IL-2 week 4 and Houston visit

After leaving Sunday at 6 am out of Buffalo, Joe and Bill arrived home just a little while ago from their Houston trip. All went well. Joe got a Trovax shot this morning and necessary blood work for the trial. Bill was instrumental in getting him better needles for his IL-2 (those that we had were too long and thick) and a pain patch to help manage his pain (thanks Amy for the info). While the weather was quite warm, they rented a car and were able to navigate through Houston!

Thanks so much Bill for taking him to Houston, paying for the ticket and the car. Your love and support mean a great deal to us. I hope that you read this after having a nice long nap after your 7 hour drive back to Rhode Island. Hope you find both Chris and Maria better, too!

We also heard today that Joe's sister Rosalyn is in the hospital in Syracuse. Roz - we hope that you are feeling better! :-)

Joe and I will be heading back to Houston on Monday the 21st for his blood work. We're going to give it a shot to go up and back in one day! We'll see if this is a better way to travel since he only needs some quick blood work. September 15th Joe, Maureen and I will travel back to Houston for Joe's CT scans - we will find out the results on the 18th.

Send lots of healing thoughts to Rosalyn and Scott, who started his chemo and radiation today.

Love,
Vicki, Gina & Tom