Even though Susan has not yet had chemo, I am going ahead to declare victory based on the fact she is scheduled for it tomorrow (Weds) at 9:30 AM. From what we've been told by Lisa, the research nurse, Telik has granted the needed exception and it has been just a matter of getting the paperwork squared away today. Had there been a glitch, I believe we would have heard by now.
Susan had a good day today. She is feeling much stronger, in spite of two big days Sunday and Monday. We even took a walk in a nearby park (it's 68 degrees here) and were able to eat dinner out in a quaint Italian restaurant in nearby Rice Village. Even now she's back to her old tricks of doing my laundry before we leave tomorrow. You can't keep a good home ec major down!
We want to thank all of you who have been faithfully supporting us in prayer during these critical 3 days. It appears that the Lord has graciously opened all the doors we needed to have opened in order for Susan to get into this very promising clinical trial. As an added praise, her CT scan from yesterday does not appear to have shown any problems with the kidneys as the one in January did. We need to confirm this with the written report tomorrow, but Lisa was very firm on this point. On the other hand the latest scan continues to show tumor sites around her liver and her colon. We will appreciate your continued prayers for the new drug to attack these sites with great vigor. It will probably be six weeks until we know how well the drug is doing.
Posted by John Dishman at February 18, 2003 09:27 PM