"V" is for...

...very ugly vulture seen on the way to Vandy. We are always looking for new wildlife to photograph...this turkey vulture isn't the most fetching of God's wild creatures that we have seen on our trips...but we captured him nonetheless. Normally we see these "fellas" flying overhead and not up close and personal. Ummm guess I would rather see them soaring overhead! We also missed a groundhog today...Woody missed him with the car and I missed him with my camera.

Our trip to Vanderbilt was very routine...once again...we like those! Woody got called in pretty quickly for his lab work and then he was called in exactly on time for his appointment with Dr. Sosman. The appointment would have been even quicker if all the lab work results had come in sooner. His labs showed that he was slightly anemic (probably due to the chemo), his white count is still ok (they are looking for it to drop next week, if it is going to drop). Woody's potassium level was back in the normal range, but Dr. Sosman wants him to continue to take the potassium pill or eat four bananas a day. The decision is his...but we will have to go to the grocery store, if he chooses bananas!

Next week is the week for a CT scan along with seeing the doctor and having labs. If the CT scan warrants that he continue with the study for a 3rd cycle, it will start Sept. 8th. If he continues on, then Dr. Sosman says that he will be on a "normal" chemo schedule...going to Vandy once a month...once a month sounds great!

Woody went to work for four hours this morning prior to us leaving at 10:30am. We got to Vanderbilt a little before 12:30pm and were driving away from Vanderbilt by 2:10pm (our appointment with Dr. Sosman was 1pm). We came back on 41A and still made the trip in two hours despite red lights, several school zones, an accident, getting behind tractors, etc.