"Ecstatic"

"Ecstatic" = just the word that one loves to hear their doctor say about their latest scans! And, "ecstatic" is just the word that Dr. Sosman used when he talked about how he felt with what he saw when he read Woody's PET scans. He said that Woody's results from the Keytruda at this point are among the best that he has seen. He has seen some patients respond to the Keytruda about the same as Woody, but couldn't say that he had seen any respond better! Music to our ears! He also said that not everyone responds to Keytruda. Also whatever was in Woody's lung at the time of the PET scan didn't show the chest x-ray taken today. Dr. Sosman couldn't explain Woody's cough, but plans to keep an eye on it and Woody will have another chest x-ray in three weeks when he goes back for his next infusion next. Dr. Sosman did recommend that he go on and have a Keytruda infusion today. Woody hadn't really been expecting to get one today so he didn't have the folk in the lab leave the line in when they did his labwork this morning so he had to get stuck twice. We got to Vanderbilt rather early since he had to get the x-ray and we didn't know what kind of wait it would be. It ended up that we didn't have many traffic slow-downs on our way to Vanderbilt and also getting the x-ray was really quick so we were early for the rest of his appointments which put us slightly ahead of the Vandy game...though, a lot of waiting none the less. His Keytruda infusion was scheduled for 1:30 and it was started at 1:20 and we were on our way home a little after 2pm. We did stop at Steak and Shake on our way home. While Woody got signed into the infusion lab, I got his appointments for the next four infusions--one every three weeks--so he is back on an every three-week schedule once again. We got home and found this "bouquet" on our kitchen table. Nathan has started up a balloon ministry called "Believe It Balloons." He is making balloon sculptures (animals. bouquets, etc.) to sell to raise money for their next mission trip. He shows up at various times at our local bowling alley and also will do parties or special orders such as this balloon bouquet. They are all planning to go to Poland on a mission trip later in the year. Woody headed off to do his weekly Wednesday Krogering about as soon as he set foot in the door. I don't know about him, but I am worn out from our day. I slept a good part of the way home and have already taken another nap since we got home. We are praising God for such a positive report/response from the Keytruda infusions. We knew that it was good last week when the nurse practitioner shared the results, but hearing it from the doctor in such glowing terms was just icing on the cake!