But...look what rose up out of the fog over the Duck River and then landed so nicely so I could take its picture...a Great Blue Heron! We were heading Vanderbilt way by 6am. We got there in plenty of time...so we used the valet parking where we would end up after Dr. Holt's appointment. Woody had x-rays taken of his upper left arm and also of it bent at the elbow. Then he saw a resident and a medical student and finally Dr. Holt came in. She is very pleased that everything is the way it should be...no signs of more melanoma in the bone and the plate is securely in place. She has released him from needing to come back at six-month intervals. So at the moment he is pretty much Vanderbilt free...well, sort of...at least no appointments on the books. After seeing Dr. Holt, we walked back through the hospital and down the looooooooong hall...over to Dr. Sosman's clinic area. We made arrangements yesterday to pick up a prescription renewal from him. The research nurse brought it out and talked to us for a few minutes. She commented that Woody looked good...just think...he has had two surgeries since he was last at Vanderbilt.
We were back home by a little before noon. Woody came in, ate a bite of lunch, and headed off to work. He worked several hours and then came home to have supper and to rest and relax. He said that he really didn't start hurting till he was heading home. He thought that was because he hadn't moved around much once he got to work.
Still no word from NIH...but, as Woody told the doctor today...perhaps that is because they don't want to give us the false hope like they gave us the last time...when they told us early that the cells were growing and then they stopped growing.
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