Life in the fast lane

We are home from a 2 day trip to MDA! And we made it out of Houston before 5 o'clock traffic! Hooray!

But wait! There is more good news!

Yesterday David had some blood work and a CT scan.

This morning he had more blood work, a chest xray and a 6 minute walk test. All this was to determine if the fluid around his right lung had improved or if he would need to have the fluid drained.

The fluid was significantly and dramatically reduced! Yea! No procedure needed. Praises and happy dance. 

The pulmonary doctor, Dr. O, doubts that David had pneumonia, but said he would have also given the round of antibiotics.  He said, at this point it didn't really matter what the cause was, we would just watch it and take action as needed.

Then we saw the research nurse, Marisa and the oncologist, Dr. T. They agreed that the fluid was much improved. There is still some there but they think it will resolve with further treatment of the cancer protocol. Dr. T thinks perhaps the fluid was produced by some of the nodules in the area bursting. 

And that's not all! Order now and we'll double the good news!

There are no new nodules, and the existing ones have shrunk! Slightly. We'll take it!

David received the 2nd vaccine today. He has one more week taking the Sutent for this cycle. Then he has two weeks off. We go back to MDA in 3 weeks for another vaccine, then in 3 more weeks he will have complete scans again. 

He has experienced mild side effects; metallic taste, elevated blood pressure, and a itchy rash at injection site. These are tolerable, especially if the treatment is working. We are claiming that it is!

Thank you for continuing to pray, these are my requests:

1. Fluid around lung goes away completely

2. No new side effects, mild to no side effects at all

3. No complications with this vaccine

4. Continued shrinkage of present nodules, no new ones

This whole experience is the worst kind of amusement park ride that I would love to get off of! But we continue to pray and hope and trust. And to take it one day at a time. Thank you for loving us!