr. Holt to make sure that 15-20 are ok and that that number will work out with the schedule that Dr. Sosman has in mind for the scan that he has planned on April 21. Also we are checking to make sure that whatever dyes they use for the scans are ok since his kidneys were compromised with the IL-2. I just want to check to make sure that something isn't done that shouldn't be! I didn't go with Woody today and hadn't realized that he would have any scans so didn't think to mention to Woody to ask about dyes, etc. When they scanned him today they weren't able to use the dyes so in my opinion that was a good thing!
Dr. Sosman's nurse did call back this afternoon to get specifics to ask Dr. Sosman, but we're waiting to hear back to get our questions answered. At the moment I am a bit uneasy, but hopefully Dr. Sosman and Dr. Holt will be able to put my mind at ease.
With work and with his radiation appointment Woody was a bit weary this evening and dozed off and on. He's still itchy--but not quite as bad as he has been. His stiff neck is mostly gone today.
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