Friday morning, Dad got to "ring the bell" at Barnes Jewish in honor of his last treatment of radiation. This is a nice ceremony to celebrate completion of a treatment plan. We got home Friday afternoon - I drove mom and dad, while Gary drove the truck. All happy to be home.
The plan for surgery has been adjusted a bit. Since radiation continues to shrink the tumor for a significant time frame after stopping the treatments, they want to wait 8 weeks before surgery. In the meantime, he is supposed to get chemo every two weeks - we're trying to get these scheduled in Joplin rather than St Louis - a half hour drive vs. a 5 hour drive and two night stay - that's a big difference.
They want a CT Scan done maybe at 4 weeks, and definitely at 8 weeks. For that, we'll have to go to St Louis. Also, it sounds like Steven Strasberg will be the surgeon - glad to hear that since he was very highly recommended as one of the best in the nation (though any of their 3-4 surgeons who do these twice a week would be terrific).
Nice and warm here - 80 today but dangerous weather threatening (tornados, etc.) tonight. Good to stay home and relax.
Thank you all for your kind words and well wishes!
