WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We left the house at 10:30am, stopped at the Post Office, stopped to get gas, no picture stops...arrived at 12:30pm, had lab work done, saw the research nurses, saw Dr. Sosman, and we were back in our car by 2pm, and home by 3:30pm. We did go interstates on the way home rather than the back roads trying to avoid so many school zones. We still went through at least four school zones. We also went through a couple of rain showers on the way back. So 5 hours and 3 1/2 of those were on the road...not bad...to only spend 1 1/2 hours at Vandy!

The top picture shows you where we enter most of the time for our appointments..."TVC " = The Vanderbilt Clinic. Sometimes on a map or on an appt. paper it will say that an office is in TVC...it took me a while to realize that they meant The Vanderbilt Clinic...maybe I'm just slow!

The bottom picture shows a really nice service that Vanderbilt offers: free valet parking. At first we were parking our own car. One day Melany suggested that we use the valet parking (when Woody was so sick after his IL-2 treatments) and we found it to really be a time saver...you don't have to wind through the parking garage to find a space, then walk forever to find your way out of the garage and to the clinic, AND remember where you parked when you come out! Nice after the appointments, if Woody (or any of us!) is tired, to just have them bring the car to you! This service was much in demand today...they were super busy. When we got there today, I sent Woody on into the clinic and I stayed to give them our name and get the car claim ticket. By the time I got back to the lab waiting room, he had already checked in at the first desk and was called to the second check-in spot by the time that I sat down. So it really saves a lot of time on both ends of the appointment. A hearty round of applause to Vanderbilt for offering this service!

It was a routine visit today. We turned in the empty pill bottles and his diary card. The research nurses asked Woody questions. Dr. Sosman came in and examined him. The complete lab report wasn't ready yet, but the part that was back looked good.

We were told today that if he continues on to the third cycle that we won't have to go in weekly. That really sounded good.

Next week's visit will be like this one (hopefully short and sweet), then Aug. 31 he will have scans to see how his melanoma has responded to the drug study.

Woody did go to work early this morning. He worked till 10am and then came home and we headed out. He read some while waiting...but not much reading time at Vandy today! After we got home, Woody read Esther (2-year-old granddaughter) the same story six times. We have eaten. He is now resting (read that as sleeping) in his recliner. That's about it for our day!