Thur., June 25: Some smaller

Doctor's report on the scan: there has been shrinkage, but not as much as he espected.  Mike can have up to eight rounds of Treanda -- at the point of the scan, he'd had only three rounds.  Today finishes the fifth.  

The plan, then, is mid-July for number six, early August number seven, late August number eight, another scan probably before Labor Day.  

Tomorrow is Mike's birthday!

Yes is attitude is good.  He's very fortunate not to have side affects from chemo.  We have a caregiver who comes in overnight to help him as needed (five nights a week).

We might even try out the RV Friday to Sunday to get out of the valley heat...  vroom vroom

Tues., June 2: Scan results, yes and no

Yesterday's CT scan (with contrast) went well with, as always, a few hiccups.  At this morning's appointment with the physician's assistant, she had the scan results BUT the radiologist had not compared to the February scan.  She's sending it back to get the interpretation.  

Mike is sleeping through chemo right now.

The new caretaker last night was good last night, but Mike wasn't.  After being up in the living room chair a bit in the middle of the night, he headed back to bed and told Brandon, "I'm fine, you don't need to help me."  In a minute, Brandon heard him fall (large carpeted area, so Mike wasn't hurt).  My advice was, "Don't listen to him.  Tell him you're going to keep an eye on him until you know he's safe."