Day 28...Cycle 1 COMPLETED!

Just as this little bird is preening, we are preparing for the second cycle of Woody's chemo drug study to begin. Day 1, Cycle 2 will commence tomorrow. Due to the Doctor Sosman's clinic schedule tomorrow, Woody won't get started as early in the day as he did on day 1 of cycle 1. We are to get to Vanderbilt around 11am. Woody will have lab work done and then wait till the lab results get to Dr. Sosman. Dr. Sosman doesn't get into the clinic till 12:45 pm. He will have to see lab results, decide on how much of the known chemo drug he wants Woody to take this cycle, then he will have to fill out paper work, write prescriptions, etc., send prescriptions to the pharmacy, and then the pharmacy will have to fill the prescriptions, seal them up in the "hazard bags," get them to the research nurse, and then...she will bring them out to Woody. At that time he will take the first doses of the known chemo drug and the study drug. Somewhere in all this, Woody does have to see the doctor...I'm not sure if that will happen before or after he takes the chemo drugs. After he takes the drugs, he will have to wait a certain time period for more lab work. Sound a bit complicated??? Guess we will just get there and let them make it all come together! Tomorrow will be another waiting game...no question! The research nurse did tell us that it won't be as long a day (time will tell!) as it was at the start of day 1, cycle 1 because they don't do as many labs this time. This time the main "hang-up" looks to be the doctor...now is that a surprise?!?

Our Sunday has been pretty normal. Woody got up early. We went to Sunday School. He taught sixth grade boys (a change after so many years of teaching 8th grade boys). We came home and have pretty much had a relaxing afternoon...Woody read and I sewed.