Houston - Day 2

Day 2 of our trek to Houston is going well. Between the raindrops we walked to the clinic this morning where Joe received a second liter of blood to help elevate his counts and then nurse Johnnie gave me the IL-2 lesson - it was not too bad. 3 pm was the second IL-2 shot. So far, so good. I have all of our counteractive meds awaiting to deliver when he needs them. While the medicine is cumulative, he's doing pretty well. Friday will be our worst day, but he has Saturday and Sunday off - then weeks 2-6 are 1/2 the dose of week 1 - - - then he has 2 weeks off. Each cycle is 8 weeks followed by restaging - if he has regression we go on - if he has progression - we find another cure. This trial is for 2 years. Year 1 is Trovax and IL-2, year 2 is Trovax only.

Thanks to all for the prayers and good thoughts coming our way. This is a hard road that we're traveling and we are grateful for the help along the way.

Happy birthday to our nephew Brendon!

Love
Vicki